Thursday, February 24
Blacksburg, Va.
Wake Forest University
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ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Kitchell, Dawson Set School Records in Shot Put on Final Day of ACC Championships
2/26/2022 6:57:00 PM | Track and Field
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The Demon Deacons left the final day of ACC Championships in historic fashion. Both sophomore Thomas Kitchell and senior Chanel Dawson earned the school record in the men's and women's shot put as they respectively placed second and third in the event. These marks, which were personal bests for both Kitchell and Dawson, earned them First Team All-ACC honors.
Wake Forest shot put has been a clear strength of the program this indoor season and their continued success not only showed up in the biggest moment but also simultaneously left their footprint on track and field seasons to come. Kitchell's record breaking toss snapped a mark that had stood in Wake Forest history for 25 years. Dawson equally crushed the record standing in her way as her toss superseded the previous record by almost half a meter.
VANOPPEN CAPTURES BRONZE & FIRST TEAM ALL-ACC
Shortly after the conclusion of the men's shot put, junior Thomas Vanoppen finished third in the men's one mile final. Vanoppen's finish of 4:06.59 also earned him First Team All-ACC honors.
SWANEPOEL RUNS PERSONAL BEST & SECOND TEAM ALL-ACC
In the men's 800M run Rynard Swanepoel was able to capture a sixth place finish behind his personal best run in the event of 1:49.81 and placing his run as sixth best in school history. The freshman from South Africa's performance also earned him Second Team All-ACC honors.
WEEKEND SUMMARY
By the end of the weekend the Demon Deacons were able to tally:
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD JOHN HAYES:
"There was no quit out there. There were a few places where we could have been better tactically but I couldn't be more proud of the effort. We plan on going into a block of tough training now to prepare for what I believe will be a tremendous May and June championship season."
2022 ALL-ACC HONORS:
Thursday, Feb. 24:
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Wake Forest shot put has been a clear strength of the program this indoor season and their continued success not only showed up in the biggest moment but also simultaneously left their footprint on track and field seasons to come. Kitchell's record breaking toss snapped a mark that had stood in Wake Forest history for 25 years. Dawson equally crushed the record standing in her way as her toss superseded the previous record by almost half a meter.
VANOPPEN CAPTURES BRONZE & FIRST TEAM ALL-ACC
Shortly after the conclusion of the men's shot put, junior Thomas Vanoppen finished third in the men's one mile final. Vanoppen's finish of 4:06.59 also earned him First Team All-ACC honors.
SWANEPOEL RUNS PERSONAL BEST & SECOND TEAM ALL-ACC
In the men's 800M run Rynard Swanepoel was able to capture a sixth place finish behind his personal best run in the event of 1:49.81 and placing his run as sixth best in school history. The freshman from South Africa's performance also earned him Second Team All-ACC honors.
WEEKEND SUMMARY
By the end of the weekend the Demon Deacons were able to tally:
- 3x New School Records
- 4x First Team All-ACC Placements
- 4x Second Team All-ACC Placements
- 24x Personal Best Finishes
- 12x Top-5 Event Finishes
- 26x Top-10 Event Finishes
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD JOHN HAYES:
"There was no quit out there. There were a few places where we could have been better tactically but I couldn't be more proud of the effort. We plan on going into a block of tough training now to prepare for what I believe will be a tremendous May and June championship season."
2022 ALL-ACC HONORS:
- Emma Soderstrom, Women's High Jump
- 3rd, 1.78m (First Team)
- Thomas Kitchell, Men's Shot Put
- 2nd, 19.45m (First Team)
- Chanel Dawson, Women's Shot Put
- 3rd, 16.30m (First Team)
- Thomas Vanoppen, Men's 1 Mile
- 3rd, 4:06.72 (First Team)
- Addison Berry, Women's Pentathlon
- 6th, 3959 pts (Second Team)
- Tony Jones, Men's High Jump
- 5th, 2.14m (Second Team)
- Andrew White, Men's Weight Throw
- 5th, 21.04m (Second Team)
- Rynard Swanepoel, Men's 800M
- 6th, 1:49.81 (Second Team)
Thursday, Feb. 24:
- Running Events:
- Final -- Men's Distance Medley Relay
- 4) Luke Tewalt, Kenton Bachmann, Rynard Swanepoel, Thomas Vanoppen, 9:38.52
- Second fastest in school history.
- 4) Luke Tewalt, Kenton Bachmann, Rynard Swanepoel, Thomas Vanoppen, 9:38.52
- Final -- Men's Distance Medley Relay
- Women's Pentathlon:
- 6) Addison Berry, 3959 pts (PB)
- Second Team All-ACC
- Third highest pentathlon score in school history.
