Kern, Pihlkar Earn All-ACC Honors on Day 1

5/12/2022 9:18:00 PM | Track and Field

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Wake Forest track & field program had two scoring performances and two athletes advanced to running finals on the opening day of the 2022 ACC Outdoor Championships Thursday at Morris William Stadium.

First Points
Jack Pihlkar was the first to tally points for the Demon Deacons as he placed sixth in the men's hammer throw Thursday afternoon with a 62.86m mark. The result marked his first career Second Team All-ACC honor. Andrew White closely finished behind Pihlkar with a seventh place finish, earning a 59.94m mark.

Four For Kern
Senior Rachel Kern picked up her fourth All-ACC honor of her career, taking fifth place in the women's javelin event with a toss of 51.85m, a personal best.

Moving On
The 1500m squad had a pair of athletes advance past prelims. Thomas Vanoppen ran a time of 3:45.47 in the 1500-meter event, placing first in his heat which puts him in the final on Saturday. Luke Tewalt also grabbed a timed qualifying spot, finishing eighth in the 1500-meter prelims with a mark of 3:46.14.

Vanoppen and Tewalt will run the 1500-meter final at approximately 5:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night.

Multis Update
Senior Anna Bush sits fourth in the heptathlon with a Day 1 total of 3,421 points. The Australia native began the meet with a PR in the high jump, shot put and 200-meter race. Addison Berry sits right behind her teammate Bush in fifth place after Day 1 with 3,343 points. She has PR'd in the 100-meter hurdles, high jump and 200-meter run.

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

ACC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Meet Information
Live Results (Flash Results)
- Start Lists
ACC Network Extra Broadcast Links:
Team Scores
- Scores by Event
Venue: Morris Williams Stadium
Top-25 Ranked Schools:
- Men: No. 14 Florida State, No. 24 Virginia
- Women: No. 14 NC State, No. 23 Duke

Thursday, May 12:

Field Events:
- Final -- Men's Hammer
  - 6) Jack Pihlkar, 62.86m
    - Second Team All-ACC
  - 7) Andrew White, 59.94m
- Final -- Women's Hammer
  - 15) Isabella Gera, 47.61m
  - 19) Katrina Andreassen, 45.61m
- Final -- Women's Javelin
  - 5) Rachel Kern, 51.85m (PB)
    - Second Team All-ACC
- Final -- Women's Long Jump
  - 14) Robbie Grace, 5.83m
Running Events:
- Final -- Women's 1500m Prelims
  - 16) Amy Harding-Delooze, 4:28.45
- Final -- Men's 1500m Prelims
  - 5) Thomas Vanoppen, 3:45.47 (Q)
  - 8) Luke Tewalt, 3:46.14 (q)
  - 21) Zach Facioni, 3:51.82
- Final -- Women's 10000m
  - 17) Caroline Garrett, 35:29.14
  - 19) Madeline Rehm, 35:56.06
- Final -- Men's 10000m
  - 10) Carter Coughlin, 29:23.07
  - 13) Ben Mitchell, 29:45.32
Heptathlon (Day 1):
- Standings
  - 4) Anna Bush, 3421 (-246)
  - 5) Addison Berry, 3343 (-324)
- Final -- Women's 100m Hurdles
  - 4) Anna Bush, 13.91
  - 7) Addison Berry, 14.17 (PB)
- Final -- Women's High Jump
  - 3) Anna Bush, 1.72m (PB)
    - Tied for No. 6 All-Time in School History
  - 4) Addison Berry, 1.72m (PB)
    - Tied for No. 6 All-Time in School History
- Final -- Women's Shot Put
  - 5) Anna Bush, 11.49m (PB)
  - 6) Addison Berry, 11.41m
- Final -- Women's 200m
  - 3) Anna Bush, 24.60 (PB)
  - 5) Addison Berry, 24.99 (PB)

Friday, May 13:

Field Events:
- 2 p.m. -- Women's Triple Jump
  - Addison Berry
- 3 p.m. -- Men's Shot Put
- 6 p.m. -- Women's Shot Put
Running Events:
- 7:30 p.m. -- Men's 100m Prelims
  - Ethan Roach
- 7:45 p.m. -- Women's 800m Prelims
  - Laura Giudice
- 8 p.m. -- Men's 800m Prelims
Heptathlon (Day 2):
- 12 p.m. -- Women's Long Jump
  - Addison Berry
  - Anna Bush
- Following -- Women's Javelin
  - Addison Berry
  - Anna Bush
- Following -- Women's 800m
  - Addison Berry
  - Anna Bush

Saturday, May 14:

Field Events:
- 11 a.m. -- Men's Discus
- 2 p.m. -- Women's Discus
- 3 p.m. -- Men's High Jump
  - Tony Jones
- 6 p.m. -- Women's High Jump
  - Emma Soderstrom
  - Meghan O'Malley
Running Events:
- 5:20 p.m. -- Women's 1500m Finals
- 5:30 p.m. -- Men's 1500m Finals
- 6:30 p.m. -- Men's 100m Finals
- 6:40 p.m. -- Women's 800m Finals
- 6:50 p.m. -- Men's 800m Finals
- 7:40 p.m. -- Women's 5000m
- 8:05 p.m. -- Men's 5000m
  - Zach Facioni
  - Joaquin Martinez de Pinillois
  - Luke Tewalt
  - Thomas Vanoppen
  - Carter Coughlin