Wake Forest to Compete at Virginia Challenge
4/19/2018 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeTrack)
| Virginia Challenge | |
| Virginia Challenge | April 20-21 |
| Location | Charlottesville, Va. (Lannigan Field) Facility Info | Weather |
| Time | Friday - 11 a.m. | Saturday - 10:30 a.m. |
| Information | Meet Central | Schedule | Live Results |
| Covreage | Friday ACCN Extra (7 p.m.) | Saturday ACCN Extra (7 p.m.) | Twitter |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the Virginia Challenge April 20-21 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Events at Lannigan Field begin Friday at 11 a.m. and Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
Thirty-One Demon Deacons are slated to compete in the two-day competition, 14 on the men's side and 17 on the women's. The Deacs will compete alongside over 30 schools, including ACC schools Boston College, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse and host Virginia. The women will also face tough competition from No. 15 Tennessee while the men will see action against No. 20 Penn State.
In the Deacons' last appearance at the Virginia Challenge in 2017, three school records fell on the opening day of competition. Ellie Abrahamson set the 3000m steeplechase record, Charlie Ionata broke his own hammer throw mark and Casidy Howard broke her own discus record.
Last week, the Deacs captured five event titles at the Charlotte Invitational. Robert Heppenstall won the 1500m, Rachel Kern earned the javelin title, Jordan Banks finished first in the heptathlon, Alexandria Florent dominated the high jump event and Tesia Kempski took the pole vault. Heppenstall, Kern, Florent and Kempski will look to title again in their respective events this weekend while Banks will compete in the 100m hurdles and the long jump.
Next week, the Deacons will tune up at the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28 before heading to Miami, Florida for the ACC Championships May 10-12.
Expected Entries
Women's 400m
Cydney Delley
Sarah Johnson
Women's 800m
Lara-Ann Schwede
Women's 1500m
Kaitlin Derry
Lara-Ann Schwede
Women's 5000m Invite
Anna Campbell
Sam Halvorsen
Eliza Lukens-Day
Mimi Smith
Women's 100m Hurdles
Jordan Banks
Brionne Pyles
Women's 400m Hurdles
Emma Gallagher
Women's 4x400m Relay
Cydney Delley, Emma Gallagher, Jordan Banks, Sarah Johnson
Women's High Jump Invite
Alexandria Florent
Women's Pole Vault Invite
Tesia Kempski
Women's Pole Vault
Darby Deutsch
Haidyn Turner
Women's Long Jump
Jordan Banks
Women's Shot Put
Janese Lynch
Women's Discus
Janese Lynch
Women's Javelin
Rachel Kern
Men's 100m
Noah Shute
Men's 400m
Kaleb Bryant
Men's 800m
Robbie Barr
Men's 800m Invite
John Archie
Dakota Greenwalt
Robert Heppenstall
Men's 1500m Invite
Robert Heppenstall
Men's 5000m Invite
Craig Corti
Mitchell Day
Jack Tiernan
Daniel Viegra
Men's 10000m
Craig Corti
Men's 400m Hurdles
Mark Smith
Men's 4x100m Relay
Noah Shute, Kaleb Bryant, Matt Konigsberg, Dakota Greenwalt
Men's 4x400m Relay
Kaleb Bryant, John Archie, Dakota Greenwalt, Robbie Barr
Men's Pole Vault
Luke Annichiarico
Men's Shot Put
Max Adams
Men's Discus
Max Adams
Men's Javelin Invite
Elijah Shalaway
Players Mentioned
