N.C. State’s outdoor track and field team will travel to Blacksburg, Va. on Friday to compete in the Hokie Invitational—it’s third meet of the season.

The Wolfpack returns four All-Americans, 13 NCAA Qualifiers, and five All-ACC athletes this season as it looks to build off a successful 2012-2013 campaign under head coach Rollie Geiger.

State began the indoor portion of the season Jan. 7, in Winston-Salem, competing in the JDL Fast Track Kick Off. The Pack came away with four first-place finishes and followed that by recording seven first-place finishes the following week in Chapel Hill at the Gene Anderson Invitational. 

Sophomore Alexis Perry competed in three events at the JDL Kick Off, finishing the day in fourth place in the high jump at 5’ 3.75”, second in the long jump with a distance of 18’ 11.25” and 15th in the 60m-dash preliminary with a time of 7.88. 

Perry, a gold medalist at the 2013 Junior Pan-American Games, bounced back to win two events at the Gene Anderson Invitational. The Durham native took home first-place honors in both the 60m hurdles and the long jump, where she set a new personal best of 20’ 05”.

Sophomore Jonathan Addison also competed in three events at the JDL Kick Off. Addison won first place in the high jump after posting a mark of 6’ 10.25” and finished fourth in both the 60m-dash and the long jump. 

The next week in Chapel Hill, Addison took home first-place again in the high jump, improving on his performance in Blacksburg by clearing the bar at an improved height of 6’10.75”. Addison also finished fourth in the 60m-dash, followed closely by sophomore Brian Davis who finished fifth in the event. 

Sophomore Nicole Chavis placed first in the women’s weight throw at both the JDL Kick Off and the Gene Anderson Invitational. Out of the eight weight-throw events Chavis competed last season, the Lumberton native won three times and finished inside the top-five in all events, which earned her All-ACC honors in her freshman season. 

Sophomore Sequoia Watkins earned second-place honors in the weight throw at the JDL Kick Off, combining with Chavis to help the Wolfpack post a one-two finish in the event. 

Watkins, an All-ACC performer and NCAA Championships participant in the discus throw last season, also secured first-place honors of her own at the Kick Off, winning the women’s shot put with a distance of 47’ 3.75”. The Asheville native finished third in the weight throw at the Gene Anderson Invitational, two spots behind Chavis. 

Two-time second-team All-American senior Nathaniel Williams finished fourth in the men’s weight throw in Winston-Salem, failing to defend his weight throw title from last season’s JDL Kick Off. 

Freshman Paisley Simmons claimed first-place finishes at both the JDL Kick Off and the Gene Anderson Invitational in the women’s 60m dash, running times of 7.57 and 7.54, respectively. 

Junior Jule Rich, senior Elizabeth Shuman and freshman Tiana Patillo all posted first-place finishes for the Wolfpack in Chapel Hill, winning the shot put, high jump and 200m dash, respectively.