Duke Women Win ACC Outdoor Championship Convincingly Behind ACC Record 145.5 Points

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Duke Women Win ACC Outdoor Championship Convincingly Behind ACC Record 145.5 Points

5/13/2023 11:57:00 PM | Track & Field

Final Results (PDF)

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Duke women's track and field team notched its second ACC Outdoor Championship, and first outright title, in the past three seasons as the Blue Devils finished off a dominant and historic performance at the three-day conference Saturday evening at the Paul Derr Track and Field Facility.

The Blue Devils won the ACC title going away as the squads totaled a whopping 145.5 points – 61 points more than runner-up Virginia Tech. The 145.5 points scored by Duke in this year's ACC Women's Championship are the most since the ACC expanded to 15 teams in 2014, breaking the previous record of 134 by Florida State in 2019. On the men's side, Duke finished with 51 points to place ninth.

Overall, Duke crowned two ACC Champions, produced 21 medals and earned 35 All-ACC honors over the course of the weekend.

TOP PERFORMANCES

Megan McGinnis headlined the Saturday performances for the Blue Devils as she picked up a pair of medals – doing so in record-breaking fashion.
After winning the indoor title back in February, McGinnis completed the season sweep with a first-place finish in the outdoor 400m. The sophomore clocked a blistering personal best of 51.43 seconds to claim the gold medal and first-team honors, while breaking the school record in the process. Her time bested the previous record set by Brittany Aveni in 2021 and is currently tied for No. 13 nationally.
McGinnis also picked up the silver medal and All-ACC First Team honors in the women's 200m after registering another personal-best performance.
The Roanoke, Va., product dashed a blazing 22.99 seconds – just .03 off the school record – to finish runner up and slot herself No. 2 all-time in program lore.
Duke put the finishing touches on the win with a runner-up finish in the women's 4x400m relay. The foursome of senior Carly King, freshman Lauren Tolbert, graduate student Madison Mulder and freshman Julia Jackson produced the third-fastest time in school history, finishing the race in 3:29.95 to garner the silver medal and first-team accolades.
Graduate student Robbie Otal opened the afternoon with a bang and registered the silver medal in the men's discus that kicked off the Saturday slate.
Otal came through with his biggest throw on his third attempt, flinging the discus 59.67m (195-9 feet) to finish runner-up and earn All-ACC First Team accolades.
Sophomore Amina Maatoug kept her strong outdoor campaign going with another solid performance en route to a second-place finish in the 1500m final.
Maatoug notched the silver medal and garnered All-ACC First Team status behind a personal-best time of 4:15.75 – good for No. 5 all-time in program lore.
Sophomore Abby Geiser garnered first-team all-conference recognition and the silver medal in the women's 100m dash after registering the best race of her young career.
Geiser finished her race in 11.34 seconds to claim the top spot on the Duke charts, besting Aveni's previous record (11.35) set in 2021.
Graduate student Chinenye Agina was the next Blue Devil to make the podium as she turned in a season-best performance and earned a third-place finish in the women's high jump.
Agina finished the competition with a final clearance of 1.79m (5-10.50 feet) to collect the bronze medal and earn a nod to the all-conference second team, while moving up one spot into a tie for No. 3 all-time in Duke history.
Classmate Isabel Wakefield grabbed her second bronze medal of the weekend after turning in a personal-best performance in the women's 100m hurdles.
Wakefield clocked 13.24 seconds to pick up the third-place finish and All-ACC First Team honors, improving her No. 3 all-time program time in the process.
Senior Beau Allen registered a new personal best in the men's high jump en route to securing a third-place finish.
Allen posted a huge final clearance of 2.19m (7-2.25 feet) to collect bronze, All-ACC First Team accolades and improve his third-highest leap in the program record books.
Halle Bieber earned a pair of bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m races via personal bests in both events.
Bieber dashed 11.35 seconds in the 100m to move into a tie for No. 2 in the program record books, while the 200m saw the senior run 23.01 seconds – the third-fastest time in program history.
Sophomores Abby Geiser and Amina Maatoug also garnered All-ACC Second Team status Saturday after taking part in the women's 200m and 5000m races, respectively.
Doubling back from her 1500m race from earlier, Maatoug clocked the fastest 5,000m time of her career of 15:59.63 to move up to No. 4 all-time on the program charts, while Geiser posted a personal-best time of 23.44 seconds in the 200m.
Graduate student Emily Sloan also took part in the 100m hurdles and produced her best outing of the season. Sloan lowered her fourth-fastest time in Duke history with a run of 13.35 seconds to place fourth overall and earn a nod to the second team.
Junior Brianna Smith competed in the women's high jump and picked up her second conference honor of the weekend, clearing 1.76m (5-9.25 feet) to place fifth overall and garner All-ACC Second Team status.
Rounding out Duke's all-conference honors were rookies Julia Jackson and Lauren Tolbert and junior Charlotte Tomkinson – with the trio earning second team honors in their respective events.
Tomkinson registered a personal best of 2:05.17 to place fifth overall in the 800m. Over in the women's 400m, Jackson and Tolbert finished back-to-back in fifth and sixth place via times of 52.80 seconds and 52.98 seconds, respectively.
For the complete meet results, click here.

