BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University women's track and field will be in action for the first time in over a month on Friday and Saturday when it travels to Johnson City, Tenn. to compete in East Tennessee State's David E. Walker Track & Field Kickoff Classic inside the ETSU/MSHA Mini-Dome.

The Mountaineers will be joined by six other teams including Alabama State, Carson-Newman, ETSU, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, and Western Carolina. Action is set to begin at 4 p.m. on Friday (women's long jump/men's weight throw) and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday (men's shot put).

Before the App State women went on its 34-day hiatus, they opened their 2015-16 indoor campaign by winning the Appalachian Open on December 4-5. In that meet, the Black and Gold took home first place in eight of a possible 15 events while breaking two program records in the progress including the high jump and 4x300-meter relay.

Hunter Welborn set a Holmes Center and App State record with a mark of 5-10 in the high jump and won the event while the 4x3 team of Imani Chapman, Micah Hanks, Darlene Girardeau, and Catherine Crawford also set both of those records with a time of 2:43.30 in first place.

The six other top finishes came from Girardeau in the 55-meter dash, Girardeau in the 200, Shelby Howell in the 800, Kate Butler in the mile, Brianna Tate in the shot put, and Hannah Emery in the pole vault.