Kitchell, Bush Medal in Day 2 Action

5/13/2022 9:57:00 PM | Track and Field

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Wake Forest track & field program claimed two medals on Friday at the ACC Outdoor Championships, headlined by Thomas Kitchell's silver medal for men's shot put and Anna Bush's bronze medal at Morris Williams Stadium.

In addition to its two podium finishes, Wake Forest logged 12 top-10 finishes and seven personal bests. Through the second day of the conference meet and nine of 21 events scored, the women of Wake Forest are 10th in the team standings with 13 points while the men rank 11th with 13 points.

Shot Put Silver
Thomas Kitchell continued to add to his stellar season with a throw of 19.10 meters in the first round of the men's shot put. The performance set a new personal best and added to his No. 2 mark in school history. Kitchell picked up his second silver medal of his collegiate career.

Saved The Best For First
The Australian, Anna Bush claimed a bronze medal, collecting 5675 points. Bush broke her own school record and punched her ticket into the national meet. Her path to 5675 points included five personal best out of seven events.

Addison Berry earned a respectable seventh place finish, collecting a personal best 5423 points. The mark moves her to No. 3 in school history.

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, 35:29.77
  - 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):
- 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:
- Final -- Women's Triple Jump
  - 12) Addison Berry, 11.47m (37-7¾)
- Final -- Men's Shot Put
  - 2) Thomas Kitchell, 19.10m (PB)
    - First Team All-ACC
    - No. 2 in School History
  - 12) Mason Ellis, 16.96m
  - 14) Connor Mathis, 16.06m
  - 15) Jack Pihlkar, 15.71m (PB)
- Final -- Women's Shot Put
  - 9) Janese Lynch, 15.11m (SB)
  - 10) Chanel Dawson, 14.95m
  - 15) Ashlyn Giles, 14.20m
  - 17) Isabella Gera, 13.91m
Running Events:
- Final -- Men's 100m Prelims
  - 23) Ethan Roach, 10.82
- Final -- Women's 800m Prelims
  - 19) Laura Giudice, 2:10.72
- Final -- Men's 800m Prelims
  - 10) Kenton Bachmann, 1:49.72
Heptathlon (Day 2):
- Final -- Women's Long Jump
  - 1) Anna Bush, 6.08m (19-11½)
  - 9) Addison Berry, 5.44m (17-10¼)
- Final -- Women's Javelin
  - 5) Anna Bush, 32.66m (PB)
  - 6) Addison Berry, 32.17m
- Final -- Women's 800m
  - 2) Addison Berry, 2:16.00 (PB)
  - 5) Anna Bush, 2:17.88 (PB)
- Standings
  - 3) Anna Bush, 5675 (PB)
    - First Team All-ACC
    - School Record
  - 7) Addison Berry, 5423 (PB)
    - No. 3 in School History

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