QUOTE
"I'm just ecstatic to win our first title solo and not be co-champions. I'm really proud of the team – not for just breaking the scoring record, but for how we did it. We scored in every event on the track today [and] there were only four events in the entire meet that we didn't score in, and that's exactly what we've been preaching – team track and field. We're building the culture and you're starting to see the results." – Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Shawn Wilbourn on the team's performance at the ACC Outdoor Championships.

UP NEXT
Several Blue Devils await their fates on qualification for the NCAA East Regional, which will take place in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 24-27. The NCAA Outdoor Championships will take place from June 7-10 in Austin, Texas.

ACC MEDALISTS

Tyler Hrbek – Gold (Pole Vault)
Megan McGinnis – Gold (400m)
Dana Baker – Silver (Javelin)
Abby Geiser – Silver (100m)
Julia Jackson – Silver (4x400m)
Carly King – Silver (4x400m)
Amina Maatoug – Silver (1500m)
Megan McGinnis – Silver (200m)
Madison Mulder – Silver (4x400m)
Robbie Otal – Silver (Discus)
Lauren Tolbert – Silver (4x400m)
Chinenye Agina – Bronze (High Jump)
Beau Allen – Bronze (High Jump)
Halle Bieber – Bronze (100m)
Halle Bieber – Bronze (200m)
Scott Campbell – Bronze (Javelin)
Max Forte – Bronze (Decathlon)
Brianna Smith – Bronze (Heptathlon)
Ilhame Tamrouti – Bronze (Javelin)
Isabel Wakefield – Bronze (Long Jump)
Isabel Wakefield – Bronze (100m hurdles)

ALL-ACC HONORS

Chinenye Agina – First Team (High Jump)
Beau Allen – First Team (High Jump)
Dana Baker – First Team (Javelin)
Halle Bieber – First Team (100m)
Halle Bieber – First Team (200m)
Scott Campbell – First Team (Javelin)
Max Forte – First Team (Decathlon)
Abby Geiser – First Team (100m)
Tyler Hrbek – First Team (Pole Vault
Julia Jackson – First Team (4x400m)
Carly King – First Team (4x400m)
Madison Mulder – First Team (4x400m)
Amina Maatoug – First Team (1500m)
Megan McGinnis - First Team (200m)
Megan McGinnis - First Team (400m)
Robbie Otal – First Team (Discus)
Brianna Smith – First Team (Heptathlon)
Ilhame Tamrouti – First Team (Javelin)
Lauren Tolbert – First Team (4x400m)
Isabel Wakefield – First Team (Long Jump)
Isabel Wakefield – First Team (100m hurdles)
Emily Cole – Second Team (3000m steeplechase)
Joe DiDario – Second Team (Javelin)
Abby Geiser – Second Team (200m)
Julia Jackson – Second Team (400m)
Luke Jackson – Second Team (Javelin)
Zach Kinne – Second Team (1500m)
Amina Maatoug – Second Team (5000m)
Ezra Mellinger – Second Team (Long Jump)
Moorea Mitchell – Second Team (Hammer Throw)
Emily Sloan – Second Team (100m hurdles)
Brianna Smith – Second Team (High Jump)
Lauren Tolbert – Second Team (400m)
Charlotte Tomkinson – Second Team (800m)
Kirstin West – Second Team (Javelin)

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