The High Point University track and field squads will host the annual VertKlasse Meeting on Friday, March 31^st and Saturday, April 1^st. It marks the second of three home meets for the Panthers in Vert Stadium this outdoor season.
 
NCAA Indoor Championships
Friday, March 31^st | 10:00 AM
Saturday, April 1^st | 9:00 AM
High Point, N.C. | Vert Stadium
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Last Time Out
Alicia Dawson claimed another first-place finish in the triple jump (11.91m) while six Panthers posted personal bests at the Weems Baskin Invitational last weekend in Columbia, South Carolina. Amanda Scattergood notched an impressive near-two-meter personal record in the women's hammer throw with a mark of 44.36m. Grady Moyer cleared 3.60m in the women's pole vault and Ebba Ahman improved her best times in the 100m hurdles (14.40s) and 400m hurdles (1:00.52). Alex Hoffman posted a personal best and new school record in the men's hammer with a mark of 53.86m while Aidan Britt ran 48.54 seconds in the 400m dash. At the Raleigh Relays, Hunter Steinau also ran a personal best in the men's 10K, finishing in 29:54.75.
 

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The Field at VertKlasse
Teams expected to be represented at VertKlasse include Anderson, Averett, Barton, Bridgewater, Buffalo State, Campbell, Capital, Catawba, Charleston, Columbia (S.C.), Concord, Davidson, Duke, East Tennessee State, Elon, Fayetteville, Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, Georgian Court, Glenville State, Guilford, High Point, Hillsdale, Johnson C. Smith, Lee's-McRae, Lenoir Rhyne, Liberty, Mars Hill, Mount St. Mary's, North Carolina Central, Queens (N.C.), Roanoke, Shaw, St. Andrew's, St. Augustine, UNC Asheville, UNC Greensboro, UNC Pembroke, VCU, VMI, Wake Forest, Walsh, West Virginia, Wheeling, and Winston-Salem State.
 

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— HPU T&F/XC (@HPUTrack) March 20, 2023

 
How to Follow VertKlasse
Friday and Saturday's running events will be broadcast on ESPN+ with limited visibility to several field events around the track. Live results are also available through Flash Timing.
 
Panthers Remain Mainstays in Big South Athlete of the Week Rotation
After two weeks of outdoor competition, High Point has had four total athletes selected as Big South Athletes of the Week. Following the first week of competition, Ebba Ahman was named the women's Track Athlete of the Week before Nick Lourenco (Men's Freshman), Alicia Dawson (Women's Field), and Anjali Mead (Women's Freshman) earned weekly awards following competition in South Carolina. Throughout the indoor season, HPU claimed 15 weekly conferene awards.
 

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About the VertKlasse Meeting
Friday and Saturday mark the 14^th annual High Point University VertKlasse Meeting. The name "VertKlasse" is based on the Weltklasse Zu¨rich meet (pronounced VELT-class ZUR-ick, German for World Class Zurich), a famed international meet held annually in Switzerland. The name "Vert" was added in honor of two of HPU's greatest benefactors and alumni, Dick and Peg Vert, for whom Vert Stadium is named. Dick Vert was a member of the HPU cross country and track teams beginning in the fall of 1957 until he graduated in the spring of 1960.