Blue Devils Post Four Top Five Program Marks, Win Three Events on Day Two

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Blue Devils Post Four Top Five Program Marks, Win Three Events on Day Two

3/24/2023 11:21:00 PM | Track & Field

Day Two Results (PDF)

RALEIGH, N.C. – Four top five program marks and three event wins headlined the second day of competition at the Raleigh Relays for the Duke track and field program.

Duke revised the program record books in the men's discus, women's 100m, women's high jump and women's 400m, while the Blue Devils garnered first-place finishes in the men's pole vault, men's discus and women's high jump.

TOP PERFORMANCES

A week after unseating the nine-year-old program record in the discus at the Shamrock Invitational this past weekend, graduate student Robbie Otal raised the bar as he improved on his record-setting performance en route to his second straight event win.
Otal came through on his fifth attempt, notching a throw measuring 61.55m (201-11 feet). The mark currently ranks third nationally and improved his school-record throw by nearly three feet.
Graduate student Chinenye Agina picked up a first-place finish for the Blue Devils in the women's high jump, etching her name into the program records in the process.
Behind a season-best clearance of 1.78m (5-10 feet), Agina moved into a tie for fourth all-time in program lore.
On the track, Duke registered top-five program times in the women's 100m and women's 400m, respectively, behind steady showings from sophomore Abby Geiser and freshman Lauren Tolbert.
Geiser dashed 11.50 seconds to move into third all-time at Duke, while Tolbert slotted herself fifth in program history after clocking 52.83 seconds.
Duke's other event win came in the men's pole vault. Competing for the Blue Devils in their first event of the day, freshman Jonathan Horn set the tone via a personal-best performance as he cleared 4.90m (16-0.75 feet) to position himself atop the field.
The Blue Devils tallied six other top-five placements on the day, starting with runner-up finishes in the men's and women's high jump and the women's 3,000m steeplechase.
Senior Beau Allen leapt 2.06m (6-9 feet) to grab his second top-five placement of the season while junior Brianna Smith cleared all three of her jumps on the first attempt, the final bar measuring 1.75m (5-8.75 feet).
Emily Cole put on a stellar display of running in her inaugural steeplechase race of the season. The senior finished her race below the Raleigh Relays meet record in the event, clocking 9:53.86.
Graduate students Sara Absten and Madison Mulder rounded out the group of Blue Devils with top-five finishes as each delivered personal-best showings in their respective events.
Mulder finished in 53.94 seconds to place third, while Absten jumped 1.72m (5-7.75 feet) to take fourth.
Results from Day 2 can be found here.

UP NEXT
On Saturday, the men's hammer throw gets competition underway at 9:45 a.m., while the women's 4x100m relay kicks off the afternoon slate of Duke track events at 1 p.m.

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