HICKORY, N.C. – The App State track and field team recorded three event wins and tallied 12 top-five finishes on the first day of the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational hosted by Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory on Friday.
Junior Chris Wainscott garnered gold in the men's shot put with a personal best of 17.89m (58' 8.25), which keeps him at third in the App State record book for the event. Wainscott also secured silver in the men's discus with a toss of 48.51m (159' 2"). Fellow junior Nathan Karl took third in the men's shot put (15.