KENNESAW STATE at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships
INDOOR MEET 7 | February 28- March 1
Winston Salem, North Carolina | JDL Fast Track
 
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KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State women's track and field team returns to competition when it travels to Winston Salem, N.C. to compete in the Atlantic Conference Sun Indoor Championships at the JDL Fast Track on Saturday (Feb.28). The two-day event will conclude on Sunday (Mar.1).

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 meet 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 six teams, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, North Florida , Northern Kentucky, and  USC Upstate.
 
NEXT UP
Individuals who are ranked 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 Championships on March 13-14. The Owls open their outdoor season on March 27 when they compete in 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 the strongest women's team we've ever had.  After falling only two points shy of the title last outdoor season, we're going into this meet with a wealth of confidence and a single-minded focus on bringing home the championship."
 
ATHLETES LEADING THE CONFERENCE
Alicia Whittle – 60m dash (7.52) 
Daisy Helm  – 400m  dash (55.29)
Joyce Mattagliano – 800m (2:07.50) Mile (4:58.26)
Helm , Mattagliano, Whittle, Maileka Slayton- 4x400m relay  (3:45.61)
Shakedra Robinson- High Jump (1.70m)
Erica Sergeant – Pole Vault (3.90m)
Jordan Gray- Pentathlon (3543 points)

NEWS AND NOTES:
» The women have finished second overall at the indoor championships four times since joining the A-Sun Conference in 2006.  

» Going into the conference championships, the women are leading the conference in seven events
 
 » This indoor season has been very successful for the women's team as the Owls have set 15 school records. 

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

»   Freshman Joyce Mattaglaino finished second in the 400m race with a time of 56.05 at the Crimson Elite.
 
»In the high jump, sophomore Shakedra Robinson finished second with a jump of  1.70m (5'7.00'). 
 
» Freshman Jordan Gray finished third in the long jump jumping 5.68m (18'7.75).
 
»In the field events at the Crimson and White Invitational sophomore Morgan Campbell won  the triple jump with a leap of 12.08m (39'7.75).
 
» Junior Shermaine Pinkard broke her own school record in the weight throw with a toss of 18.69m (61'4), while finishing second at the Crimson and White Invitational.
 
» On the track, senior Alicia Whittle set a school record in the 200m with a time of 24.22 to finish fifth at the Crimson and White Invitational.
 
» Junior Daisy Helm finished fourth in the 400m at the Crimson and White Invitational as she set a school record with a time of 55.29. 
 
» Mattagliano broke her own school record in the 800m finishing fourth with a time of 2:07.66 at the Crimson and White Invitational.

» The 4x400 relay team of Helm, Mattagliano, Whittle and Maileka Slayton set the school record and finished fourth at the Crimson and White Invitational with a time of 3:45.61.
 
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