- 8) Anna Bush, 3846 pts
- 12) Meghan O'Malley, 3485 pts (PB)
- Final -- 60m Hurdles
- 5) Anna Bush, 8.55 (PB)
- 8) Addison Berry, 8.81 (PB)
- Moves to tied for sixth in school history.
- 11) Meghan O'Malley, 9.21 (SB)
- Final -- High Jump
- 5) Meghan O'Malley, 1.68m (PB)
- Moves to seventh in school history
- 6) Anna Bush, 1.65m (SB)
- 8) Addison Berry, 1.62m
- 5) Meghan O'Malley, 1.68m (PB)
- Final -- Shot Put
- 4) Addison Berry, 11.72m (PB)
- 11) Anna Bush, 10.15m
- 14) Meghan O'Malley, 9.58m (PB)
- Final -- Long Jump
- 7) Addison Berry, 5.71m (PB)
- 8) Anna Bush, 5.64m
- 13) Meghan O'Malley, 5.04m
- Final -- 800m
- 3) Addison Berry, 2:18.46 (PB)
- 10) Anna Bush, 2:24.39
- 13) Meghan O'Malley, 2:28.19 (PB)
- Final -- 60m Hurdles
- 6) Addison Berry, 3959 pts (PB)
- Field Events:
- Final -- Men's High Jump
- 5) Tony Jones, 2.14m (SB)
- Second Team All-ACC
- 5) Tony Jones, 2.14m (SB)
- Final -- Women's Long Jump
- 23) Anna Bush, 5.62m
- Final – Men's Weight Throw
- 5) Andrew White, 21.04m (PB)
- Second Team All-ACC
- Second Demon Deacon to eclipse 21-meters
- 7) Jack Pihlkar, 20.55m (PB)
- 11) Thomas Kitchell, 19.25m (PB)
- Moves to fifth in school history
- 20) Mason Ellis, 17.27m
- Jake Goldberg, FOUL
- 5) Andrew White, 21.04m (PB)
- Final -- Women's Weight Throw
- 15) Isabella Gera, 16.84m (PB)
- 19) Katrina Andreassen, 15.53m
- Final -- Women's High Jump
- 3) Emma Soderstrom, 1.78m
- First Team All-ACC
- 3) Emma Soderstrom, 1.78m
- Final -- Men's High Jump
- Running Events:
- Final -- Women's 1 Mile Prelims
- 29) Amy Harding-Delooze, 4:57.77
- Final -- Men's 1 Mile Prelims
- 2) Thomas Vanoppen, 4:04.27 (Q)
- Final -- Women's 800m Prelims
- 20) Laura Giudice, 2:10.04 (PB)
- 21) Aleeya Hutchins, 2:11.95 (SB)
- Final -- Men's 800m Prelims
- 12) Rynard Swanepoel, 1:50.89 (PB) (Q)
- 17) Kenton Bachmann, 1:51.28 (SB)
- Final -- Men's 5,000m
- 9) Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, 13:55.85 (PB)
- New School Record
- 23) Ben Mitchell, 14:19.71 (PB)
- Seventh in school history
- 25) Carter Coughlin, 14:28.48 (PB)
- 9) Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, 13:55.85 (PB)
- Final -- Women's 1 Mile Prelims
- Field Events:
- Final -- Men's Shot Put
- 2) Thomas Kitchell, 19.45m (PB)
- First Team All-ACC
- New School Record
- 15) Mason Ellis, 16.76m (PB)
- 16) Connor Mathis, 16.26m (PB)
- 2) Thomas Kitchell, 19.45m (PB)
- Final -- Women's Shot Put
- 3) Chanel Dawson, 16.30m (PB)
- First Team All-ACC
- New School Record
- 10) Janese Lynch, 15.13m (SB)
- 12) Ashlyn Giles, 14.61m (PB)
- 13) Isabella Gera, 14.55 (PB)
- 3) Chanel Dawson, 16.30m (PB)
- Final -- Men's Shot Put
- Running Events:
- Final – Men's Mile Final
- 3) Thomas Vanoppen, 4:06.72
- First Team All-ACC
- 3) Thomas Vanoppen, 4:06.72
- Final – Men's 800m Final
- 6) Rynard Swanepoel, 1:49.81 (PB)
- Second Team All-ACC
- 6th Best in School History
- 6) Rynard Swanepoel, 1:49.81 (PB)
- Final -- Women's 3,000m
- 8) Mackenna Curtis-Collins, 9:19.28
- 24) Caroline Garrett, 9:44.22
- 34) Madeline Rehm, 9:53.08
- Final -- Men's 3,000m
- 7) Aaron Las Heras, 7:55.69
- 14) Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, 8:07.12
- Luke Tewalt, DNS
- Final -- Women's 4x400m Relay:
- Final – Men's Mile Final
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