Two ACC Championships, Six All-ACC Honors Highlight Wake Forest’s Week at ACC Indoor Championship

Thursday, February 25

Clemson, S.C.

Wake Forest University

ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships

Two ACC Championships, Six All-ACC Honors Highlight Wake Forest’s Week at ACC Indoor Championship

2/27/2021 5:34:00 PM | Track and Field

Four Demon Deacons earned Second Team All-ACC accolades on the final day of competition.

By: Arik Morton

Complete Results

CLEMSON, S.C. -- An outstanding week for the Demon Deacons indoor track & field teams was capped off on Saturday by four student-athletes that earned Second Team All-ACC honors.

Overall for the week at Clemson, Wake Forest tallied six all-conference accolades and had two student-athletes (Tony Jones, Anna Bush) earn individual titles. The Deacons now have a combined 38 (20 female, 18 male) ACC Indoor Championships in program history. With that, Wake Forest had two student-athletes earn individual titles at the ACC Indoor Championships for the first time since 2007.

Additionally as a team, Wake Forest's women finished in 12th and the Demon Deacon men placed 13th. Individually, the Deacons totaled 18 personal best times and marks, three season bests and one school record throughout the week.

Specifically on Saturday, redshirt sophomore Brent Bailey earned Second Team All-ACC accolades as he placed fifth in the men's mile with a personal best time of 4:01.60. The Deacons' other three second team honors came in the 800m run as juniors Kenton Bachmann and Archie Wallis placed fourth and sixth, respectively.

In the women's race, sophomore Aleeya Hutchins broke a Wake Forest indoor track & field record with a personal best time of 2:04.73 and finished fifth. The previous indoor record was set back in 2004 by Nikeya Green with a time of 2:05.31.

"I want to thank my amazing coaches and teammates, especially Coach (Andrew) Ferris and our middle distance group for truly believing in me and helping me to achieve this milestone," Hutchins said. "Breaking this school record and qualifying for nationals is the most significant thing that I have done in my career thus far as a runner. The previous indoor record was set back in 2004 by Nikeya Green at 2:05.31 and it is an honor to take hold of the torch. I am so proud to be a Demon Deacon and to have the opportunity to represent Wake Forest. I promise to make everyone proud at nationals in two weeks!"

Complete results and information from the week are below.

DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD JOHN HAYES:
"It was an outstanding week for our student-athletes, coaches and entire program. I am proud of the effort everyone gave and we have some real momentum as we move forward. We are likely to have a few student-athletes at the NCAA Indoor Championship meet in a couple of weeks and we are poised to compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Okla. for the first time in 20 years. It's an exciting time for our program as we continue to push forward in the weeks and months ahead."

ACC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Meet Information | Flash Results
Wake Forest Athletics Preview Story
- Details include rules for earning All-ACC honors and recent Demon Deacon history at the league championship meet.
Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap
- Wake Forest had two student-athletes (Tony Jones in men's high jump on Day 1; Anna Bush in women's pentathlon on Day 2) 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.
Final Team Scores
- Men: 13th
- Women: 12th

2021 ALL-ACC HONORS:

Tony Jones, Men's High Jump
- 1st, 2.16m (ACC Champion)
Anna Bush, Women's Pentathlon
- 1st, 4,121 points (ACC Champion)
Brent Bailey, Men's One Mile
- 5th, 4:01.80 (Second Team)
Kenton Bachmann, 800m Run
- 4th, 1:50.17 (Second Team)
Archie Wallis, 800m Run
- 6th, 1:50.37 (Second Team)
Aleeya Hutchins, 800m Run
- 5th, 2:04.73 (Second Team)

Complete Results:

Field Events:
- Women's Weight Throw
  - 15) Katrina Andreassen, 15.90m (personal best)
- Women's Pole Vault
  - Elaina Roeder, NH
- Women's Long Jump
  - 14) Robbie Grace, 5.66m (personal best)
- Women's Shot Put
  - 9) Janese Lynch, 15.10m (season best)
  - 17) Chanel Dawson, 13.50m
- Men's Weight Throw
  - 8) Andrew White, 19.77m (personal best)
  - 17) Thomas Kitchell, 17.43m (personal best)
- Men's High Jump
  - 1) Tony Jones, 2.16m (ties personal best)
- Men's Shot Put
  - 15) Thomas Kitchell, 16.16m
  - 17) Mason Ellis, 15.94m (personal best)
  - 18) Connor Mathis, 15.78m
Running Events:
- Women's 5,000m Run
  - 12) Hannah Brookover, 16:38.22 (personal best)
  - 17) Madeline Rehm, 16:56.61
  - 24) Meredith Helton, 17:13.49 (personal best)
  - 28) Caroline Garrett, 17:25.77
- Women's Distance Medley Relay
  - 6) Hannah Brookover, Cydney Delley, Aleeya Hutchins, Elise Wright, 11:30.34

Men's 1 Mile Prelims
- 3) Brent Bailey, 4:03.98 (personal best)
Men's 60m Dash Prelims
- 13) Ethan Roach, 6.93 (season best)
Men's 1 Mile Prelims
- Prelim Results:
  - 3) Brent Bailey, 4:03.98 (personal best)
- Finals:
  - 5) Brent Bailey, 4:01.80 (personal best)
Men's 800m Run Finals
- Prelim Results:
  - 3) Kenton Bachmann, 1:48.84 (personal best)
  - 5) Archie Wallis, 1:49.75 (personal best)
- Finals:
  - 4) Kenton Bachmann, 1:50.17
  - 6) Archie Wallis, 1:50.37
Women's 800m Run Finals
- Prelim Results:
  - 7) Aleeya Hutchins, 2:07.45 (season best)
- Finals:
  - 5) Aleeya Hutchins, 2:04.73 (personal best)
Women's 3,000m Run
- 23) Hana Catsimanes, 9:44.30 (personal best)
- 27) Elise Wright, 9:46.50
Women's 4x400m Relay:
- 7) Anna Rybczynski, Addison Berry, Cydney Delley Anna Bush, 3:49.11

Men's Heptathlon:
- 12) Mark Smith, 3,899 points
Women's Pentathlon:
- 1) Anna Bush, 4,121 points (personal best)
- 7) Addison Berry, 3,696 points (personal best)
- 16) Meghan O'Malley, 3,300 points (personal best)