Panthers Head To Indoor Track & Field Championships In Clemson

ACC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Feb. 25-27 | Host: Clemson
Clemson, SC | Clemson Indoor Track

PITTSBURGH – 31 members of the Pitt track and field team will compete at the 2021 ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships, running from Thursday to Saturday at the Clemson Indoor Track in Clemson, SC. The 2021 Championship meet is being hosted by Clemson.

HOW TO FOLLOW

Live results for the three-day meet will be available HERE.
A live stream of events for Friday and Saturday will be air on ACC Network Extra.
Friday's live stream can be watched HERE and will air from 9:30 am – 8:00 pm.
Saturday's live stream can be watched HERE and will air from 10:30 am – 4:00 pm.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

The three-day meet will open up for the Panthers at 9:30 am on Thursday as Cobe Wiggins and Felix Wolter will be competing in the men's heptathlon. The 60m dash is the first of four events on Thursday followed by the long jump, shot put and high jump.
Wolter will then open up the field events for Pitt on Thursday at 1:00 pm as he competes in the pole vault.
The track events on Thursday will begin for Pitt at 5:20 pm as Brenda Ayuk will run in the women's 800m race.
Competition for the Panthers on Friday will begin at 9:30 am as Wiggins and Wolter will conclude the heptathlon with the 60m hurdles, pole vault and the 1000m run.
The pentathlon for Breanna Phillips, Lydia Bottelier and Ilse Steigenga will open up at 10:00 am as the three competitors will participate in the 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m run.
Field events for Pitt on Friday will begin at 11:00 am as Kollin Smith and Wolter compete in the long jump.
The mile run will open up the events on the track on Friday for Pitt as the men's mile is set for 4:00 pm followed by the women's mile at 5:20 pm.
Championship Saturday will open for Pitt at 11:00 am as Noah Walker will compete in the shot put.
The finals will begin on the track at 12:00 pm with the men's mile.
The Championship's final race, women's 4x400m relay, will begin at around 3:40 pm on Saturday.

SCOUTING THE FIELD

The Florida State men won ACC Indoor Championships for the third straight season last year as they had a team score of 140. Virginia Tech came in second place with 109 points while Virginia claimed third with 87 points.
The Virginia Tech women are the defending ACC Indoor Champions after scoring 105.5 points a season ago followed by Miami (73) and Notre Dame (61).
There are four women's programs that enter this week's Championship meet in the top-25 rankings with Florida State being the highest ranked women's program at No. 11 in the country. The Seminoles are followed by NC State (14), Virginia Tech (16) and Clemson (20) in the weekly national rankings.
On the men's side, there are two programs in the national rankings heading into the Championship meet as Florida State is No. 4 in the country followed by Virginia Tech who is No. 21.
The ACC currently has two men as the top ranked competitors in their event as Trey Cunningham (FSU) is ranked first in the 60m hurdles (7.55) and Isaac Grimes (FSU) is ranked first in the NCAA in the long jump (27'4.00" - 8.33m).

RANKING THE PANTHERS

Several Panthers rank inside the top-10 among ACC performances entering the league Championships at Clemson this week:

Men:
Greg Lauray, High Jump (1^st, 7'1.50" - 2.17m)
Noah Walker, Weight Throw (2^nd, 68'9.75" – 20.97m)
Evan Addison, Mile (6^th, 4:03.46)
Kollin Smith, 60m Hurdles (9^th, 8.08)
Jack Miller, Mile (10^th, 4:05.22)
Addison, Wiggins, Higgins, Miller, DMR (3^rd, 9:48.22)
Wiggins, Jones-Roundtree, Wilson, Feagin, 4x400m Relay (6^th, 3:12.63)

Women:
Eddita Pessima, 60m Hurdles (5^th, 8.34)
Ilse Steigenga, Long Jump (7^th, 19'6.00" – 5.94m)
Abena Atuobi, Shot Put (9^th, 48'11.50" – 14.92m)
Nikki Scherer, 400m (10^th, 55.60)
Ahiarakwe, Aminu, Pessima, Scherer, 4x400m Relay (5^th, 3:44.95)
Brown, Phillips, Ayuk, Brunton, DMR (9^th, 12:03.70)

NEXT UP

The Panthers will vie for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships qualification, set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 11-13, in Fayetteville, AR.

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Panthers Head To Indoor Track & Field Championships In Clemson

Players Mentioned

Evan Addison

Abena Atuobi

Brenda Ayuk

Lydia Bottelier

Greg Lauray

Jack Miller

Eddita Pessima

Breanna Phillips

Nikki Scherer

Kollin Smith

Ilse Steigenga

Noah Walker

Cobe Wiggins

Felix Wolter

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