Marsh Takes Gold in Pentathlon at ACCs

Thursday, February 27

South Bend, Ind.

Duke University

Day One at ACC Indoor Championships

Marsh Takes Gold in Pentathlon at ACCs

2/27/2020 8:53:00 PM | Track & Field

RESULTS (PDF)

SOUTH BEND, IND. – Duke junior Erin Marsh kicked off the ACC Indoor Championships in style on Thursday night, winning gold in the pentathlon with 4,186 points at the Loftus Sports Center.

Marsh took first place in the 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump on the way to becoming Duke's first ACC champion in an indoor event since 2017. Marsh's 4,186 point total ranks second all-time at Duke.

The Buford, Ga., native won the 60m hurdles with a school-record time of 8.29 seconds – surpassing the previous mark of 8.34 seconds recorded in 2016 by Teddi Maslowski. Marsh would go on to tie her personal best in the shot put with a mark of 11.71m (38-5.0 feet) to place second in the event. She finished out the pentathlon with a sixth-place time of 2:22.65 in the 800m.

The Blue Devils also had a strong showing in the men's distance medley relay, as the quartet of Matt Wisner, Connor Atkinson, Matt Politis and Alex Miley recorded a seasonal-best time 9:49.63 to place fourth. Atkinson clocked a lifetime-best 47.8 in the 400m second leg, before Politis recorded his best collegiate mark with a 1:53.4 time in the 800m third leg. Miley anchored the group by clocking a PR of his own, a 4:05.5 1600m split.

The women's DMR squad – made up of Leigha Torino, Lauren Hoffman, Brittany Aveni and Michaela Reinhart – also finished fourth with a time of 11:11.96.

The Blue Devils picked up 11 points out of the impressive pentathlon performances, and with the women's DMR collecting five points from their finish, the Duke women are currently in third with 16 team points. The men concluded the first night of competition in seventh place, with five points coming from the DMR placement.

The men's heptathlon got underway on Thursday with four of seven events completed. Junior Jacob Sobota currently sits in fifth place, thanks in large part to fourth-place marks in both the shot put (12.05m) and high jump (1.81m).

The heptathlon will resume at 11 a.m. to begin Friday's slate. Coverage of the ACC Championships will be on ACC Network Extra, with Shawn Kenney on the play-by-play call and Larry Rawson providing analysis.

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MEN:

Jacob Sobota | Heptathlon

60m	Long Jump	Shot Put	High Jump
8th, 7.23	7th, 6.64m (21-9.50)	4th, 12.05m (39-6.5)	4th, 1.81m (5-11.25)

Kyle Foltz | Heptathlon

60m	Long Jump	Shot Put	High Jump
11th, 7.73 - PR	8th, 5.88m (19-3.50)	7th, 11.52m (37-9.50) - PR	7th, 1.75m (5-8.75) - PR

Beau Allen	High Jump
CJ Ambrosio	5000m
Connor Atkinson	DMR
Ben Beatty	Weight Throw, Shot Put	17.30m (56-9.25) – WT
Rory Cavan	Mile
Joe Cullen	800m
Paul Dellinger	5000m
Aiden Felty	Shot Put
Kyle Foltz	Heptathlon
Cole Hoff	5000m
Joseph Laster	60m, 200m
Ezra Mellinger	Long Jump, 200m
Alex Miley	DMR, Mile
Miles Mingo	400m
Matt Politis	DMR, 800m
Josh Romine	3000m
Cole Rowan	Pole Vault
Jacob Sobota	Heptathlon
Esteban Suarez	Pole Vault
Tom Sullivan	3000m
Keith Williams	High Jump
Matt Wisner	DMR, 800m
Connor Atkinson, Ezra Mellinger, Miles Mingo, Matt Wisner, Jacob Sobota (replacement)	4x400m Relay

WOMEN:

Erin Marsh | Pentathlon

60m Hurdles	High Jump	Shot Put	Long Jump	800m
1st, 8.29 - #2 Duke All-Time	1st, 1.70m (5-7.0)	2nd, 11.71m (38-5.0) – Tied PR	1st, 5.96m (19-6.75)	6th, 2:22.65

Isabel Wakefield | Pentathlon

60m Hurdles	High Jump	Shot Put	Long Jump	800m
3rd, 8.57 - PR	11th, 1.58m (5-2.25)	5th, 11.35m (37-3.0) – PR	11th, 5.16m (16-11.25)	11th, 2:32.20

Kate Kutzer | Pentathlon

60m Hurdles	High Jump	Shot Put	Long Jump	800m
13th, 13.29	9th, 1.58m (5-2.25)	10th, 10.62m (34-10.25)	11th, 5.16m (16-11.25)	11th, 2:32.20

Brittany Aveni	DMR, 400m
Amanda Beach	5000m
Halle Bieber	60m Hurdles, 200m
Lindsay Billings	5000m
Elasia Campbell	High Jump
Emily Cole	Mile
Jenna Crean	200m
Lauren Hoffman	DMR
Carly King	400m
Kate Kutzer	Pentathlon, Long Jump
Erin Marsh	Pentathlon, High Jump, Long Jump, 60m Hurdles
Cassie Martin	High Jump
Nikki Merritt	400m
Sara Platek	5000m, 3000m
Michaela Reinhart	DMR, 3000m
Samantha Schadler	800m
Kelcie Simmons	60m, 200m
Leigha Torino	DMR, Mile
Isabel Wakefield	Pentathlon, Long Jump
Chesney Ward	Pole Vault
Lauren Hoffman, Halle Bieber, Brittany Aveni, Nikki Merritt, Jenna Crean/Carly King (replacements)	4x400m Relay