Blue Devils Open Postseason at ACC Outdoor Championships

Thursday, May 9

Atlanta, Ga.

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Day One at ACC Outdoor Championships

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Blue Devils Open Postseason at ACC Outdoor Championships

5/8/2024 10:58:00 PM | Track & Field

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DURHAM – With the regular season now in the books, Duke track and field turns its focus towards postseason competition beginning with the ACC Outdoor Championships this weekend. The three-day conference meet, hosted by Georgia Tech, is set for May 9-11 at the George C. Griffin Track in Atlanta, Ga.

Duke's women enter the weekend seeking to claim its second straight ACC Outdoor crown and third title in the last four seasons, after locking up the 2023 title in historic, record-breaking fashion. On the men's side, the Blue Devils aim to improve on their ninth-place finish from a season ago.

Thursday's slate opens with the women's hammer throw at 10 a.m., while action on the track is set to get underway at 6 p.m., in the prelims of the men's 400m hurdles. Multis get the afternoon slate rolling with the first half of events in the men's decathlon (12 p.m.) and women's heptathlon (1 p.m.). Friday's action-packed schedule opens with the final events of the multis while field events commence at 3 p.m., in the women's shot put. The women's 3000m steeplechase rounds out the evening at 8:45 p.m.

The men's high jump (2 p.m.) opens the final day of competition with the women's 4x400m relay (8:40 p.m.) capping the weekend of competitive action. An awards ceremony is slated to follow immediately after.

ACC Network Extra will provide live coverage of the three-day meet with live results available via FlashResults throughout the weekend.

MEET INFO

Live Results – FlashResults
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WHAT TO KNOW

After totaling an-ACC record 145.5 points en route to claiming the 2023 ACC Outdoor title, the Duke women are on the quest for its second straight ACC Outdoor crown and third title in the last four seasons. The Blue Devils captured the program's first conference championship in 2021 and finished runner-up in 2022.
Duke put together an outstanding regular season that saw the men's and women's teams combine for six school records and 26 top-five program marks.
The Blue Devils will be represented by 58 athletes at the ACC Outdoor Championships this weekend, including 12 All-ACC honorees from a season ago in Beau Allen, Halle Bieber, Emily Cole, Abby Geiser, Julia Jackson, Megan McGinnis, Ezra Mellinger, Moorea Mitchell, Brianna Smith, Lauren Tolbert, Charlotte Tomkinson and Kirstin West.
Duke's full list of entries can be found here.

A LOOKBACK AT THE 2023 ACC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

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 Paul Derr Track and Field Facility.
Duke opened the conference meet with a strong showing as the Blue Devils garnered three medals and eight All-ACC honors, headlined by a win in the men's pole vault by Hrbek.
The Blue Devils kept momentum going on day two with four more medals – one silver and three bronze, six All-ACC honors and 10 individuals qualifying for their respective event finals.
The Blue Devils won the ACC title going away as the squad totaled a whopping 145.5 points – 61 points more than runner-up Virginia Tech. The 145.5 points scored by Duke marked the highest point total 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 – Tyler Hrbek (Pole Vault) and McGinnis (400m), produced 21 medals and earned 35 All-ACC honors over the course of the weekend.
2023 ACC Outdoor Championships – Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

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