Three Blue Devils Medal, Eight Earn All-ACC Honors on Day Three

Saturday, February 24

Boston, Mass.

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Day Three at ACC Indoor Championships

Ezra Mellinger receiving the bronze medal at ACC Championships

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Three Blue Devils Medal, Eight Earn All-ACC Honors on Day Three

2/24/2024 9:04:00 PM | Track & Field

Final Results (PDF)

BOSTON, Mass. – Duke track and field concluded competition at the ACC Indoor Championships Saturday with the Blue Devils notching three more podium finishes and 12 total all-conference honors on the final day of the conference meet.

Junior Amina Maatoug headlined the afternoon with a win in the women's mile while graduate students Halle Bieber and Ezra Mellinger earned silver and bronze, respectively, in their 200m races to round out the Duke medalists. Bieber, Julia Jackson, Tina Martin, Mellinger, Tia Rozario, Paige Sommers and Lauren Tolbert were the Duke athletes to garner All-ACC Second Team recognition.

Overall, the Duke women finished the conference meet in fourth place with a total of 64 points, while the men's team placed ninth with 27 points.

TOP PERFORMANCES

Amina Maatoug opened the morning with a bang as she collected the Blue Devils' second individual ACC crown of the weekend.
Competing in the first event of Duke's Saturday slate, Maatoug raced to victory as she clocked 4:38.16 to claim ACC gold and first-team honors.
The junior's first-place finish made her the first Duke woman since Shannon Rowbury in 2007, and just the second all-time, to win the ACC women's crown in the indoor mile.
Graduate student Halle Bieber parlayed her fastest 200m race of the season into the first of two All-ACC honors this weekend.
Bieber dashed a season best of 23.30 seconds, just .01 away from matching her own school record, to secure the silver medal and a spot on the All-ACC First Team.
In the men's race, classmate Ezra Mellinger made Duke history as he became the first Blue Devil man all-time to notch a sub-21 second time in the indoor 200m.
Mellinger claimed bronze behind a PR of 20.97 seconds, improving his own program record in the process.
Tia Rozario earned All-ACC Second Team status and improved upon her No. 2 all-time Duke mark in the women's triple jump via a career-best showing in Saturday's event final.
On her opening attempt Rozario flew out to 12.81m (42-0.50 feet) – a mark that ranked fifth among the 18-member field.
Duke capped its evening on a high note with the women's 4x400m relay revising the program record books and garnering All-ACC Second Team status following a second-place finish.
The Blue Devil quartet of Julia Jackson, Tina Martin, Bieber and Lauren Tolbert produced their fastest time of the indoor campaign as the foursome clocked 3:34.15 to finish runner-up and slot themselves fifth all-time in program lore.
Jackson and Tolbert achieved second-team status in the women's 400m race as well. The sophomore duo finished their respective races in succession of each other with Tolbert taking fourth on a season's best (52.89 seconds) while Jackson placed fifth after crossing the finish line in 53.09 seconds.
Mellinger (60m) and junior Paige Sommers (pole vault) rounded out the All-ACC honorees for Duke with their nods to the second team.
Sommers placed fifth overall via a final clearance of 4.13m (13-6.50 feet) while Mellinger's dash of 6.74 seconds was good for sixth.
The men's 3,000m also saw graduate student Michael Keehan etch his name in the Duke record books on the heels of a career performance. Keehan was the top Duke finisher in the event and registered a person best of 8:01.32 to slot himself third all-time in program history.

2024 ACC INDOOR MEDALISTS

Christian Johnson – Gold (Weight Throw)
Amina Maatoug – Gold (Mile)
Halle Bieber – Silver (200m)
Halle Bieber – Silver (4x400m)
Julia Jackson – Silver (4x400m)
Tina Martin – Silver (4x400m)
Lauren Tolbert – Silver (4x400m)
Ezra Mellinger – Bronze (200m)
Moorea Mitchell – Bronze (Weight Throw)
Brianna Smith – Bronze (Pentathlon)

2024 ALL-ACC HONOREES

Halle Bieber – All-ACC First Team (200m)
Christian Johnson – All-ACC First Team (Weight Throw)
Amina Maatoug – All-ACC First Team (Mile)
Ezra Mellinger – All-ACC First Team (200m)
Moorea Mitchell – All-ACC First Team (Weight Throw)
Brianna Smith – All-ACC First Team (Pentathlon)
Halle Bieber – All-ACC Second Team (4x400m)
Julia Jackson – All-ACC Second Team (400m, 4x400m)
Tina Martin – All-ACC Second Team (4x400m)
Ezra Mellinger – All-ACC Second Team (60m)
Aimar Palma Simo – All-ACC Second Team (Weight Throw)
Tia Rozario – All-ACC Second Team (Triple Jump)
Paige Sommers – All-ACC Second Team (Pole Vault)
Lauren Tolbert – All-ACC Second Team (400m, 4x400m)

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