Deacs Open Outdoor Season at the 49er Classic

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest men's and women's track and field team kicks off the outdoor season tomorrow (March 15), competing in the 49er Classic at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Center on the campus of UNC Charlotte. It's a full slate for the Deacs with 29 student-athletes competing on the track (14 men, 15 women) and eight in the field (three men, five women).

The outdoor classic will operate as an "open meet", allowing some non-collegiate clubs to participate. Including an estimated 54 schools, there will be roughly 1,750 individual participants in Charlotte. A few notable entries among the group are Davidson College, Appalachian State, Charlotte, East Carolina, Howard, Western Carolina, Gardner-Webb, East Tennessee State, University of Tampa and UNC-Greensboro.

The three-day meet marks the first of two visits to Charlotte for the Demon Deacons. They will head back to Charlotte Apr. 12-13 for the Charlotte Invitational.

Returning junior, Elijah Shalaway, will make his first appearance of the season coming off a strong 2018 campaign for the Deacs. Shalaway earned second team All-ACC honors and set the third-best outdoor javelin throw in program history with a mark of 66.41m/217-10.

On the women's side, Rachel Kern looks to repeat her 2018 season, in which she earned first team All-ACC honors in the javelin. Her outdoor mark of 45.21m/148-4 also sits third in program history. Tesia Kempski (3) will be joined by Darby Deutsch (6) and Haidyn Turner (9) in the women's pole vault. All three sit in the Wake Forest all-time outdoor top-10 heading into the 2019 season.

After this weekend, the Demon Deacons head to nearby High Point University to compete in the prestigious High Point Vertklasse meet. The Deacs follow that up with a trio of coast-to-coast meets spanning from March 27-30. Wake Forest will have student-athletes competing at the Raleigh, Texas and Stanford relays.

EXPECTED ENTRIES (M)

200m
Ethan Roach
Dakota Greenwalt
Matt Konigsberg

400m
Kaleb Bryant
Evan Simmons

800m
Kenton Bachmann

1500m
Jack Tiernan
Archie Wallis

3000m
Tommy Johnston
Craig Corti
Myers McKinney
Alex Turner

3000m Steeple
Andrew Magiera

4 x 100m Squad A
Roach,Bryant,Konigsberg,Murphey

4 x 400m Squad A
Simmons,Bryant,WalIis,Greenwalt,Bachmann

High Jump
Tony Jones

Pole Vault
Kane Aldrich

Javelin
Elijah Shalaway

EXPECTED ENTRIES (W)

200m
Cydney Delley
Sarah Johnson
Grace Hofferber
Brionne Pyles

400m
Cydney Delley
Sarah Johnson
Alexis Nickl
Sophia Lagana

800m
Lily Harding-Delooze
Kaitlin Derry

3000m
Kathryn Kenwood
Anna Campbell
Meredith Helton

400m HH
Emma Gallagher
Ali Belvin
Madeline Ward

4x400m Squad A
Hofferber, Delley, Belvin, Johnson, Harding-Delooze

4x400 Squad B
Pyles, Derry, Gallagher, Nickl

Pole Vault
Tesia Kempski
Darby Deutsch
Elaina Roeder

Shot Put
Brionne Pyles

Javelin
Rachel Kern

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Players Mentioned

Kane Aldrich

Kenton Bachmann

Ali Belvin

Kaleb Bryant

Anna Campbell

Craig Corti

Cydney Delley

Kaitlin Derry

Darby Deutsch

Emma Gallagher

Dakota Greenwalt

Lily Harding-Delooze

Meredith Helton

Grace Hofferber

Sarah Johnson

Tommy Johnston

Tesia Kempski

Kathryn Kenwood

Rachel Kern

Matt Konigsberg

Sophia Lagana

Andrew Magiera

Myers McKinney

Alexis Nickl

Brionne Pyles

Ethan Roach

Elaina Roeder

Elijah Shalaway

Evan Simmons

Jack Tiernan

Alex Turner

Haidyn Turner

Archie Wallis

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