Demon Deacons Set for Charlotte Invitational

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Wake Forest track & field program is prepared to take a quick road trip 80 miles southwest for the Charlotte Invitational. Competitors from nine schools will take part in the competition Friday (April 23) and Saturday (April 24) at the Irwin Belk Track & Field facility.

Events get underway at 2:30 p.m. on Friday and at 9 a.m. Saturday. A total of 35 Demon Deacons are prepared to compete in 20 different events throughout the two days of action. The Charlotte Invitational is the sixth meet outdoor meet this season.

Recently, the Demon Deacons were led by Zach Facioni, who broke his own school record for the second time in two weeks but this time in a different event. The junior from Sydney, Australia placed first in the Men's 5000m exceeding his own previous school record by thirteen seconds and setting a new meet and facility record in the process.

SQUAD UP
Wake Forest's men's 5000m event group of Zach Facioni, Aaron Las Heras, Jack Tiernan and Joaquin Martinez reached a ranking of No. 4 in the nation according to the USTFCCCA.

The men's 1500m event group of Zach Facioni, Aaron Las Heras, Joaquin Martinez and Ben Hill have earned the rank of No. 7 in the country with their average time of 3:43.11.

Complete schedule of events and meet information for the week is below.

CHARLOTTE INVITATIONAL

Event Schedule
- Start List
- Live Stats
Venue: Irwin Belk Track & Field facility

Friday, April 23:

Field Events:
- 3:00 p.m. – Women's Hammer
  - Katrina Andressen
- 5:00 p.m. – Men's Hammer
  - Jason Wagner
  - Jake Goldberg
  - Andrew White
  - Michael Yow
Running Events:
- 7:15 p.m. -- Women's 1500m Invite
  - Taylor Stone
  - Rylee Kopchak
- 7:30 p.m. -- Men's 1500m Invite
- 7:45 p.m. -- Women's 800m Invite
  - Clarkson Graham
  - Elise Smoot
- 8:10 p.m. – Women's 3000m Steeplechase
  - Elise Wright
- 8:45 p.m. – Women's 5000m
- 9:05 p.m. – Men's 5000m

Saturday, April 17:

Field Events:
- 11 a.m. -- Women's High Jump
- 11 a.m. -- Men's Shot Put
- 11 a.m. -- Men's Long Jump
  - Mark Smith
- 12:45 p.m. -- Women's Shot Put
- 1 p.m. – Women's Pole Vault
  - Elaina Roeder
- 1 p.m. -- Women's Long Jump
  - Robbie Grace
- 1 p.m. -- Men's Discus
- 3:30 p.m. -- Women's Discus
  - Janese Lynch
  - Chanel Dawson
Running Events:
- 12:05 p.m. -- Women's 4x100m Relay
- 1:40 p.m. -- Men's 400m
  - Mark Smith
- 2 p.m. -- Women's 400m
  - Cydney Delley

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Players Mentioned

Katrina Andreassen

Addison Berry

Anna Bush

Hana Catsimanes

Jack Dailey

Chanel Dawson

Cydney Delley

Isabelle Dutranoit

Mason Ellis

Zach Facioni

Spencer Faircloth

Robbie Grace

Clarkson Graham

Ben Hill

Tommy Johnston

Theo Kahler

Thomas Kitchell

Rylee Kopchak

Aaron Las Heras

Janese Lynch

Cassie Martin

Connor Mathis

Meghan O'Malley

Elaina Roeder

Mark Smith

Elise Smoot

Taylor Stone

Jack Tiernan

Jason Wagner

Andrew White

Elise Wright

Michael Yow

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