MileSplit U College Cross Country and Track & Field

Isaac Presson of the University of North Carolina men's track and field team is the Tar Heel Performer of the Week for March 28-April 3, 2010. Presson turned in a pair of magnficient performances while competed in the 67th Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla.

Eight Named To Outdoor All-ACC Academic Team Keene To Compete For Ghana At 17th African Athletics Championships University of North Carolina track and field coach Dennis Craddock will welcome 30 newcomers, including 19 men and 11 women, to the Tar Heel program in 2010-11. Fourteen of the newcomers are middle distance and distance runners, including Kendra Schaff, a transfer from the University of Washington who was the 2008 and 2009 Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year and finished second at the 2009 NCAA Championship.

Photos: Courtesy of Jeff Sides

Photos courtesy of Milesplit.US photographers at NIN & NSIC

Knightdale and Ben L. Smith are ranked #2 & #3 in the nation now after their 3:22.52 and 3:22.55 performances.

Photos taken by Jeff Sides

Photo: (courtesy of PrettySporty.com) Daishon Barger of West Rowan winning the 55mH last week at Tar Heel HS Invitational

TCR's girls continue to look good. Definitely the team to beat among NCHSAA 4A teams. Asheville's duo of Presson/Harwell have been leading the way for 4 years now.

 Asheville High School has something special going on within their rising sophomore class . . . 2 All-American milers!