Beatty Breaks School Record In Weight Throw at VA Tech

Friday, February 21

Blacksburg, VA

Duke University

Day One At Va Tech Challenge

Athletes compete during the 2019 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Blacksburg, Va., Saturday Feb. 23, 2019. (Photo by Michael Shroyer, the ACC)

Beatty Breaks School Record In Weight Throw at VA Tech

2/21/2020 9:06:00 PM | Track & Field

BLACKSBURG, VA. – The Duke men's track & field team completed the first night of the Virginia Tech Challenge on Friday with a program record and six total personal records.

Redshirt junior Ben Beatty captured the school record in the weight throw with a distance of 19.08m (69-7.25 feet). The mark placed him as the top collegiate finisher in Friday's event and currently ranks as the fifth-best in the ACC this indoor season. Beatty surpassed Iyin Battle's distance of 18.55 (60-10.50) for the top spot in program history.

Senior Nico Coleman (1:22.95) and freshman Theo Burba (1:23.62) both set personal bests in the men's 600m, finishing fifth and sixth in the event, respectively.

Sophomore Joe Cullen finished fourth in the men's 800m with a PR time of 1:54.96. Sophomore Devin Connell joined him in clocking a personal-best finish, with his coming at 1:56.84.

Duke's slate of events was kicked off with the men's mile, where junior AJ Eckmann clocked his own personal-record time of 4:25.73.

Duke will be back in action on Saturday, with Beatty competing in the shot put at noon followed by four athletes going in both the men's 3000m and 4x400m relay.

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