KENNESAW STATE AT Yellow Jacket Invitational
MARCH 27-28 | Atlanta, Georgia | George C Griffin Track
 
Meet Schedule
 
The Kennesaw State men and women's teams are traveling down Interstate 75 to Atlanta, Georgia  this Friday (Mar.27) and Saturday (Mar.28) to compete in the Yellow Jacket Invitational. The event will be held at the George C. Griffin Track Stadium, against competition from across the southeast.
 
George C. Griffin Track
The George C. Griffin Track & Field Facility, already considered one of the top sites in the Southeast for outdoor collegiate track competition, was improved as part of Georgia Tech's preparation for the Centennial Olympic Games.
 
Griffin Track was renovated with a state-of-the-art Mondo surface, similar to those used at Olympic Stadium and at the sites of the World Championships, USA Track and Field Indoor Championships and NCAA Indoor Championships, and was used as the workout track for the Olympic Village.

RESULTS: 
Live Results
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COACHES TAKE ON THE WEEKEND
Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Andy Eggerth
"This early in the outdoor season everyone is working hard so we can set up a 2nd peak for the outdoor championship. As such, we're not set for big marks and therefore are not doing our primary events. Our combined event athletes will work on their throws, our distance runners will work on their speed, sprinters will do shorter than or longer than their primary distance, and throwers will work on timing of their outdoor events.
 
We're really just looking at this competition as a specific (and very intense) training opportunity to prepare us for championship competition.
 
The event to watch this weekend is probably the 400m hurdles. Joyce Mattagliano will be running it for her first time ever, and Josh Mulder and Bilal both have potential to break the school record and qualify for the NCAA championships."

NEWS AND NOTES:
» The men won their third Atlantic Sun Championship in a row, racking up 211 points behind 10 event wins becoming the first team in Atlantic Sun Indoor Track history to win four consecutive titles.
 
» The women placed second in the event behind Jacksonville for the second consecutive year. 
 
» Bilal  Abdullah and Andre Dorsey competed in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Abdullah was named first team All-American after finishing fourth overall and setting a school record with 5,941 points. During the inddor championships, Abdullah won the 60m dash, 60m hurdles, the long jump, and tied for the win in the high jump.
 
» The men s team won every team scoring meet they competed in during the indoor season except the NCAA Championships.
 
» The men set 17 school records during the indoor season and three conference indoor championship meet records.
 
 
» The men earned 26 all-conference selections based on their performances at the conference championships.
 
» The women's team set 20 school records during the indoor season.
 
» The women collected a total of all-conference selections with strong performances at the A-Sun Championships.
 
» Andy Eggerth was named men's indoor track Coach of the Year for the fourth year in a row.
 
 » Dorsey led the way again as he earned the A-Sun Championship Most Valuable Performer honors for the third-straight year registering 30 points in the two-day meet. He set a new mark in the high jump at 2.23-meters, and added a win in the triple jump (15.17m) to finish the championship with 38 points.
 
» Joyce Mattagliano was voted most outstanding freshmen track performer by the coaches for her conference championship performance which she collected wins in the 800, and the 4x400 relay and second place in the mile.
 
»   Five athletes on the Kennesaw State men and women's track and field teams have been named to the Atlantic Sun Indoor Academic All-Conference team.

» Rasmus Rooks, Matthew Morris , and Joseph Yates  were named to the team on the men's side and Laura Maria-Oja and Alicia Whittle were named to the to the team on the women's side.
  
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