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Clemson Opener
Wake Relay Team Takes First at Clemson Opener
12/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Dec. 2, 2007
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Wake Forest track/field team concluded weekend competition at the Clemson Opener with five top-five finishes, including a first place mark in the women's 4x400m relay.
Melissa Council, Michelle Duffy, Nicole Castronouva and Alex Gove posted a collective 3:50.70 to finish first of 32 competitors in the women's 4x400m relay. The mark was just shy of last year's indoor season high 3:49.57 set at the Clemson Invitational on January 20.
Council also shined in the 400m dash, where she took a fourth place finish with a time of 57.21. Caroline Vaughn and Council's relay teammate Gove also placed in the 400m sprint, with Gove taking a 10th place finish with a mark of 58.22 and Vaughn taking 22nd place with 1:00.49.
Molly Fresher was the first ACC finisher in the 800m dash, whose mark of 2:23.04 was the fifth best time of the final 32 competitors. Wake's Hannah McArdle placed 14th in the event with a mark of 2:28.84.
Nicole Schappert was the runner-up competitor in the 3000m run with a time of 9:52.75.
On the men's side, Phillip Warsaw finished fifth in the 800m run, posting 1:58.95, while Alle Lunkenheimer finished in the 400m dash with a 50.85 mark and Jonathan Reid ran 22.73 in the 200m dash for a 16th place finish.
The Demon Deacons will return to competition following the winter break at the Virginia Tech Invitational in Blacksburg, Va. on January 11 and 12.
Complete results from the Clemson Opener are available here
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