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This Week in Duke Athletics History (June 8-14)
6/8/2020 11:24:00 AM | Athletics
June 8
2019 – Women's Track & Field – Sophomore Erin Marsh collected second team All-America honors in the heptathlon on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas. Marsh finished 10th overall with 5,707 points to become the second Blue Devil ever to earn All-America in the women's heptathlon.
June 9
2011 – Women's Track & Field – Sophomore Juliet Bottorff became the first outdoor women's national champion in Duke history, winning the 10,000-meter race at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Bottorff's finishing time was 34:25.86, and her victory marked the first national title by a Blue Devil woman since Shannon Rowbury won the indoor mile in 2006.
2019 – Women's Golf – Ana Belac and the International squad took down the United States, 33.5-26.5 at the Arnold Palmer Cup, which was played at The Alotian Club in Roland, Ark.
2019 – Softball – For the first time in program history, a Blue Devil was drafted to the professional ranks as Reilly Metzger was selected as the 33rd overall pick in the 2019 American Softball Association (ASBA) Draft by the E1 Pro Ballers.
June 10
2012 – Women's Golf – Leona Maguire and the Great Britain and Ireland team downed the United States, 10 ½ - 9 ½ in the Curtis Cup played in Nairn, Scotland.
2015 – Men's Track & Field – Redshirt-junior Thomas Lang recorded a school-record distance in the javelin throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. Making his second consecutive appearance at the national meet, Lang let it fly a Duke all-time mark of 237-10 (72.50 meters) on his first attempt. Lang would place sixth in the final, becoming the first Duke thrower ever to earn first team All-America honors in the javelin.
June 12
2016 – Women's Golf – Leona Maguire helped lead Great Britain and Ireland to an 11 ½ to 8 ½ victory over the United States at the Curtis Cup, which was played at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club south of Dublin, Ireland.
June 13
2004 – Women's Golf – The Duke tandem of Brittany Lang and Liz Janangelo helped lead the United States to a 10-8 victory over Great Britain and Ireland at the Curtis Cup, which was played in Formby, England.
2015 – Women's Golf – Celine Boutier won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at the Portstewart Golf Club by knocking off Linnea Strom, 4&3.
The games or events noted above are not meant to be a complete listing of Duke's events on these dates, but a sampling of great moments as determined by the GoDuke.com staff.Â
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2019 – Women's Track & Field – Sophomore Erin Marsh collected second team All-America honors in the heptathlon on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas. Marsh finished 10th overall with 5,707 points to become the second Blue Devil ever to earn All-America in the women's heptathlon.
June 9
2011 – Women's Track & Field – Sophomore Juliet Bottorff became the first outdoor women's national champion in Duke history, winning the 10,000-meter race at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Bottorff's finishing time was 34:25.86, and her victory marked the first national title by a Blue Devil woman since Shannon Rowbury won the indoor mile in 2006.
2019 – Women's Golf – Ana Belac and the International squad took down the United States, 33.5-26.5 at the Arnold Palmer Cup, which was played at The Alotian Club in Roland, Ark.
2019 – Softball – For the first time in program history, a Blue Devil was drafted to the professional ranks as Reilly Metzger was selected as the 33rd overall pick in the 2019 American Softball Association (ASBA) Draft by the E1 Pro Ballers.
June 10
2012 – Women's Golf – Leona Maguire and the Great Britain and Ireland team downed the United States, 10 ½ - 9 ½ in the Curtis Cup played in Nairn, Scotland.
2015 – Men's Track & Field – Redshirt-junior Thomas Lang recorded a school-record distance in the javelin throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. Making his second consecutive appearance at the national meet, Lang let it fly a Duke all-time mark of 237-10 (72.50 meters) on his first attempt. Lang would place sixth in the final, becoming the first Duke thrower ever to earn first team All-America honors in the javelin.
June 12
2016 – Women's Golf – Leona Maguire helped lead Great Britain and Ireland to an 11 ½ to 8 ½ victory over the United States at the Curtis Cup, which was played at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club south of Dublin, Ireland.
June 13
2004 – Women's Golf – The Duke tandem of Brittany Lang and Liz Janangelo helped lead the United States to a 10-8 victory over Great Britain and Ireland at the Curtis Cup, which was played in Formby, England.
2015 – Women's Golf – Celine Boutier won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at the Portstewart Golf Club by knocking off Linnea Strom, 4&3.
The games or events noted above are not meant to be a complete listing of Duke's events on these dates, but a sampling of great moments as determined by the GoDuke.com staff.Â
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