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Curtis-Collins, Vanoppen Break School Records During Bob Pollock Invitational
1/28/2023 9:38:00 PM | Track and Field
Graduate students Mackenna Curtis-Collins and Thomas Vanoppen shattered Wake Forest records in the women's mile and men's 3000m, respectively. Wake Forest won a total of four events between the two programs.
CLEMSON, S.C. - In one of the notable meets of the 2023 indoor season, the Wake Forest men's and women's track & field teams recorded numerous top finishes en route to dismantling two school records during the Bob Pollock Invitational, hosted by Clemson.
Graduate student Mackenna Curtis-Collins clocked 4:38.17 in the mile to beat the previous school record, set by Dina Nosenko in 2010, by 2.9 seconds.
Fellow graduate student and 2022 First Team All-American, Thomas Vanoppen crushed the previous school record in the 3000m by over six seconds with an impressive time of 7:48.68 in his first race of the 2023 campaign. Of note, Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos now holds the second-fastest time in school history in the 3000m as he recorded a time of 7:53.83.
Graduate student Anna Bush had a series of excellent performances as she won the women's pentathlon with first place finishes in the 60m hurdles (8.54), shot put (11.98m) and long jump (5.73m). Junior Addison Berry also notched a top-three spot in the pentathlon with a combined four second-place finishes.
Wake Forest continued its dominance in the distance events as the Demon Deacons picked up wins in the the men's (9:40.27) and women's (11:29.10) distance medley relay.
Of note, Wake Forest's men's and women's programs combined to tally eight top-three finishes for the meet.
Top-Five Finishes
From the Staff
"Overall, it was a great weekend to be a Demon Deacon. I'm proud of the men and women who competed this weekend. It's always fun to see hard work pay off. Mackenna Curtis-Collins breaking the school record was great to see. She's been training very well, and I don't think that's the last record she will take down this season." - associate head coach Ashley Bastron
"Strike and gutters this weekend. Andrew White had a great comp in the weight throw and was once again very consistent. Ashlyn Giles had a huge breakthrough in the shotput that has been a long time coming, and Amanda Schaare had her best performance as a Demon Deacon. Overall I'm proud of the group and how they performed." - associate head coach Collin Post
"It was a great weekend of competition, and I'm especially excited about how the multis performed in their first pentathlon of the year. We are in a great place for January and feeling confident as we look forward to the ACC Championships" - assistant head coach Holly Hankenson
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will now return to Winston-Salem for the Camel City Invitational next weekend (Feb. 3-4) at JDL Fast Track.
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Graduate student Mackenna Curtis-Collins clocked 4:38.17 in the mile to beat the previous school record, set by Dina Nosenko in 2010, by 2.9 seconds.
Fellow graduate student and 2022 First Team All-American, Thomas Vanoppen crushed the previous school record in the 3000m by over six seconds with an impressive time of 7:48.68 in his first race of the 2023 campaign. Of note, Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos now holds the second-fastest time in school history in the 3000m as he recorded a time of 7:53.83.
Graduate student Anna Bush had a series of excellent performances as she won the women's pentathlon with first place finishes in the 60m hurdles (8.54), shot put (11.98m) and long jump (5.73m). Junior Addison Berry also notched a top-three spot in the pentathlon with a combined four second-place finishes.
Wake Forest continued its dominance in the distance events as the Demon Deacons picked up wins in the the men's (9:40.27) and women's (11:29.10) distance medley relay.
Of note, Wake Forest's men's and women's programs combined to tally eight top-three finishes for the meet.
Top-Five Finishes
- Women's Pentathlon
- 1) Anna Bush
- 3) Addison Berry
- Men's Distance Medley
- 1) 9:40.17
- Women's Distance Medley
- 1) 11:29.10
- Men's 1 Mile
- 3) Luke Tewalt, 4:01.83
- Women's 1 Mile
- 3) Mackenna Curtis-Collins, 4:38.17
- Men's 3000m
- 1) Thomas Vanoppen, 7:48.68
- 4) Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos, 7:53.83
- Women's 3000m
- 5) Lydia Van Dijk, 9:25.30
- Women's Shot Put
- 2) Ashlyn Giles, 15.83m
- 5) Amanda Schaare, 15.74m
- Men's Weight Throw
- 4) Andrew White, 20.93
From the Staff
"Overall, it was a great weekend to be a Demon Deacon. I'm proud of the men and women who competed this weekend. It's always fun to see hard work pay off. Mackenna Curtis-Collins breaking the school record was great to see. She's been training very well, and I don't think that's the last record she will take down this season." - associate head coach Ashley Bastron
"Strike and gutters this weekend. Andrew White had a great comp in the weight throw and was once again very consistent. Ashlyn Giles had a huge breakthrough in the shotput that has been a long time coming, and Amanda Schaare had her best performance as a Demon Deacon. Overall I'm proud of the group and how they performed." - associate head coach Collin Post
"It was a great weekend of competition, and I'm especially excited about how the multis performed in their first pentathlon of the year. We are in a great place for January and feeling confident as we look forward to the ACC Championships" - assistant head coach Holly Hankenson
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will now return to Winston-Salem for the Camel City Invitational next weekend (Feb. 3-4) at JDL Fast Track.
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Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | #GoDeacs
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