Wake Forest Set to Open 2025-26 Indoor Season

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest track and field program is set to begin their 2025-26 indoor track season this upcoming weekend as the Demon Deacons will compete in four different meets over the opening weekend.

The Deacs begin their season with a trip to Lynchburg, Va. to compete at the Liberty Kickoff on Thursday afternoon. Live results will be updated throughout the meet here.

Meanwhile, another group will travel to Boston to race in the 5K at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday afternoon. The race will be streamed live on FloTrack, while live results will be posted here.

Finally, several Deacs will stay in Winston-Salem to compete in a pair of local meets at the JDL Fast Track, with the Visit Winston-Salem Kick-off slated for Saturday and the JDL Early Bird Invitational on Sunday. Live results for the Visit Winston-Salem Kick-off can be found here, while live results for the JDL Early Bird Invitational will be available here.

Need To Know
Thurs., Dec. 4
Liberty Kickoff (1:00 p.m. ET) - Lynchburg, Va.

Sat., Dec. 6
Visit Winston-Salem Kick-off (9:30 a.m. ET) - Winston-Salem, N.C.
Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (4:30 p.m. ET) - Boston, Mass.

Sun., Dec. 7
JDL Early Bird Invitational (9:30 a.m. ET) - Winston-Salem, N.C.

Competing for the Deacs (Liberty Kickoff)
Women

Julia Aere
Seren Rodgers

Competing for the Deacs (Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener)
Women

Competing for the Deacs (Visit Winston-Salem Kick-off)
Women

Julia Aere
Emma DeVries
Issy Goldstein
Aiden Harrand
Samantha Heyison
Daniella Hubble
Carlita Kaliher
Kira Lewis
Mia Prok
Seren Rodgers
Victoria Rodriguez
Savannah Simmons
Abby Stankus
Casey Sullivan
Annie Thorkell
Amy Weybrecht
Elizabeth Whaley
Mia Williams

Men

Ayden Boucher
Corey Campbell
Max Cervi-Skinner
Zackery Cervi-Skinner
Gavin Ehlers
Bryce Gilmore
Lucas Guerra
Ryan Harper
Hunter Jones
Andrew Kivett
Max Marino
Brenner McCamey
Grant Morgenfeld
Adam Petitjean
Andrew Riley
Foster Shelbert
Paul Specht

Competing for the Deacs (JDL Early Bird Invitational)
Women

Men

Ayden Boucher
Corey Campbell
Max Cervi-Skinner
Zackery Cervi-Skinner
Gavin Ehlers
Bryce Gilmore
Lucas Guerra
Ryan Harper
Hunter Jones
Andrew Kivett
Max Marino
Brenner McCamey
Grant Morgenfeld
Adam Petitjean
Andrew Riley
Foster Shelbert
Paul Specht

2024-2025 Indoor Track and Field Highlights

The Deacs had two individuals and a relay team earn All-American honors, highlighted by Rocky Hansen breaking the school record in the 5000m with a time of 13:12.65 to claim First Team All-American honors.
- All-American Honorees
  - First Team
    - Rocky Hansen, 5000m
    - Luke Tewalt, 3000m
  - Second Team
    - Luke Tewalt, Foster Shelbert, Rynard Swaepoel, and Paul Specht, DMR
At the ACC Championships, four individuals and the men's DMR team earned All-ACC honors, while both Tewalt and the women's DMR team (Charlotte Augenstein, Aria Weigh, Emma Douglass, and Molly Dreher) set new school records in the process.
- All-ACC Honorees
  - Men's First Team
    - Luke Tewalt, 3000m
  - Men's Second Team
    - Paul Specht, Mile
    - Luke Tewalt, Foster Shelbert, Rynard Swaepoel, and Paul Specht, DMR
  - Women's First Team
    - Robbie Grace, Long Jump
  - Women's Second Team
    - Brooke Wilson, 5000m
Two other school records were broken during the indoor season.
- Wake Forest graduate Robbie Grace, who secured six individual titles during the indoor season, set a long jump school record at the Darius Dixon Invitational as she jumped a distance of 6.37 meters.
- The men's distance medley relay team of Hansen, Shelbert, Swanepoel, and Specht shattered the previous school record with a time of 9:17.17 at the Terrier DMR/Last Chance Meet.
  - The result also marked the fourth-fastest time in the event in NCAA history.

The John Hayes Era
Currently in his ninth season as the director of the Wake Forest Track and Cross Country programs, head coach John Hayes has helped the Demon Deacons rise to the highest ranks in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Under his leadership, the Deacs have claimed two ACC championships in men's cross country over the past three seasons, including their most recent title during the 2024 season. The men's cross country team has also finished inside the top-10 at the NCAA Cross Country championships three times during Hayes' tenure, including a seventh place finish in 2024 and a fifth place finish in 2022. Hayes, who was named both Southeast Region and ACC Coach of the Year in 2022 and 2024, has also produced seven All-Americans in cross country, including junior Rocky Hansen, who finished as national runner-up at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Along with his achievements in cross country, Hayes has also helped guide the Deacs into success in both indoor and outdoor track and field. In total, the Demon Deacons have earned 122 All-ACC honors, as well as four individual ACC Championships over his first eight seasons.

In outdoor track and field alone, the Deacs have earned 69 All-ACC honors under Hayes, as well as an individual ACC championship by Thomas Vanoppen in the 1500m back in 2022.

Up Next
The Demon Deacons will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 17 as they compete in the Mondo Challenge at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem.

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Players Mentioned

Charlotte Augenstein

Ayden Boucher

Corey Campbell

Emma DeVries

Emma Douglass

Molly Dreher

Gavin Ehlers

Bryce Gilmore

Robbie Grace

Rocky Hansen

Ryan Harper

Aiden Harrand

Mackenzie Hart

Samantha Heyison

Hunter Jones

Carlita Kaliher

Andrew Kivett

Kira Lewis

Max Marino

Brenner McCamey

Grant Morgenfeld

Mia Prok

Seren Rodgers

Foster Shelbert

Savannah Simmons

Paul Specht

Abby Stankus

Casey Sullivan

Luke Tewalt

Amy Weybrecht

Elizabeth Whaley

Brooke Wilson

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