Women's Track & Field | 4/1/2016 1:42:00 PM
Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University track and field teams will compete in two events this weekend. The distance group will participate in the eighth annual VertKlasse Meeting this weekend inside Vert Stadium on the campus of High Point University (
live results;
live Saturday video). Sprints, throws and jumps will travel to Spartanburg, S.C. this weekend for the 2016 Terrier Relays (
heat sheets;
schedule).
"With two weeks left until our conference championships, this is the time of the season when we should see plenty of personal bests from our student-athletes," Wingate head track and field coach
Travis LeFlore says. "Our distance group competing at High Point University will run in competitive heats which should translate to good times for us. Sprints, throws and jumps will travel to Wofford. We expect them to perform at a high level as well. This will be an exciting weekend for Wingate Track and Field."
WINGATE UNIVERSITY Wingate University, consistently ranked as a top 10 "best value" in the South by
U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,100 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, master's degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport management and doctorates in pharmacy, physical therapy and education.
With a 15 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. To view current news, video and story ideas, visit
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In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past nine years. For more information, go to
www.wingate.edu.
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing colleges in the 2000's with 82 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate's 82 Academic All-America® honorees are number one during this millennium. Wingate's 91 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information on WU athletics, go to
www.wingatebulldogs.com.
