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NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Day 1
Greene Jumps For A National Title On Friday
March 8, 2018 | Track & Field
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - North Carolina's Nicole Greene will compete against 15 other competitors in the women's high jump at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday at 7 p.m. ET in the Gilliam Indoor Stadium on the campus of Texas A&M.
Greene, a junior from Ponte Vedra, Fla., returns to the indoor championships for the third time after earning indoor All-America honors in her first two seasons. As a freshman, she jumped 5-9¼ to take 12th at the indoor championships and to earn second-team All-America honors. Then as a sophomore, Greene jumped 6-0½, capturing first-team All-America honors with a fifth-place finish.
"This is literally the Sweet 16," Coach Nicole Hudson said. "You and 15 other girls have battled all season to earn the right to be here, so own that you're supposed to be here, you didn't sneak in - nobody sneaks into the NCAA Indoor Championships - this is your body of work, so let's celebrate the culmination of the work you put in this year."
Greene is coming off the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships where she won a conference high jump title for the first time in her career. Her winning jump of 6-2 (1.88 meters) is third in the NCAA. Greene nearly cleared 6-3¼ (1.91 meters) on her third attempt at the championships, just clipping the bar with her heel as she fell to the mat.
She has cleared 6-2 three time this season, first doing so at the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup on January 13 to pass coach Hudson in the school record books and move into second all-time at UNC. She then jumped 6-2 at the USATF Indoor Championships on February 18 before clearing the mark once more just six days later at the ACC Championships on February 23 to take home the title.
"The season has gone really great, and I never like to put a number on anything but I feel like something good is going to happen," Greene said. "And if it is not, it's not meant to be, but I'm really excited going in to see what will happen."
Greene is the lone representative from the ACC in the event, and she will be going up against the best high jumpers in the country looking to become UNC's first track and field national champion since 2007.
"Let's have fun," Hudson said. "That's the biggest thing because if there was a secret formula, then every coach would be using it. I think this week becomes the culmination of all of the work that she put in starting last June, and that's why this is fun. It shouldn't be a panic. It shouldn't be worried. It shouldn't be stressed. This should be fun because the thing is you belong here, but more importantly you have earned the right to be here."
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live Streaming: ESPN3 will stream the meet live starting at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March 9, and starting at 5 p.m. ET Saturday, March 10. A re-air of the championship will take place starting at 7 p.m. ET Sunday, March 11 on ESPN2.
Friday Live Stream: http://es.pn/2HeQZNu
Saturday Live Stream: http://es.pn/2G39DZv
Live Results: http://on.ncaa.com/2BIWrZs
Fans can follow @unctrack_field on Twitter and Instagram for live updates throughout Greene's competition. UNC Track & Field is also on Facebook. A recap of performances and results will be posted on GoHeels.com following the conclusion of competition.
WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP FIELD
Event 27 Women HJ (16)
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Progression: 1.76, 1.81, 1.84 then 3 cm
5-Alive jumping format until fewer than nine.
45 minute warm-up
NCAA Meet: 1.98m 3/13/2009 Destinee Hooker, Texas
Facility: 1.98m 3/13/2009 Destinee Hooker, Texas
Collegiate: 1.98m 3/13/2009 Destinee Hooker, Texas
Collegiate: 1.98m 3/11/2016 Akela Jones, Kansas St
Name Year School Seed Mark
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Flight 1 Finals
1 130 Haleigh Knapp SR E. Illinois 1.84m
2 138 Clarissa Cutliff JR FIU 1.84m
3 101 Loretta Blaut JR Cincinnati 1.87m
4 65 Quamecha Morrison JR Bethune-Cookman 1.85m
5 545 Chelsie Decoud SR TX State 1.88m
6 18 Stacey Destin JR Alabama 1.85m
7 546 Zarriea Willis JR Texas Tech 1.89m
8 319 Logan Boss SR Miss State 1.92m
9 178 Madeline Fagan SR Georgia 1.85m
10 463 Lissa Labiche SO South Carolina 1.85m
11 589 Alexus Henry JR UT-Arlington 1.86m
12 462 Jordan Fields SO South Carolina 1.85m
13 10 Shelley Spires SR Air Force 1.85m
14 87 Andrea Stapleton JR BYU 1.83m
15 295 Claire Kieffer-Wright SR Michigan 1.84m
16 356 Nicole Greene JR North Carolina 1.88m
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