WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's & women's track teams sent a select group of Spartans to the Wake Forest Invitational on Thursday and Friday.
 
Ayzia Jefferson set a new personal best and school record time of 25.03 in the 200-meter run. The time placed her 11^th out of 16 competitors. She previously set a time of 25.04 at the Bob Davidson Memorial at High Point to begin the season. Teammate, Alana Hill, ran a time of 25.65 in the event which put her 15^th overall.
 
With nine sections of the 800-meter open event, Jeremiah Jones ran a personal best time of 1:53.84 and placed third out of six.
 
Samuel Barnard, competed in one of nine sections of the 1500-meter open, where he finished seventh with a personal best time of 3:54.96. This was the second time in his collegiate career that he broke the four-minute mark in the 1500-meter run.

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UNCG will send Spartans to the Duke Twilight in Durham, North Carolina, at Morris Williams Stadium on Sunday, May 3 for the final regular season meet of the season. Following that, they will prep for the 2026 Southern Conference (SoCon) Outdoor Track & Field Championships, held at Western Carolina at Catamount Athletic Complex in Cullowhee, North Carolina, from May 11-12.
 
MEN
400m – out of 12
12. Emery Anderson – 59.68
 
800m open 1 – out of 6 competitors (9 sections)
3. Jeremiah Jones – 1:53.84 - PB
5. Glodi Mvovi – 1:55.18
 
800m open 6 – out of 8 competitors (9 sections)
7. Samuel Barnard – 1:54.17
 
1500m open 1 – out of 11 competitors (9 section)
4. Samuel Barnard – 3:54.96 - PB
 
5000m open – out of 26 competitors (1 section)
6. Khalid Abdullahi – 14:28.80
 
5000m invite 1 – out of 25 competitors (3 sections)
22. Luke Ward – 15:00.92
 
WOMEN
200m – out of 16
11. Ayzia Jefferson – 25.03 – School record
15. Alana Hill – 25.65