Duke Resumes Competition at Virginia Tech Elite Meet, Camel City Invitational

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Duke Resumes Competition at Virginia Tech Elite Meet, Camel City Invitational

2/3/2022 1:30:00 PM | Track & Field

VT Elite Meet Schedule Camel City Invite Schedule

DURHAM – The Duke track and field program resumes indoor season competition this weekend at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (Blacksburg, Va.) and Camel City Invitational (Winston-Salem, N.C.), both slated for Feb. 4-5.

Virginia Tech Elite Meet
Duke features 17 women and 25 men competing in the meet. Along with the Blue Devils, the 15th annual installment of the event includes a field comprised of athletes from Virginia Tech, Virginia, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Tennessee, Charlotte, East Carolina, Kentucky, and VCU.

Friday's schedule of events is set to begin at 5 p.m., beginning with the women's long jump and men's 800m run. Saturday opens at 11 a.m. with the women's seeded pole vault.

Camel City Invitational
Graduate students Nick Dahl and Michaela Reinhart will represent the Blue Devils at the Camel City Invitational Saturday afternoon. Reinhart takes the track for the women's 3000 Meter Run Elite at approximately 2:02 p.m. Dahl will compete in the men's Mile Run Elite slated for a 3:18 p.m. start.

Duke Notables:

The Duke women checked in at No. 18 in the Jan. 24 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national rankings following a blazing start to the 2021-22 indoor season. The Blue Devil women enter this weekend ranked 21st.
Graduate student Erin Marsh was tabbed the Jan. 25 ACC Women's Field Performer of the Week following a first-place finish in the pentathlon at the Virginia Tech Invitational.
Marsh won the meet's event for the second year in a row after totaling 4,172 points, which included a first-place finish in the high jump on a leap of 1.73m (5-8 feet). Her point total currently ranks third nationally.

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The Blue Devils registered 21 top-five placements and tallied 10 all-time Duke marks.
Dahl shattered the 10-year-old Duke record in the 3000m and clocked the program's first sub-eight-minute time in the event, finishing in 7:59.84.
Senior Isabel Wakefield finished second in the pentathlon and stood just 13 points off Marsh's total with 4,159 points, moving into third on Duke's all-time list. Her performance included first-place finishes in the long jump (six meters (19-8 ¼ feet)) and 60m hurdles (8.27 seconds).
Her 60m hurdle time set a new PR and moved her into second all-time in program history.
Graduate students Josh Romine and CJ Ambrosio opened their indoor seasons with successful outings in the men's 3000m.
Romine finished in 8:03.14 (3rd) to move into third all-time, while Ambrosio's time of 8:05.68 (5th) holds the No. 5 spot on Duke's list. Both marks were also personal bests.
Graduate student Lauren Hoffman moved into second all-time on the 300m list with a 38.45 second PR. She also finished second in the 400m dash and locked up the No. 5 spot on the Duke list after clocking a personal best 54.14 seconds.
Classmate Alex Schwedt also moved into the No. 2 spot in the 300m with a PR of 34.07 seconds.
Freshman Mike Herzog improved on his No. 3 all-time triple jump mark for the second consecutive meet with a measurement of 14.65m (48-¾ feet).
Sophomore Gage Knight finished the men's heptathlon with 5,431 points (5th), which ranks fifth all-time in program history. His performance included a first-place finish in the 60m dash of 6.96 seconds.

Duke Competitors

Name	Event
Halle Bieber	60m dash, 200m dash
Emily Cole	Mile run
Jenna Crean	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Abby Geiser	60m dash, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Katie Hamilton	Mile run
Lauren Hoffman	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Carly King	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Lara Kohlenbach	Long jump, 60m hurdles, high jump
Erin Marsh	Long jump, 60m hurdles, high jump, 4x400m relay
Megan McGinnis	800m run, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Nikki Merritt	Long jump, 400m, 4x400m relay
Amarachi Onuoha	400m, 200m dash
Michaela Reinhart	3000m run
Kelcie Simmons	60m dash, 200m dash
Paige Sommers	Pole vault (seeded)
Chyler Turner	60m hurdles, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Isabel Wakefield	Long jump, 60m hurdles, high jump, 4x400m relay
Hailey Williams	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Beau Allen	High jump
Mohammad Almarhoun	Long jump, 60m dash
Michael Bennett	Pole vault (unseeded), 60m hurdles
Rory Cavan	Mile run
Nick Dahl	Mile run Elite
Carter Dillon	800m run, 3000m run
Max Forte	Long jump, 60m dash
Austin Gabay	Mile run
Colin Grip	800m run, 400m, 4x400m relay
Mike Herzog	Long jump, 60m dash, triple jump
Davis Howell	High jump
Zach Kinne	Mile run
Gage Knight	Pole vault (unseeded), 60m hurdles
Jack Kovach	3000m run, DMR
Jared Kreis	3000m run
Ezra Mellinger	Long jump, 60m dash, 200m dash
Miles Mingo	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Sam Rivera	3000m run, DMR, Mile run
Alejandro Rodriguez	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Josh Romine	Mile run
Alex Schwedt	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Chris Theodore	3000m run, Mile run
Job Trahan	400m, 200m dash, 4x400m relay
Michael Ungvarsky	Mile run
Jackson Walker	800m run, DMR
Beck Wittstadt	800m run, DMR

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