Bush’s ACC Championship Highlights Demon Deacons Day 2 at ACC Indoor Championships
2/26/2021 8:42:00 PM | Track and Field
Wake Forest had two individuals capture titles at the same meet for the first time since 2007.
CLEMSON, S.C. -- The second day of the ACC Indoor Championships ended in a similar fashion to that of Day 1 as Anna Bush walked away with an ACC Championship in the women's pentathlon. The redshirt junior scored a personal best 4,121 points, which is also the No. 5 mark in the NCAA right now.
Bush followed junior Tony Jones' performance on Thursday when he placed first in the men's high jump. This year marks the first time Wake Forest had two student-athletes earn individual titles at the ACC Indoor Championships since 2007 when Michelle Sikes won the women's 5,000 meter run and Brent LaRue captured the men's heptathlon title.
Additionally with the Deacons winning the distance medley relay championship (Amy Harding-Delooze, Cydney Delley, Aleeya Hutchins, Johanna Schulz) one year ago, the Deacons have won league titles in back-to-back years for the first times since 2015 (Nyki Caldwell, high jump) and 2016 (Robert Heppenstall, 800m run).
Bush, a native of Horsham, Australia, is the first female Demon Deacon to win a pentathlon championship and she placed no lower than sixth in any event. With that, she recorded personal bests in both the long jump (5.93m) and 800m run (2:16.63). Overall, Bush is the 15th female in program history to capture an individual crown and Wake Forest now has 20 total female event ACC Indoor Championships.
In addition to Bush's success in the pentathlon, freshman Addison Berry and sophomore Meghan O'Malley both earned personal bests in the event as they scored 3,696 and 3,300 points, respectively. Berry, who finished in seventh overall, recorded three personal bests (shot put, long jump, 800m run) in the individual events of the pentathlon and O'Malley tallied a pair of her own in the high jump and shot put.
Aside from the women's pentathlon, redshirt sophomore Brent Bailey placed third in the men's one mile prelims, which qualified him for tomorrow's finals. Bailey was able to accomplish this feat while he recorded a personal best time of 4:03.98.
Overall for the meet, Wake Forest student-athletes have totaled 13 personal best marks in their complete events. With that, complete results from Thursday and Friday's events, tomorrow's schedule and all meet information for the week is below.
Competition concludes on Saturday for the Demon Deacons with the meet airing on ACC Network Extra.
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD JOHN HAYES:
"With two ACC Championships and four athletes qualified for tomorrow's 800m and one mile finals, I am so proud of our entire team and my entire coaching staff. While I missed today's competition driving some of our student-athletes back to Winston-Salem and training our cross country team, I am so excited to see our athletes continue to compete so hard. Everyone is doing an outstanding job. Specifically about Anna and her ACC Championship in the pentathlon, she fell behind early today and never quit. Her mentality and effort to finish strong in the 800m run was inspiring. I feel blessed to do what I do and be around our staff and these student-athletes. Saturday will be an exciting day of competition for the Demon Deacons."
ACC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Wake Forest Athletics Preview Story
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Details include rules for earning All-ACC honors and recent Demon Deacon history at the league championship meet.
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In addition to junior Tony Jones winning the Deacons first high jump championship in program history at the league championship meet, Kenton Bachmann, Archie Wallis and Aleeya Hutchins qualified for Saturday's 800m Run finals in the men's and women's races, respectively.
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Live Results (Flash Results)
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Men: 11th
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Women: 9th
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2021 ALL-ACC HONORS:
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Tony Jones, Men's High Jump
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1st, 2.16m (ACC Champion)
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Anna Bush, Women's Pentathlon
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1st, 4,121 points (ACC Champion)
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Day 1 Results:
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Field Events:
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Women's Weight Throw
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15) Katrina Andreassen, 15.90m (personal best)
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Women's Pole Vault
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Elaina Roeder, NH
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Men's Weight Throw
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8) Andrew White, 19.77m (personal best)
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17) Thomas Kitchell, 17.43m (personal best)
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Men's High Jump
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1) Tony Jones, 2.16m (ties personal best)
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Running Events:
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Men's 800m Run Prelims
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3) Kenton Bachmann, 1:48.84 (personal best)
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5) Archie Wallis, 1:49.75 (personal best)
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Women's 800m Run Prelims
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7) Aleeya Hutchins, 2:07.45 (season best)
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Women's Distance Medley Relay
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6) Hannah Brookover, Cydney Delley, Aleeya Hutchins, Elise Wright, 11:30.34
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Day 2 Results:
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Field Events:
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Women's Long Jump
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14) Robbie Grace, 5.66m (personal best)
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Running Events:
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Men's 1 Mile Prelims
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3) Brent Bailey, 4:03.98 (personal best)
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Men's 60m Dash Prelims
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13) Ethan Roach, 6.93 (season best)
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Women's 5,000m Run
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12) Hannah Brookover, 16:38.22 (personal best)
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17) Madeline Rehm, 16:56.61
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24) Meredith Helton, 17:13.49 (personal best)
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28) Caroline Garrett, 17:25.77
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Men's Heptathlon:
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12) Mark Smith, 3,899 points
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Women's Pentathlon:
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1) Anna Bush, 4,121 points (personal best)
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7) Addison Berry, 3,696 points (personal best)
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16) Meghan O'Malley, 3,300 points (personal best)
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Day 3 Schedule of Events:
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Field Events:
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11 a.m. -- Men's Shot Put
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Thomas Kitchell (PR -- 16.48m)
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Connor Mathis (PR -- 15.97m)
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Mason Ellis, (PR -- 15.57m)
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1:30 p.m. -- Women's Shot Put
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Janese Lynch (14.62m)
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Chanel Dawson (PR -- 14.06m)
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Running Events:
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12 p.m. -- Men's 1 Mile Prelims
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Prelim Results:
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3) Brent Bailey, 4:03.98 (personal best)
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1:20 p.m. -- Men's 800m Run Finals
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Prelim Results:
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3) Kenton Bachmann, 1:48.84 (personal best)
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5) Archie Wallis, 1:49.75 (personal best)
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1:30 p.m. -- Women's 800m Run Finals
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Prelim Results:
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7) Aleeya Hutchins, 2:07.45 (season best)
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2:35 p.m. -- Women's 3,000m Run
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Elise Wright (PR -- 9:32.41)
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Hana Catsimanes (PR -- 9:41.90)
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3:40 p.m. -- Women's 4x400m Relay:
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Anna Rybczynski, Addison Berry, Cydney Delley Anna Bush (PR -- 3:47.84)
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