Meet Results
 
Winston-Salem, N.C.----Wingate University freshman Hamza Chahid set a Camel City Invitational 3000 meters meet record at the JDL Fast Track Saturday. Running his first race in the Bulldog Navy Blue and Vegas Gold, the Moroccan newcomer posted a triumphant time of 8:01.79, shattering the previous WU school indoor standard by 14-plus seconds.
 
Chahid's big splash wrapped up a solid weekend at the JDL Fast Track for the South Atlantic Conference members. Wingate competed against 45 other schools from all three NCAA divisions and the NAIA during the two-day Camel City Invitational.

What They Are Saying
Wingate head cross country coach, assistant track and field coach Pol Domenech
 
"We are all so proud of Hamza and his meet and school records. We had a perfect race set up for him and the rest of the Wingate men Saturday. We had a pace setter at the NCAA qualifier mark and the plan was to push the pace the last few laps. Scott Nutter, Cas Kopmels, Oliver Way and Hamza did exactly what we asked, resulting in four personal-best times and four top-15 marks in the nation. Hamza only joined us this semester and we are so excited to see him develop and improve over the years. His name is at the top of the Wingate indoor 3000 meters' list, but what everyone knows him for is his contagious smile."
 
Inside the Camel City Invitational men's 3000 meters
 
- Antonio Lopez Segura from Virginia Tech held the previous Camel City Invite meet record
- Lopez Segura ran an 8:09.24 for the VPI Hokies in the 2020 Camel City Invitational
- Chahid's converted time of 7:56.25 is the second-fastest in NCAA Division II this season
- Missouri Southern junior Ryan Riddle has the No. 1 time with his 7:55.82 January effort
- Four WU runners ran faster than the previous school-best 3000 meters mark of 8:16.17
- Interestingly enough, Jacob Willis ran the 8:16.17 in the same Camel City Invite in 2021
- On Saturday, Oliver Way finished second to Chahid with his silver-medal time of 8:11.98
- Scott Nutter (8:12.91) and Cas Kopmels (8:12.99) finished fourth and fifth, respectively
 
Additional Wingate men's notes
 
- Jakob Rettschlag broke his own indoor school record in the mile, finishing third (4:08.84)
- Lars Laros (4:09.89) and Leo Freeland (4:10.22) finished eighth and 10th, respectively
- Laros and Freeland are second and third, respectively, on the WU career indoor mile top 10 list
- All-American Darius Weathers took second place in the triple jump (14.36 meters)
- Tucker Mullis and Tom Kalliske finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the shot put
- Mullis posted an indoor personal-best mark of 15.92 meters; Kalliske recorded a 15.06-meter effort
 
Women's Notes
 
- Grace Burrell (9:50.63) and Lauryn Tumey Ursery (9:56.19) finished fifth and ninth, respectively, in the 3000 meters
- Burrell and Tumey Ursery move to second and fourth, respectively, on the WU career indoor 3000 meters' top 10 list
- Zoe Brickley shaved nine seconds from her personal-best in the mile (5:04.91)
- Brickley enters the WU career indoor mile run top five
- Amber Lawless finished eighth in the shot put with her 12.60 meters PR
- Lawless moves into the WU career indoor shot put top five with her Saturday effort
- Valerie Daehler finished eighth in the triple jump (10.94 meters)
- Daehler's effort is an indoor personal-best mark
- Lynaiyah Sylvester finished 10th in the triple jump (10.58 meters)
 
Next on the agenda for Wingate track and field
 
The Bulldogs will compete in the David Hemery Valentine Invitational Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11 in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston University hosts this annual event.

Wingate University
 
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