DURHAM – Duke track and field puts a bow on the outdoor season as the Blue Devils, featuring a split squad, close out regular season competition at the Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Pa.) and the Charlotte Invitational (Charlotte, N.C.) this weekend.
The Penn Relays are slated for April 27-29 at Franklin Field, while the Charlotte Invitational is scheduled for April 28-29 at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Center.
MEET INFO
WHAT TO KNOW
- Duke will feature 28 athletes competing at the Penn Relays and 23 at the Charlotte Invitational.
- The Blue Devils are set to take part in the Penn Relays for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign.
- In the latest #EventSquad rankings, the Duke women are ranked top-15 nationally in nine events, including three in the top five – javelin (third), 100m hurdles (fifth) and 400m (fifth). On the men's side the Blue Devils feature two event groups in the top 15, led by the men's javelin (10th).
- Thursday's slate of events at the Penn Relays for Duke features the women's hammer throw (12 p.m.), men's hammer throw and women's 400m – the latter two events set to begin at 5 p.m.
- On Friday, the Blue Devil field events get going at 12 p.m., in the women's shot put while track events begin at 12:45 p.m., with the preliminary heats of the women's 4x100m relay. Duke opens the Saturday schedule in the morning in the men's discus (11:30 a.m.).
- The Blue Devils commence competition at the Charlotte Invitational Friday evening, taking the track for four events beginning with the women's 1500m at 7:30 p.m.
- An action-packed Saturday starts with the women's high jump (11 a.m.) before track events get going at 1 p.m., with the women's 100m hurdles.
LAST TIME OUT
- Duke turned in a stellar day of competition at Kentner Stadium as the Blue Devils concluded the Wake Forest Invitational with six top-five program marks along with seven event wins.
- Isabel Wakefield delivered the best performance of her career en route to being crowned champion of the women's long jump.
- Wakefield's third jump was her best of the competition, flying out to a personal best of 6.39m (20-11.75 feet) – just two centimeters off the school record – while leapfrogging three spots up to No. 2 all-time.
- Taking part in the men's hammer throw, Myles Schreck turned in his best showing of the season and collected a third-place finish.
- Schreck's sixth and final attempt was his best of the competition as he came through with a throw of 60.23m (197-7 feet), improving his No. 2 all-time program mark in the process.
- The women's high jump saw Brianna Smith pick up her first event win of the season behind a personal-best performance.
- Smith cleared a height of 1.79m (5-10.50 feet) to collect the win, moving herself into a tie for third all-time in program lore.
- Emily Sloan picked up an event win for the Blue Devils in the women's 100m hurdles and slotted herself No. 4 all-time in the program record books after clocking a season-best time of 13.38 seconds.
- Duke's last two top-five program marks on the day came via Nick Dahl and Lauren Tolbert in the men's and women's 800m Invite, both athletes' times checking in at fifth all-time at Duke.
- Dahl placed third and improved his fifth-fastest time in program history behind a time of 1:48.10, while Tolbert registered the victory in the women's race and earned her fourth top-five program mark of the outdoor season as she turned in a run of 2:04.87.
- The full recap can be found here.
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