Wake Forest University
FSU Winter XC Classic
Wake Forest Cross Country & Indoor Track & Field Teams Set for Weekend Competition
2/4/2021 8:56:00 AM | Cross Country, Track and Field
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Demon Deacons men's cross country team will compete on Friday morning at Florida State, while the Wake Forest indoor track and field teams will split its squad between the South Carolina Invitational (Feb. 5-6) and Brant Tolsma Invite at Liberty (Feb. 6) this weekend.
Coach John Hayes will send 10 distance runners to Tallahassee, Fla., six student-athletes to Columbia, S.C. and the remainder of its men's and women's teams to Lynchburg, Va.
Cross Country
Wake Forest's cross country team is slated to begin its spring season this Friday at the Florida State Winter XC Classic. With that, the Demon Deacons men's team will enter the meet ranked No. 2 in the southeast region and No. 19 in the national coaches' poll.
The Wake Forest men's cross-country program finished the fall ranked No. 23 following a third-place finish at the 2020 ACC Championships. That was the first time since 2001 that the Demon Deacons entered the national rankings and it was their best finish at the conference meet since 2001.
At that meet, four Wake Forest student-athletes earned All-ACC honors with top-20 finishes, led by Carter Coughlin crossing in fifth.
On Friday morning in Tallahassee, 10 Demon Deacons will be competing:
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Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos
These student-athletes will be broken into two groups, with seven of them racing at 9 a.m. and three competing at 10 a.m.
FSU WINTER XC CLASSIC MEET INFORMATION
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Venue: Apalachee Regional Park
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Competing Schools: CBU, Charleston Southern, Colorado, Connecticut, Duke, Eastern Kentucky, Florida, Florida State, Iowa State, Jacksonville, Kansas, Liberty, Mercer, New Orleans, Nicholls State, North Florida, South Dakota St., SE Louisiana, Southern Utah, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee-Martin, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Youngstown St.
South Carolina Invitational
The South Carolina Invite is a two-day meet that will take place on Friday and Saturday this weekend. Director of Track & Field John Hayes is sending six Demon Deacons, all multi-event or field athletes, to compete in Columbia, S.C.
Friday, Feb. 5:
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Multi-Events / Women's Pentathlon: Anna Bush, Addison Berry, Kaitlyn Kirby, Meghan O'Malley
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9:30 a.m. -- 60m Hurdles
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10:30 a.m. -- High Jump
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1:15 p.m. -- Shot Put
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2:15 p.m. -- Long Jump
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4:40 p.m. -- 800m Dash
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Saturday, Feb. 6:
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11 a.m. -- Women's Long Jump
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12:45 p.m. -- Women's Pole Vault
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4 p.m. -- Men's High Jump
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Tony Jones
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Berry and Jones made their season debut two weeks ago at the Hokie Invitational, while this will be the season debut for the remainder of these Demon Deacons.
Saturday's competition will also be broadcasted on SEC Network +, which can be found on ESPN.com/watch or on the ESPN app. There will be no broadcasters but there will be an audio feed from the public address announcer.
SOUTH CAROLINA INVITATIONAL MEET INFORMATION
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Events Schedule | Carolina Indoor Facility Records | Meet Information | Live Results
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Venue: Carolina Indoor Track & Field Complex
Brant Tolsma Invitational
The Brant Tolsma Invite is a one-day meet that will take place on Saturday at Liberty in Lynchburg, Va. Director of Track & Field John Hayes is sending 30 student-athletes to this meet, which will be many of their first competitions since last year prior to the pandemic.
Saturday, Feb. 6:
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Field Events:
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9 a.m. -- Weight Throw
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Men:
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Women:
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12 p.m. -- Shot Put
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Men:
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Women:
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Track Events:
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10 a.m. -- 5,000m Run
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12 p.m. -- Mile Run
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12:30 p.m. -- 400m Dash
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Women:
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1 p.m. -- 800m Dash
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2 p.m. -- 3,000m Run
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2:45 p.m. -- 4x400m Relay
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BRANT TOLSMA INVITATIONAL MEET INFORMATION
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Venue: Liberty Indoor Track Complex
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