Maatoug, Women’s 4x400 Earn USTFCCCA All-America First Team Honors; Agina Earns Nod to Second Team

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Maatoug, Women’s 4x400 Earn USTFCCCA All-America First Team Honors; Agina Earns Nod to Second Team

6/11/2023 1:51:00 AM | Track & Field

AUSTIN, Texas – Duke track and field closed out the NCAA Outdoor Championships in record-breaking fashion as the Blue Devil women collected a trio of United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America honors – two first team and one second team – in the high jump, 5,000m and 4x400m relay.

Saturday's performances were headlined by sophomore Amina Maatoug unseating the school record in the 5,000m race via a top-five placement, while the women's 4x400m relay as well as graduate student Chinenye Agina notching strong showings as well.

The Duke women put the bow on a stellar 2023 outdoor campaign that was highlighted by winning the ACC Outdoor Championship – its second in three seasons and first outright title – with a conference-record 145.5 points. Overall, the Blue Devil women produced 33 top-five program marks and four program records.

HOW IT HAPPENED

It was a record-setting day for Amina Maatoug, who closed the door on a standout first collegiate season as she notched the highest placement of the entire weekend for the Blue Devils – men or women – en route to earning USTFCCCA All-America First Team honors via the best performance of her young career.
Competing in the women's 5,000m race, Maatoug put on an incredible display of running and clocked a personal best of 15:48.22 to place fifth overall, shattering Maddie McKeever (2007)'s 16-year-old school record by more than four seconds.
With her performance, the Leiden, Netherlands product became the fourth Duke woman all-time to be named an All-American in the event, joining Juliet Bottorff (2014), McKeever (2007, '08) and Clara Horowitz (2004).
Duke women's 4x400m relay earned a nod to the first team for the second time in three seasons following a solid showing in Saturday's event final.
The quartet of freshmen Julia Jackson and Lauren Tolbert, graduate student Madison Mulder and sophomore Megan McGinnis turned in a time of 3:28.65 – good for an eighth-place finish.
Chinenye Agina got the Saturday slate going for the Blue Devils in the women's high jump, picking up USTFCCCA All-America Second Team accolades after finishing 11th among the field, while making a revision of her own to the Duke record books in the process.
Agina produced her best performance of the season on the biggest stage and moved up to No. 2 all-time in program lore via a clearance of 1.84m (6-0.50 feet), becoming just the second Blue Devil woman all-time, and first in 18 years (Debra Vento, 2005) to be named an All-American in the event.

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