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Luke Tewalt

Luke Tewalt Notches First Team All-American, Secures Eighth at Indoor NCAA Championships

3/15/2025 10:07:00 PM | Track and Field

During the final day of the NCAA Championships senior Luke Tewalt posted 7:54.42 in the men's 3000 meter race.

By: Emma Goldstein

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — On Saturday night, senior Luke Tewalt closed out the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing eighth in the men's 3000 meter race with a time of 7:54.42. Wake Forest placed 35th overall.

Tewalt, a three-time All-ACC honoree, earned recognition in 2022 Cross Country and 2024 Outdoor Track.

This season, Tewalt shattered the program's 3000m record twice and registered three top-10 finishes, along with one top-15 finish.

Over the weekend, the Demon Deacons earned three All-American performances, placing 35th overall and fourth among ACC teams.

Wake Forest NCAA Indoor Track and Field Honors Under Hayes
Indoor All-American
  • Men
    • Robert Heppenstall (800m, 2016, 2017, 2018)
    • Thomas Vanoppen (Mile, 2023)
    • Andrew White (Weight Throw, 2023)
    • Rocky Hansen (5000m, 2025)
    • Tewalt, Shelbert, Swanepoel, Specht (DMR, 2025)
    • Luke Tewalt (3000m, 2025)
  • Women
    • Delley, Hutchins, Harding-Delooze, Schulz (Relay Team, 2020)
    • Anna Bush (Pentathlon, 2021)
    • Alleya Hutchins (800m, 2021)
    • Hannah Brookover (3000m, 2021)
Notable Finishes
Men's 3000m First Team All-American (1st-8th Place Finishers) Second Team All-American (9th-16th Place Finishers) 2024-25 Indoor Track and Field Top-10 Marks in School History
Men's 800m Men's Mile Men's 1000m Men's 3000m Men's 5000m Men's Distance Medley Relay
  • 1st - (9:17.17)
Women's 800m Women's Mile Women's 1000m Women's 3000m Women's 5000m Women's Distance Medley Relay
  • 1st - (11:06.9)
  • 5th - (11:15.50)
  • 8th - (11:22.61)
Women's Pentathlon Women's Weight Throw Women's Long Jump 2024-25 Indoor Season Highlights
Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, Boston, Mass. (12/7/24)
  • In their Wake Forest track and field debuts, freshman JoJo Jourdon clocked 13:44.52 in the 5000-meter, while Grant Morgenfeld, finished in 14:02.
  • Also in the 5000m, New Jersey native and freshman Angelina Perez made a remarkable Wake Forest track and field debut, recording a time of 15:47.38. Brooke Wilson followed with a personal best of 15:49.45, securing an impressive 32nd-place finish.
JDL Early Bird Invitational, Winston-Salem, N.C.  (12/7/24)
  • Graduate students Charlotte Augenstein and Rylan Engels delivered electrifying performances in the 1000m event, shattering personal bests while setting new facility and meet records. 
    • The duo garnered the top two spots, with Augenstein taking first in 2:46.98 and Engels close behind in 2:47.74. 
  • In the women's long jump, Robbie Grace executed two jumps over 20 feet and came within four inches of her Wake Forest school record. Grace's leap of 6.11m earned her a second consecutive first-place finish in the long jump this weekend.
Virginia Tech Invitational, Blacksburg, Va. (1/17/25)
  • Sophomore Rocky Hansen claimed victory in the men's mile, clocking 3:57.90, with Tewalt finishing fourth with a time of 4:02.22.
BU Terrier Classic, Boston, Mass. (2/1/25)
  • In his collegiate indoor debut at the distance, Hansen placed 10th, breaking the Wake Forest all-time indoor record for the 5000m with a time of 13:14.43 and surpassing Zach Facioni, who had held the top spot since 2023.
Gamecock Challenge, Columbia, S.C. (2/1/25)
  • Extending her winning streak in long jump, Grace secured her fourth consecutive victory that matched both her indoor personal best and the Wake Forest all-time record, leaping 6.22m. 
David Hemery Valentine Invitational, Boston, Mass. (2/14/25)
  • Tewalt set a new Wake Forest indoor record in the 3000m, finishing sixth with a personal-best time of 7:39.77.
Eagle Elite Invitational (2/14/25)
  • Emma Douglass smashed her previous personal best of 2:05.25, finishing seventh with a time of 2:03.95 in the 800m.
Darius Dixon invitational, Lynchburg, Va. (2/14/25)
  • Grace secured her sixth consecutive first-place finish of the 2024-25 season, winning the long jump and breaking her previous mark of 6.22 meters with a jump of 6.29 meters to start the day and finishing with a leap of 6.37 meters.
    • Her performance not only broke the Darius Dixon Meet record, which she had set in 2024, but also tied Liberty University's facility record. 
    • This moved Grace to No. 2 in the ACC and No. 18 nationally.
Terrier DMR/Last Chance Meet, Boston, Mass. (2/21/25)
  • The men's squad broke the program record in the distance medley relay with a time of 9:17.17, becoming the fourth-fastest all-time NCAA squad in the event. The previous record, set by the 2002 squad, stood at 9:35.16.
    • The Demon Deacons' victory was powered by a spectacular performance from Rocky Hansen, who anchored the Deacs, narrowly defeating No. 6 North Carolina by a mere 0.02 seconds.
    • Hansen's split time of 3:50.22 was 7.68 seconds faster than his personal-best for the indoor mile. 
    • Freshman Foster Shelbert blazed through the 400 meter mark in 47.97, senior Rynard Swanepoel surged to a 1:47.89 at the 800m, and junior Paul Specht dominated with a time of 2:51.13 for the 1200m.
ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships, Louisville, Ky. (3/1 - 3/3/25)
  • On opening day of the 2025 ACC Indoor Championships the men's squad claimed third place with a time of 9:32.19 in the distance medley relay at the ACC Indoor Championships, capturing second-team All-ACC honors.
    • Paul Specht set the tone, completing the 400 meters in 2:54.36. Foster Shelbert followed with a 48.86 split at 800 meters, while Rynard Swanepoel clocked a 1:49.26 for the 1200 meters. 
    • Luke Tewalt anchored the Demon Deacons, securing third place with a 3:59.73 split.
  • On the women's side, the squad set a new program indoor record with a season-best time of 11:06.9.
  • During the final day of the indoor championships, Tewalt claimed second place in the 3000m, with a time of 7:39.09, securing first-team All-ACC honors and moving into the top 10 nationally.
    • For the second time this season, he broke the program's indoor all-time record, previously set at 7:39.77 during the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 14.
    • He headed into the NCAA Indoor Championships ranked No. 9 nationally.
  • In the women's 3000m, the Demon Deacons had three personal-best performances. Brooke Wilson (9:12.39) and Angelina Perez (9:16.32) finished in the top 15, while Molly Dreher posted a dominant time of 9:22.12.
  • Paul Specht and JoJo Jourdon also competed in the mile finals. Specht finished fourth with a time of 4:02.84, earning second-team All-ACC honors, while Jourdon crossed the line in 4:06.08.
NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Virginia Beach, Va. (3/14/25)
  • Rocky Hansen claimed third in the 5000m, clocking 13:12.65. This was the second time during the 2025 indoor season that Hansen broke the indoor all-time program record. 
    • Only three American athletes in NCAA history have run faster than 13:12.65 prior to their 21st birthday. One was an Olympic champion, another an Olympian in Paris and the other was an NCAA champion that finished 3rd at the Olympic trials.
Up Next
On March 21, Wake Forest will compete in their first outdoor meet of the 2025 season at the Webb Davidson Invitational in High Point, N.C.
 
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