Wake Forest Athletics
Four Deacons Named to All-ACC Academic Outdoor Teams
7/2/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
July 2, 2014
2014 All-ACC Academic Men's Outdoor Team | 2014 All-ACC Academic Women's Outdoor Team
By Scott Wortman, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeTrack)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Thomas Bojanowski, Kyle Graves, Kyle Johnson and Alyssa Thompson were named to the All-ACC Academic Outdoor Track & Field team, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Bojanowski, a senior communication major from Neuhaeusel, Germany, is a two-time honoree on both the conference's indoor and outdoor academic teams.
After turning in a record-breaking indoor campaign, Bojanowski put together another solid outdoor season to finish his Demon Deacon career. He earned
Bojanowski was one of the top mid-distance runners for the Deacons this season, earning seven individual top-10 finishes across three different events. He qualified for the NCAA Regionals in the 800m with a time of 1:49.13 at the Virginia Challenge. That time was the fourth-fastest of any ACC competitor in the 800m run this season and was good for the 24th-best time in the East Region.
At the NCAA Regionals in Jacksonville, Fla. Bojanowski easily outpaced his previous personal-best time in the 800m to place 17th overall and fourth in his heat while crossing the line in 1:48.79 .
He fell just shy of punching his ticket to the NCAA Championships, placing 15th overall in the semifinals with a time of 1:49.34, just a few tenths of a second short of the 12th and final spot to advance.
During the indoor season, Bojanowski broke the school record in the 1,000m with a time of 2:25.27 at the Hokie Invitational on Jan. 24. He also broke the school record in the 600m at the Virginia Tech Challenge on Feb. 21 with a time of 1:18.33.
Bojanowski and Kyle Graves were both members of the record-breaking 4x800m relay team, which shattered the school record in the event at the Penn Relays in late April. The relay team comprised of Graves, Bojanowski, Kyle Eager and Simon Holden set a school record on 7:20.49 to break the previous mark of 7:23.00 set in 2001.
Graves, a senior health and exercise science major Silver Spring, Md., was also a member of the 2013 All-ACC Academic Indoor Track & Field Team.
One of the top middle distance runners for the Deacons, Graves earned All-ACC honors in the 800m this spring, finishing third at the conference meet with a time of 1:51.80. He ended his season with nine top-10 individual finishes across three different events.
Graves competed in the 1,500m at the NCAA Regionals and advanced to the semifinals. He placed 20th overall with a time of 3:48.31.
Johnson, a freshman thrower from Duluth, Ga., competed in the weight throw during the indoor season and the hammer throw during the outdoor season. Johnson turned in five top-10 finishes in each event.
Johnson placed 12th in the hammer throw at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 168-3 (51.28m). He was 13th in the weight throw at the ACC indoor meet with a mark of 54-8 (16.66m).
A native of Tucson, Ariz. Thompson turned in a great freshman campaign with the Deacons. Thompson broke the school's indoor record in the pentathlon at the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 27, finishing with 3,813 points in the event.
Thompson kept the momentum during the outdoor season, earning All-ACC honors in the heptathlon after placing third at the conference met with 5,343 points. She became the first Deacon to capture All-ACC honors in the heptathlon since 2002.
In earning third place in the heptathlon, Thompson set an outdoor personal best in the long jump, finishing second with a leap of 19-3.25 (5.87m). She also placed third in the javelin throw (127-1/38.75m) and fifth in the 800m run (2:25.20).
To be eligible for All-ACC Academic Team consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average throughout his or her academic career.
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