Friday, April 16
Charlottesville, Va.
Wake Forest University
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Virginia Challenge
Bachmann, Dawson, Hutchins Lead Deacs in Final Day at Virginia Challenge
4/17/2021 6:52:00 PM | Track and Field
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Wake Forest continued competition on day two of the Virginia Challenge at Lannigan Field with three top-10 performances in school history and two first place finishes. The Deacs were led by Chanel Dawson, Aleeya Hutchins and Kenton Bachmann as they garnered record performances.
Chanel Dawson placed eighth with a throw of 14.99m in the finals of the women's shot put. Redshirt junior Janese Lynch notched an impressive finish for the fourth best mark with her toss of 14.40m in the women's shot put.
On the track, the Demon Deacons were paced by freshman Aleeya Hutchins in the 800m dash with a time of 2:06.67. That places her fourth in the program history. On the men's side, Kenton Bachmann had an impressive 800m run and turned in a 1:49.11 time, which is the fifth fastest in program history.
To round out the day, Tony Jones picked up a second place finish with a 2.15m high jump and Cassie Martin added a first place with her 1.73m jump of her own. Anna Rybezynski earned a personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:10.57 and Archie Wallis put in a season best effort in the 800m.
Overall for the day, Wake Forest had 12 student-athletes compete and three record top-3 finishes. All results are listed below.
Quote -- Director of Track & Field, John Hayes
"This meet showed we can compete at a high level in all event areas. It's now time to rest a bit over the next few weeks and really prepare for the ACC's, East region and NCAA Championships."
Additionally, a complete schedule of events and meet information for Saturday is below.
VIRGINIA CHALLENGE
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Chanel Dawson placed eighth with a throw of 14.99m in the finals of the women's shot put. Redshirt junior Janese Lynch notched an impressive finish for the fourth best mark with her toss of 14.40m in the women's shot put.
On the track, the Demon Deacons were paced by freshman Aleeya Hutchins in the 800m dash with a time of 2:06.67. That places her fourth in the program history. On the men's side, Kenton Bachmann had an impressive 800m run and turned in a 1:49.11 time, which is the fifth fastest in program history.
To round out the day, Tony Jones picked up a second place finish with a 2.15m high jump and Cassie Martin added a first place with her 1.73m jump of her own. Anna Rybezynski earned a personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:10.57 and Archie Wallis put in a season best effort in the 800m.
Overall for the day, Wake Forest had 12 student-athletes compete and three record top-3 finishes. All results are listed below.
Quote -- Director of Track & Field, John Hayes
"This meet showed we can compete at a high level in all event areas. It's now time to rest a bit over the next few weeks and really prepare for the ACC's, East region and NCAA Championships."
Additionally, a complete schedule of events and meet information for Saturday is below.
VIRGINIA CHALLENGE
- Full Results
- Venue: Lannigan Field
- Dates: April 16 & 17, 2021
- Field Events:
- Women's Pole Vault
- 11) Elaina Roeder, 3.41m
- Women's Javelin
- 1) Alexandra Roberts, 56.32m (MR) (FR)
- 5) Rachel Kern, 47.89m
- Women's Long Jump
- 11) Robbie Grace, 5.89m (PB) (3rd in Program History)
- Men's Discus
- 7) Andrew White, 55.05m (PB) (3rd in Program History)
- 9) Thomas Kitchell, 53.75m
- 12) Connor Mathis, 51.64m
- Men's Hammer
- 9) Andrew White, 59.61m (PB) (4th in Program History)
- 10) Michael Yow, 59.35m (6th in Program History)
- 17) Thomas Kitchell, 53.34m (PB)
- 20) Mason Ellis, 43.89m
- Jake Goldberg, FOUL
- Men's Javelin
- 10) Elijah Shalaway, 57.51
- Women's Pole Vault
- Running Events:
- Women's 5000m (Section 1)
- 23) Madeline Rehm, 17:09.85
- Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- 7) Ben Hill, 8:51.36 (PB) (3rd in Program History)
- 19) Carter Coughlin, 9:07.41
- Men's 1500m
- 10) Brent Bailey, 3:45.46 (PB)
- Women's 5000m (Section 2 and 3)
- 14) Hannah Brookover, 16:09.83 (7th in Program History)
- Men's 5000m
- 1) Zach Facioni, 13:35.33 (PB) (MR) (FR) (New School Record)
- 6) Aaron Las Heras, 13:49.95 (PB) (2nd in Program History)
- 12) Jack Tiernan, 13:52.10 (PB) (4th in Program History)
- 16) Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos, 13:54.80 (6th in Program History)
- Women 10,000m Invitational
- 19) Caroline Garrett, 35:48.21
- Men 10,000m Invitational
- 22) Jonathan Velasco, 30:37.52
- Men 10,000m
- 6) Ben Mitchell, 29:35.89 (7th in Program History)
- 18) John Lepino, 30:09.67 (PB)
- Women's 5000m (Section 1)
- Decathlon (Day 1):
- Men's 100m
- 8) Mark Smith, 11.43
- Men's Long Jump
- Mark Smith, FOUL
- Men's Shot Put
- 3) Mark Smith, 12.32m
- Men's High Jump
- Mark Smith, NH
- Men's 400m
- Mark Smith, DNS
- Men's 100m
- Field Events:
- Women's High Jump
- Women's Discus
- Men's Shot Put
- 9) Thomas Kitchell, 16.58m
- 13) Mason Ellis, 15.91m
- 14) Connor Mathis, 15.68m
- Men's High Jump
- 2) Tony Jones, 2.15m
- Women's Shot Put
- 8) Chanel Dawson, 14.99m
- 10) Janese Lynch, 14.40m (4th in Program History)
- Running Events:
- Women's 800m
- 10) Aleeya Hutchins, 2:06.67 (4th in Program History)
- 26) Anna Rybezynski, 2:10.57 (PB)
- Men's 800m
- 2) Kenton Bachmann, 1:49.11 (5th in Program History)
- 8) Archie Wallis, 1:50.52 (SB)
- Women's 800m
- Decathlon (Day 2):
- Men's 100mHH
- Mark Smith, DNS
- Men's Discus
- Mark Smith, DNS
- Men's Pole Vault
- Mark Smith, DNS
- Men's Javelin
- Mark Smith, DNS
- Men's 1,500m
- Mark Smith, DNS
- Men's 100mHH
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