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Wake Forest Closes Competition at ACC Championships
5/12/2018 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeTrack)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Rachel Kern and Elijah Shalaway earned All-ACC honors on the final day of competition at the 2018 ACC Track and Field Championships Saturday.
Kern earned First Team All-ACC honors after finishing second in the women's javelin while Shalaway earned a spot on the second team with a fifth-place finish in the men's javelin. The Demon Deacons garnered five conference awards over the course of the three-day competition.
In her first ever conference championship, Kern, a freshman, threw a personal-best 45.21m (148-4) on her fifth attempt to secure a spot on the podium. Entering the competition, her best was a 45.13m (148-1) mark at the Virginia Challenge.
Shalaway threw a 65.09m (213-6) on his fourth attempt en route to his fifth-place finish. It was the second-best throw of his career, just behind the 66.41m (217-10.5) he threw at the Penn Relays earlier this season. The Second Team All-ACC honor is the second conference award of his career.
Also in the field for the Demon Deacons, Max Adams finished ninth overall in the discus with a season-best throw of 51.58m (169-3). Adams won his flight and was the only member of his flight to make the nine-man final.
On the women's side, Janese Lynch finished 14th in the discus with a career-best mark of 43.05m (141-3).
On the track, Sam Halvorsen and Eliza Lukens-Day ran in the 5000m for the Deacs. Halvorsen finished ninth with a time of 16:26.32 while Lukens-Day crossed the line 12th at 16:38.20.
Wake Forest will resume action with the NCAA East Preliminary, held May 24-26 in Tampa, Florida.
First Team All-ACC Honors
Rachel Kern - Javelin
Second Team All-ACC Honors
Mimi Smith - 10,000m
Alexandria Florent - High Jump
Jordan Banks - Heptathlon
Elijah Shalaway - Javelin
Saturday Results
Women's 5000m
9. Sam Halvorsen, 16:26.32
12. Eliza Lukens-Day, 16:38.20
Women's Discus
14. Janese Lynch, 43.05m (141-3)
Women's Javelin
2. Rachel Kern, 45.21m (148-4)
Men's Discus
9. Max Adams, 51.58m (169-3)
Men's Javelin
5. Elijah Shalaway, 65.09m (213-6)
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