KENNESAW STATE at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships
INDOOR MEET 7 | February 28- March 1
Winston Salem, North Carolina | JDL Fast Track
 
Meet Schedule | Live Results | Championship Central

KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State men's track and field team returns to competition when it travels to Winston Salem, N.C. to compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Championships at the JDL Fast Track on Saturday (Feb.28). The two-day event will conclude on Sunday (Mar.1).

KSU currently ranks No. 72 nationally in the United States Track and Field Cross Country Association (USTFCCA) computer rankings.
 
JDL Fast Track
JDL Fast Track is quickly becoming one of the premier indoor track and field facilities in the southeast.  
The dedicated indoor track and field facility, which opened in January 2012, houses a 200-meter oval track with a Mondotrack FTX surface—the same surface that was used at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Field event areas include two pole vault runways, two long/triple jump runways, one high jump apron and one throws area.

The facility also includes a 100-meter warm-up track, office and meeting-room space, a training room, and hospitality suites for coaches' or conference officials' meetings at large events. 
  
RESULTS
The indoor championships can be followed live via online here and on Twitter at @KSUTrackFieldXC.
 
THE COMPETITION
The field for the Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Championships will consist of five teams – Kennesaw State , Lipscomb, North Florida , Northern Kentucky and  USC Upstate.
 
NEXT UP
Individuals who finish in the top-16 nationally in their specific event at the end of this weekend will head to Fayetteville, Ark.to compete in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 13-14.  The Owls open their outdoor season on March 27 at the two-day Yellow Jacket Invitational hosted by Georgia Tech.

THE COACHES TAKE ON THIS WEEKEND
"Our student-athletes have been working incredibly hard since August for this moment in time, and we can't wait for the competition to get started," Andy Eggerth, director of track and field and cross country, said. "This is also the strongest men's team we've ever had so we're not loading the guys with as many events as we have in the past.  Hopefully this will allow us to get some more NCAA Championship qualifying marks this weekend while claiming our fourth consecutive title."
 
ATHLETES LEADING THE CONFERENCE
Drew Duggans – 60m-dash (6.71)  200m-dash (24.13)
Bilal Abdullah  – 800m-dash (47.93) 60m hurdles (7.87)
Rhys Glastonbury – 3000m (8:19.97)
Abdullah, Zac Davis, Joshua Mulder, Taylor Huntley- 4x400m relay  (3:13.17)
Joshua Mulder – Pole Vault (4.75m)
Martynas Sedys – Weight Throw (19.85m)
Andre Dorsey- Long Jump (7.53m) Triple Jump (15.62m)  Heptathlon (5668 points)

NEWS AND NOTES:
» The men have won three indoor titles in a row, claiming titles in 2012, 2013, 2014. Last year, the Owls won the championship with 211 points. It was the first time ever in A-Sun Conference history that a team has won three consecutive indoor championships. It was also historical for Kennesaw State as it had never won three championships in a row in track and field or in cross country prior to last season.

» Going into the conference championships, the men are leading the conference in 11 events.
 
 » This indoor season has been very successful for the Owls as they have set 17 school records. 

» Kennesaw State set a combined seven school records during the Crimson Elite and Scarlet and White Invite.

» Junior Bilal Abdullah won the 60m hurdles with a school-record time of time of 7.87. That mark currently ranks 27th in the country

» On the track, senior Rhys Glastonbury made his Owls debut at the Crimson Elite and won the mile race by nearly six seconds as he set a school record with a time of 4:10.94.   

» Sophomore Drew Duggans won the 60m race at the Crimson Elite in a school-record time of 6.71 seconds.

 » In the field events, junior, Martynas Sedys broke his own  school record and won the weight throw with a toss of 19.85m (65'1.50) at the Scarlet and White Invitational.
 
 » On the track, sophomore Duggans set a school record in the 200m finishing fourth overall in 21.28 at the Scarlet and White Invitational.
 
» Abdullah finished fourth in the 400m setting a school record with a time of 47.93.    
 
»  Glastonbury finished fifth in the 3000m setting a school record by nearly seven seconds in  8:19.97. 
 
»The 4x400 relay team of Josh Mulder, Taylor Huntley , Zac Davis and Abdullah set the school record, cruising to a win in a time of 3:13.17.
 
Keep up with Owls track and field teams by following KSU on Twitter at @KSUOwlNation and @KSUTrackFieldXC or by liking Kennesaw State Owls on Facebook.