Wake Forest Athletics
Track Teams Compete In Charlotte Invitational
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
April 13, 1998
Several Wake Forest competitors won events at the Charlotte Invitational hosted by UNC Charlotte over the weekend in the Deacons final tune-up before the 1998 ACC Track & Field Championships to be held in Orlando, FL, April 17-18.
John Stone ran personal and team season best times en route to winning the 100 meters and 200 meters. Stone finished the 100 with a time of 10.26 and finished the 200 with a time of 21.56.
Matt Shady won the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:52.48. Chris Cody had a solid showing in the 800 meters finishing second with a personal and team season best time of 1:54.63.
Brad Perkins secured a second place finish in the discus throw with a throw of 45.90 meters.
On the women's side, Wake Forest dominated the 800 meter run. Chrissy Person won the event for the Deacs with a time of 2:09.00. That time was another personal and season best time. Jill Snyder finished right behind Person with a time of 2:10.45. Summer Shaw finished fourth with a time of 2:16.57 and Erin Haugh finished fifth with a time of 2:22.07 to give Wake four of the top five spots in the 800 meter run.
Wake Forest also won the women's 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:56.30.
Carrie Gilchrist and Brooke Chapman registered second place finishes in the 400 meter hurdles and the 400 meter run respectively. Gilchrist ran a time of 1:06.28 while Chapman posted a time of 57.54.
