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NCHSAA Track and Field
Championships
Set For Irwin Belk Track at North Carolina A&T
GREENSBORO
-- Top athletes from across the state of North Carolina will compete in a busy
weekend of track and field as the North Carolina High School Athletic
Association begins its state championships.
The
weekend of competition features 3-A championships for both men and women on Friday,
and then on Saturday the 4-A championships will be held, all at the Irwin Belk
Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University.
The
1-A and 2-A meets will be held next weekend.
Action
in the field events will begin at 10 am and running events will start at 11 am.
It will be the 91st annual men’s championships and the 40th annual
renewal of the women’s event.
Winterville South Central is the
defending 3-A champion in women's competition while Asheville won the 2010 3-A
men's team title. In 4-A, Raleigh Wakefield won last year's women's title while
the Charlotte Vance men snapped a four-year hold New Bern had on the men's
crown.
In 3-A regional action last week, defending state champ South
Central won the East women's title, while Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons, Waxhaw
Marvin Ridge and North Buncombe were regional champs. The men's teams winning
3-A regional titles last week included Rocky Mount, Fayetteville Douglas Byrd,
West Rowan and Gastonia Forestvie.
Wakefield won the Mideast 4-A
women's regional while T.C. Roberson, Mount Tabor and Southeast Raleigh also
captured team titles in their respective regionals. The men's regional champs
include Charlotte Vance, the defending state champs, along with Pffaftown
Reagan, Cary and Knightdale.
Admission to the championship each day
is six dollars.
The
Greensboro Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Greensboro Sports Commission
are serving as the host city sponsors for the event.
NCHSAA FastFacts
Event: NCHSAA Track and Field Championships, 3-A and 4-A classifications
Date: May 13-14, 2011, with 3-A men and women on May 13 and 4-A men and women
on May 14
Site: Irwin Belk Track, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro
First Held: 1913 for men, 1972 for women
Qualifiers: The top four finishers in each event, including relays, qualified
from the regional level to the state championship meet
Defending champions: women: 3-A, Winston-Salem Prep; 3-A, T.C. Roberson;
men: 1-A, Hendersonville; 3-A, Marvin Ridge.
Of Interest: the oldest men’s track and field record still on the NCHSAA books
is the 1975 record-setting shot put of Mike Salzano of Northern Durham at 61
feet, four and one-half inches.
Host City Sponsors: Greensboro Sports Commission, Greensboro Convention and Visitors
Bureau
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