North Carolina State University Athletics
Track Heads to Va. Tech Last Chance Meet
3/6/2009 12:00:00 AM | Track
RALEIGH, N.C. - NC State men's and women's track and field will send athletes to Virginia Tech this weekend for a last chance meet before the NCAA Championships. Five men and eight women - including a school record holder for both squads - will make the trip to Blacksburg, Va. on Saturday, March 7.
On the men's side, school-record holder A'Tolani Akinkuotu will join 2009 All-ACC long jumper Lamont Savage to lead the men. Akinkuotu ran a 6.66 in the prelims of the 60m dash at the 2009 ACC Indoor Championships, a school record. Savage was third at the meet in the long jump.
On the women's side, three All-ACC honorees lead the charge - Mattie Bethea, Kayla Lawson and Lawanda Henry.
Bethea was third in the pentathlon and set a meet record for the high jump during the competition. Lawson was second in the high jump and Henry was second in the shot put.
Complete list of athletes heading to Blacksburg, Va.:
Men's
A'Tolani Akinkuotu
Lamont Savage
Kwame Boatwright
Travis Weston
Jason Jones
Women's
Mattie Bethea
Kayla Lawson
Lawanda Henry
Brittany McCain
Gabrielle Daniel
Lauren Montgomery
Alesha Patterson
Ashley Neal
On the men's side, school-record holder A'Tolani Akinkuotu will join 2009 All-ACC long jumper Lamont Savage to lead the men. Akinkuotu ran a 6.66 in the prelims of the 60m dash at the 2009 ACC Indoor Championships, a school record. Savage was third at the meet in the long jump.
On the women's side, three All-ACC honorees lead the charge - Mattie Bethea, Kayla Lawson and Lawanda Henry.
Bethea was third in the pentathlon and set a meet record for the high jump during the competition. Lawson was second in the high jump and Henry was second in the shot put.
Complete list of athletes heading to Blacksburg, Va.:
Men's
A'Tolani Akinkuotu
Lamont Savage
Kwame Boatwright
Travis Weston
Jason Jones
Women's
Mattie Bethea
Kayla Lawson
Lawanda Henry
Brittany McCain
Gabrielle Daniel
Lauren Montgomery
Alesha Patterson
Ashley Neal
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