NC State Closes Out Competition at Camel City Invite

Saturday, February 8

Winston-Salem, N.C.

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NC State

Camel City Invite

NC State Closes Out Competition at Camel City Invite

2/8/2020 4:17:00 PM | Track

Results

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The NC State track and field team closed out competition at the Camel City Invitational on Saturday at the JDL Fast Track. The squad earned a podium finish and set two PRs.

Distance: Kelsey Chmiel clocked in at 9:18.23 in the women's 3000m race, posting the fourth-fastest time among collegiate runners at the meet. The freshman's time currently sits in the top 15 nationally. Chmiel also outran the ACC qualifying standard by over 12 seconds.

Sprints: In the women's 60m dash prelims, Kylia Wright (7.64) and Aasiyah Barr (7.76) both set new PRs, and Wright advanced to the 60m dash finals after posting the third-fastest time in the prelims.

In the finals, Wright tied her PR (7.64) she set in the prelims to claim second-place honors in the 60m finals.

WOMEN'S 60M, Qualifying

Megan Igbinadolor – 8.44

WOMEN'S 60M, Prelims

Kylia Wright – 7.64*
Aasiyah Barr – 7.76

WOMEN'S 60M, Finals

Kylia Wright – 7.64, second place

MEN'S 60M, Prelims

Alan Alvarez – 7.04

WOMEN'S CAMEL CITY MILE

Savannah Shaw – 4:52.44

WOMEN'S 3000M

Kelsey Chmiel – 9:18.23

MEN'S MILE

Philip Hall – 4:11.41

Up Next
The Pack multi-event athletes are set to compete at the Queens Multi-Events in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The entire track and field squad gets back in action on at the New Mexico Don Kirby Elite Invitational (Feb. 13-14), the Tiger Paw Invite (Feb. 14-15) and the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14-15).

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