Track & Field Opens 2019 in Friday Night Duels - University of Arizona Athletics

Friday, January 11

Flagstaff, AZ

4:00 PM

University of Arizona

NAU Friday Night Duels

01/09/2019 | Track and Field

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By: Arizona Athletics

Tucson, Ariz. – The University of Arizona track and field program will travel to Flagstaff, Ariz. to compete in the NAU Friday Night Duels on Friday to open the 2019 indoor season. Competition is set to begin with the throwing events at 3 p.m. MST with running events starting at 5 p.m.

"We are excited to get the season started at NAU," said head track ad field coach Fred Harvey. "It will be a great opportunity to see where everyone is at in terms of readiness for competition. We know they are fit, the Red White and Blue meet was one thing and we saw some good competitiveness there. Now we are putting on uniforms and competing against other people. We are traveling and we want to get a good feel for how people travel and how they prepare themselves for competition. The talent level and what we are capable of doing is not something I am really concerned about that, they have shown a lot of who we are and what we do. Now I just want to see what we do against people in different uniforms. I don't have any expectations other than anything we have been doing in training. We are going to run people in different events. We are going to put together our best 4x4s in terms of trying to get a mark on the board right away."

Below is a list of who will be competing for the Wildcats.
Ladies Team
Crystal Akpede
Judith Baxter-Game
Tiana Bonds
Megan Bounds
Malia Bryant
Katie Daily
Megan Dulaney
Diana Gajda
Chandra Hawthorne
Amarissa Hawker
Neysia Howard
Lillian Lowe
Shannon Meisberger
Karolina Pahlitzsch
Tiana Poirier-Shelton
Alexa Porpaczy
Diana Ramos
Skylar Sieben
Jordan Spradlin
Aleksandra Stawicka
Karla Teran
Tatum Waggoner

Men's Team
Mohammad Almarhoun
PJ Austin
Andy Buchanan
Keishawn Everly
Daniel Egbo
David Egbo
Grayson Fleming
Jordan Geist
Tanner Hagstrom
Gustavs Kehris
Imani Lee
Justin Lewis
James Smith
Maksims Sincukovs
Justice Summerset
Matthew Treston
Trevor Volpe
Umajesty Williams

Coverage: A complete recap of the Friday Night Duels will be posted to ArizonaWildcats.com and live stats will be available here. You can also follow @ArizonaTrack on Twitter for live updates.

First Day Out: 15 Cats are set to make their Arizona track and field debut in the Friday Night Duals. Highlighting the newcomers are Neysia Howard, Lillian Lowe, Keishawn Everly, James Smith, and Justin Lewis.

The Knochness Monster: After a prolific freshman campaign, sophomore Jordan Geist will make his 2019 indoor debut on Friday. The NCAA Freshman Indoor shot put record holder is set to compete in the shot put and weight throw contests. Last year, he finished first in both contests highlighted by a toss of 19.45m (63-9.75) in the shot to set the No. 2 mark in the NCAA.

400: A pair of Cats on Arizona's top-10 all time 400-meter dash list are set to compete in the event. Tatum Waggoner will run at 6:20 p.m. and Umajesty Williams will hear the gun go off at 6:30 p.m.

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