Wake Forest Athletics
Deacons Compete at ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
ORLANDO, FL--Sophomore Janelle Kraus and senior Nolan Swanson both won events for Wake Forest as the Demon Deacons competed in the first day of the 1998 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Walt Disney World Sports Complex in Orlando, FL on Friday.
North Carolina holds the team lead on the women's side, while N.C. State is ahead on the men's side. Wake Forest is fifth in the men's competition and eighth in the women's.
By virtue of her win in the 3,000 meter run, Kraus becomes the third Deacon to earn All-ACC honors in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field in the same academic year. Kraus won the event with a time of 9:53.91.
Swanson earns All-ACC honors in outdoor track for the first time in his career with a win in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Running in the event for the first time this season, Swanson ran a time of 8:49.48.
Senior Hunter Kemper recorded a second place finish in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 30:47.23.
The meet will conclude on Saturday.
Men's Team Scores 1. N.C. State 55 2. Florida State 40.33 3. North Carolina 40 4. Clemson 39 5. Wake Forest 22.33 6. Duke 13 7. Virginia 12 8. Georgia Tech 7.33 9. Maryland 5Wake Forest Men's Results Name Event T/M Pl. Nolan Swanson 3,000 SC 8:49.48 1 John Bishop 3,000 SC 9:11.06 8 Hunter Kemper 10,000 30:47.23 2 Jon Russell 10,000 31:14.86 6 Joe Ladapo Decathlon 3,543 3 Matt Udvari Decathlon 3,346 7 Cureton Johnson Decathlon 3,323 8 Ryan Turner Pole Vault 14-03.50 8
Women's Team Scores 1. North Carolina 82 2. Clemson 57 3. Florida State 37.50 4. Maryland 32 5. Virginia 27 6. Georgia Tech 25.50 7. N.C. State 24 8. Wake Forest 22 9. Duke 5
Wake Forest Women's Results Name Event T/M Pl. Janelle Kraus 3,000 9:53.91 1 Becky Pollock 3,000 10:11.91 8 Amy Wallace 10,000 39:10.39 5 Summer Shaw Pole Vault 9-04.25 5 Tasha Pickney Javelin 107-10 6
