Wake Forest University
ACC Championships
Deacons Finish Day Two At ACC Track and Field Championship
4/22/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
April 22, 2005
Tallahassee, Fla. - The Wake Forest men's and women's track teams finished the second day of competition at the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Friday, despite a nearly three hour weather delay. Michael Bingham became the first Deacon in the men's program to win an individual title in three years and only the second Deacon decathlete to capture the title.
Brad Wharton and Brian Smith qualified for the 1500 meter finals on Saturday, with times of 3:54.73 and 3:53.27, respectively. It was a personal best for Smith in the event. Mike Loyd advanced to the finals in the 110 meter hurdles with his 14.57, seventh place finish on Saturday.
Jesse Richert earned two points for the Deacon men with his seventh place finish in the high jump. He jumped 6-06.75 and became just the second Deacon on the men's team to contribute points this weekend.
Michael Bingham won the 110 meter hurdles in the sixth event of the decathlon. His time of 14.66 was a personal best and earned him 891 points. He placed fifth in the discus, tied for third in the pole vault with a personal record 13-11.25, smashed a personal best in the javelin, throwing for 148-09.00 and taking a 101 point lead into the final event of the decathlon. The Burlington, N.C., native set a new personal record (4:51.02) and scored 613 points in the 1500 for a total of 7,162 (a new personal record) to edge North Carolina senior Rob Bates for the first Deacon men's individual title in the conference championship since 2002. His point total was also an NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
Mike Piscetelli finished ninth in the decathlon, helped by a third place finish in the discus throw. Ray Harbert ran a personal best (11.30) in the 100 meter race and a season best (23.30) in the 200 meter event. Willie Idlette also ran a season best in the 200 meters, finishing in 21.86.
Chris Catton won his heat in the 800 meter preliminaries, automatically advancing to Sunday's final with his personal best and regional qualifying time of 1:49.95. It was the third best time of all of the heats this afternoon.
Mike Loyd advanced to Sunday's finals in the 200 meter race with his time of 21.51.
Melissa Council finished ninth with 4,406 points in the heptathlon and Molly Kennedy earned three points for the Deacons with her sixth place finish in the multi events. Kennedy totaled 4,641 points, breaking her previous personal record of 4,521 points.
Despite running a 55.48 and crushing a personal best in the 400 meter dash, Diane Anderson fell just shy of advancing to the finals of that event. Catherine Muehleib also scored a personal best, with her 42-02.75 shot put throw.
Hanna Bremler ran her best time of the season in the 800 meter race, finishing in 2:13.80. Michelle Sikes finished seventh in the 3,000 meter steeple chase, earning two points for the Deacons.
Lindsay Neuberger finished third overall in the shot put. Her 48-09.50 earned the Deacon women six points and handed the Virginia Beach, Va., native All-ACC honors for the second straight year in the event.
Cassy Richards placed seventh in the long jump, with a 19-04.00 leap. She earned Wake Forest two points for her efforts.
After two days, the women stand in seventh place with 26 points, while the men are in eighth place with 15 points.
Results from the third and final day of the ACC Championship can be found at www.WakeForestSports.com. Livestats can be found at www.FlashResults.com.
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