Blue Devils Conclude Final Day of Spec Towns Invite

Saturday, April 9

Athens, Ga.

10:00 AM

Duke University

Day Two at Spec Towns Invitational

Blue Devils Conclude Final Day of Spec Towns Invite

4/9/2016 6:17:00 PM | Track & Field

Final Results

By: Duke Sports Information

ATHENS, Ga. – The Duke men's and women's track & field teams wrapped up the final day of the Spec Towns Invitational Saturday in Athens, Ga., highlighted by a pair of wins on the track.

Carrying over the momentum of a strong showing in the distance races Friday, the Blue Devils continued that trend in Saturday's events. After winning the women's 1,500 yesterday, senior Anima Banks picked up another victory by placing first in the women's 800 with a time of 2:06.64, followed by classmate Olivia Anderson in third at 2:11.24. Junior Dylan Murphy logged the top performance for Duke in the men's 800, placing second with a 1:51.06 showing, while redshirt junior Michal Filipczak and senior Tommy Meister finished fifth and sixth, respectively, with times of 1:52.07 and 1:52.84.

Moving on to the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, sophomore Kyle Carrozza picked up the win for the Blue Devils, logging a time of 9:27.77. Junior Stephen Shine rounded out the distance races for Duke, placing second in the men's 1,500 with a time of 3:56.18. Shine also took first in the men's 3,000 Friday night.

After setting the Duke records in both the women's 100 and 200 over the first two weeks, sophomore sprinter Maddy Price set her gaze on the women's 400 record this weekend. Price finished second overall with a time of 53.70, the second-fastest time in Duke history. Junior Madeline Kopp, the current school-record holder in the event with a time of 52.74, placed fifth in the race with a 54.35 clocking. In the men's 400, sophomore Brett Bofinger clocked a 48.80 to finish seventh in his first outdoor 400 of the 2016 season.

Duke added two top-five finishes in the 400-meter hurdles, led by redshirt senior Teddi Maslowski running a 1:00.62 to finish fourth overall in the women's race. For the men, junior Michael Wilson registered a time of 55.04 to take fifth.

In the field events, Duke was led by its high jumpers. In the men's competition, freshman Rivers Ridout and sophomores Colt Sessions and Andrew Pancoast all cleared 6-6.75 (2.00m) to place fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. Junior Maddie Morrow picked up a top-five placing of her own on the women's side, registering a season-best jump of 5-7.00 (1.70m).

The Blue Devils recorded three more sixth-place finishes elsewhere in the field events, starting with redshirt senior Thomas Lang in the men's javelin, throwing the implement 202-4 (61.67m). Freshmen Nati Sheppard and Domonique Panton also placed sixth in their respective events, as Sheppard cleared a season-best 12-9.50 (3.90m) in the women's pole vault and Panton registered a wind-aided mark of 38-8.75 (11.80m) in the women's triple jump. Redshirt junior Urina Harrell added a seventh-place showing in the women's shot put with a toss of 46-10.75 (14.29m).

Duke will continue the outdoor season next week by traveling west to Walnut, Calif., for the Mt. Sac Relays April 13-16.

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