The NC State track and field teams will travel to Blacksburg, Virginia to compete in the 2019 ACC Indoor Championships Feb. 21-23 inside Rector Field House this weekend. With many successful runners and field competitors representing the Wolfpack, NC State has a good chance of finishing with multiple podium wins.
The event will kick off Thursday morning, when NC State competes in the heptathlon and pentathlon, and later that evening in the women’s DMR and men’s DMR.
Currently, NC State claims 13 spots in the top five marks within the ACC, including competitors junior Cravont Charleston, sophomore Von Douglas, redshirt senior Lauren Evans and junior Elly Henes.
As for nationwide rankings, the Wolfpack sits in the top 15 in qualifying marks for five events. Obtaining the No. 2 spot is Charleston, who ran a 6.54 in the 60-meter run, and not too far behind him is senior Gabriele Cunningham, also running the 60-meter in 7.25.
The Wolfpack earned seven ACC Performer of the Week honors during its 2019 indoor track and field season, with Evans and Charleston leading the awards.
As the most recent ACC Women’s Field Performer of the Week, Evans has officially secured three ACC honors this season, placing in 15 podium finishes out of 16. The senior earned gold at the Virginia Tech Challenge when she threw a shot put of 66’7” last weekend. This was the fourth-best performance in program history at NC State.
Charleston followed closely behind Evans, earning two ACC honors this season, with his most recent as ACC Performer of the Week, after breaking his own record at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational. Running a 6.54, the junior holds the third-fastest time in the nation recorded this season.
Last season, NC State had two individual conference titles at the ACC Championships when Joshua Davis took home a title in the men’s weight throw and Elly Henes secured the gold in the women’s 3,000-meter. As a team, the men placed fifth place and the women placed eighth.
The winners of this year’s events will be determined by the order of finish. The medalists in each individual event will earn first-team All-ACC honors, along with the four members of the first-place team in each relay.
