Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest University
ACC Championships
Women Finish Seventh, Men Ninth at ACC Outdoor Championships
4/21/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
April 21, 2007
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Senior Michelle Sikes followed up her championship and ACC-record breaking performance in the 10,000-meter run from Thursday by doing the same in the 5,000m, pacing the Wake Forest men's and women's track and field teams on third and final day of the ACC Championships. The Lakewood, Ohio, native ran a time of 16:17.12 in the event to win her second ACC Championship of the conference outdoor season.
The Rhodes Scholar won the only two individual championships on the squad. The men's team finished ninth overall with 35 points while the women placed seventh with 54 points. The women scored in 10 of 19 possible events.
Junior Kevin Marion placed sixth in two events. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native ran a time of 10.62 in the finals of the 100-meter dash and ran 21.53 in the finals of the 200-meter dash. Marion was responsible for six total team points on the afternoon on the men's side.
Competing in the 1,500-meter run, sophomore Allison Kieffer placed seventh overall in the finals of the event in a new personal best time of 4:30.85. On the men's side, freshman Keaton Morgan ran 12th in a time of 3:59.87.
In the finals of the 400-meter dash, junior Melissa Council placed sixth overall in a time of 54.61.
Senior Lindsay Neuberger left her last conference championships with a huge new personal best in the shot put. She used her fifth toss on the day to throw 52-01 and improve on her regionally-qualifying performance. She also broke her own Wake Forest record in the event by over a foot.
The tandem of junior Michelle Duffey and freshman Alexandra Gove both gave the Deacs valuable points on the afternoon in the 400-meter hurdles. Duffey placed fifth overall in a time of 1:00.56 with Gove finishing close behind in sixth in a time of 1:01.52.
On the men's side, sophomore Phillip Warsaw placed seventh in the same event in a time of 52.14. His time easily beat his previous personal best in the event.
The Deacs fared extremely well on the afternoon in the relay events. The men's 4x100-meter relay team of Marion, senior Eric Seely, junior Michael Bingham and freshman Jonathan Reid easily surpassed the regionally-qualifying mark of 40.66 to place third overall in the conference meet in a time of 40.29.
The women's team of Gove, Council, junior Ashley Spooner and freshman Nicole Castronuova placed sixth in a time of 46.50.
The men's 4x400-meter relay team of freshman Tyler Dodds, Seely, Warsaw and Reid also finished well, placing third in a time of 3:11.20. The women's side of Duffey, Council, Gove and Castronuova ran a fantastic race, finishing fifth overall in a time of 3:41.97. The women's team regionally qualified in the event with the time and broke school record of 3:42.16.
The mens' team overall score took a hit by Bingham's inability to participate in the 200- and 400-meter dash due to an injury he suffered running in the 4x100-meter relay.
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