North Carolina has a limited amount of indoor meets in the state. Appalachian State hosted one in December, the Durham Striders hosted the NC Opener, and they will also host the Eastern HS Challenge later this month.
With few actual indoor meets, many of the states track athletes all converge on one place. This is what happened at the Durham Striders HS Opener. Kids from all over the state, New Bern to Wilmington to Charlotte to Hendersonville to Boone to Raleigh and everywhere inbewteen, made the trip to Chapel Hill.
There were some fine performances by North Caroilina athletes.
TOP PERFORMERS: NCRunners' Elites
Durham Striders HS Opener Video - Various clips from the meet
Quick Stats:
Patrick Campbell of Mooresville ran 9:14.23 in the 3200m - ranks him 4th in NC history indoors - currently ranked #1 in the United States
Wayne Davis of SE Raleigh ran 7:29 55mHH - improved upon his 4th ranked time in NC history - is currently ranked top 5 in the US
Ashley Bethune of Harding ran 8.17 in the 55mHH - ranks her 2nd in the US so far this indoor season
Nyosha Bryant of West Charlotte ran 7.00 in the 55m dash - moves her to a tie for 2nd in NC history - also puts her in a tie for 2nd in the US
Jacinda Evans of Southern Durham jumped 19-2.75 - she is currently ranked #1 in the US - also moved her to 5th in NC history
Dylan Ferris of East Forsyth ran 2:33..59 in the 1000m - he is ranked 3rd in the US
HISPANIC GAMES at the New York Armory
New Bern's 4x400 ran 3:24.02 - ranked 2nd in the US
Andrew Hendrix ran 1:56.4 - currently #2 US time