Thursday, May 15
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Wake Forest University
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ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Demon Deacons Set to Host 2025 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
5/14/2025 12:00:00 PM | Track and Field
The Deacs will host three days of competition at Kentner Stadium beginning on Thursday afternoon.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – After an incredible regular season, the Wake Forest track and field program will begin their postseason journey this upcoming weekend as they are set to host the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Kentner Stadium.
Overall, the Demon Deacons will have 23 athletes competing across three days of competition spanning from May 15-17.
The ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, while live results will be posted throughout each day of the competition here.
Need to Know
Competing for the Deacs
Accessibility Information
Wake Forest Athletics strives to provide content at games, social media and on GoDeacs.com that is accessible to all people. In the continued effort to improve accessibility of the technology and digital content at this weekend's meet, fans can access closed captions here for the public address announcer and in-venue content.
Parking Information
Due to commencement ceremonies, fans are encouraged to park in lots Z4 and Z5 which can be accessed via Polo Rd. Complimentary shuttles will run every five minutes from the lots to Kentner Stadium. Shuttles will begin running at 5:00 p.m. and will run one hour past the last scheduled event.
A complete parking map of campus can be viewed here.
Ticketing Information
Admission to the 2025 Track & Field ACC Championships is free for all.
Meet Schedule
Thursday, May 15
Friday, May 16
Saturday, May 17
The John Hayes Era
Across his eight seasons 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 program-best 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 six All-Americans in cross country, with Charlie Sprott becoming the most recent All-American after a 32nd-place finish during the 2024 NCAA 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 113 All-ACC honors, as well as four individual ACC Championships over the past eight seasons.
In outdoor track and field alone, the Deacs have earned 60 All-ACC honors under Hayes, as well as an individual ACC championship by Thomas Vanoppen in the 1500m back in 2022.
Wake Forest Outdoor Track and Field Honors Under Hayes
All-ACC First and Second Team (*Second Team)
Outdoor All-Americans
Record Breaking Regular Season
The Demon Deacons have earned successful achievements across the 2025 outdoor season, with four individuals combining for five record-setting performances this season.
During Wake Forest's final meet of the regular season at the Duke Twilight, freshman JoJo Jourdon broke the men's 1500m program record with a 3:37.00 finish.
Meanwhile, junior Emma Douglass set the women's 1500m record at the Duke Twilight by .03 seconds, finishing her race with a time of 4:13.94. This marked Douglass' second record-breaking performance of the season, as the Wellington, New Zealand, native had recently broken the record in the women's 800m during the Wake Forest Invitational at 2:03.49, nearly a full second faster than the previous record, which had stood since 2003.
Sophomore Rocky Hansen continued his stellar career at Wake Forest during the outdoor season, setting a new program record in the men's 5K during the Raleigh Relays on March 27, finishing with a time of 13:22.06. This marked Hansen's second record-breaking performance of the season, having set the record in the same event during the indoor season at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, where he finished third overall with a time of 13:12.65.
Finally, sophomore Brooke Wilson set a program record in the 10K during the Raleigh Relays, finishing with a time of 32:50.07.
2025 Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 Marks in School History
Up Next
The 2025 NCAA Outdoor First Round East Regionals will be hosted in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 28-31.
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Overall, the Demon Deacons will have 23 athletes competing across three days of competition spanning from May 15-17.
The ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, while live results will be posted throughout each day of the competition here.
Need to Know
- 2025 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Thursday, May 15 - 11 a.m.
- Friday, May 16 - 11 a.m.
- Saturday, May 17 - 11 a.m.
Competing for the Deacs
- Men
- Women
Accessibility Information
Wake Forest Athletics strives to provide content at games, social media and on GoDeacs.com that is accessible to all people. In the continued effort to improve accessibility of the technology and digital content at this weekend's meet, fans can access closed captions here for the public address announcer and in-venue content.
Parking Information
Due to commencement ceremonies, fans are encouraged to park in lots Z4 and Z5 which can be accessed via Polo Rd. Complimentary shuttles will run every five minutes from the lots to Kentner Stadium. Shuttles will begin running at 5:00 p.m. and will run one hour past the last scheduled event.
A complete parking map of campus can be viewed here.
Ticketing Information
Admission to the 2025 Track & Field ACC Championships is free for all.
Meet Schedule
Thursday, May 15
- Field Events
- 11 a.m. - Men's Javelin
- 2 p.m. - Men's Hammer
- 5 p.m. - Women's Hammer
- 5 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault
- Combined Events
- 12 p.m. - Decathlon (100m, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400m)
- 1 p.m. - Heptathlon (100m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, 200m)
- Track Events
- 7 p.m. - Women's 400m Hurdles (Prelims)
- 7:20 p.m. - Men's 400m Hurdles (Prelims)
- 7:40 p.m. - Women's 200m (Prelims)
- 8 p.m. - Men's 200m (Prelims)
- 8:20 p.m. - Women's 1500m (Prelims)
- 8:45 p.m. - Men's 1500m (Prelims)
- 9:10 p.m. - Women's 10K
- 9:50 p.m. - Men's 10K
Friday, May 16
- Combined Events
- 11 a.m. - Decathlon (110m Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500m)
- 12:30 p.m. - Heptathlon (Long Jump, Javelin, 800m)
- Field Events
- 3 p.m. - Women's Long Jump
- 4 p.m. - Men's Shot Put
- 5:30 p.m. - Men's Pole Vault
- 6 p.m. - Men's Long Jump
- 7 p.m. - Women's Shot Put
- Track Events
- 6 p.m. - Women's 110m Hurdles (Prelims)
- 6:25 p.m. - Men's 110m Hurdles (Prelims)
- 6:40 p.m. - Women's 400m (Prelims)
- 6:55 p.m. - Men's 400m (Prelims)
- 7:15 p.m. - Women's 100m (Prelims)
- 7:30 p.m. - Men's 100m (Prelims)
- 7:45 p.m. - Women's 800m (Prelims)
- 8 p.m. - Men's 800m (Prelims)
- 8:25 p.m. - Women's 3000m Steeplechase
- 8:45 p.m. - Men's 3000m Steeplechase
Saturday, May 17
- Field Events
- 11 a.m. - Women's Javelin
- 2 p.m. - Men's Discus
- 2 p.m. - Women's High Jump
- 2:30 p.m. - Women's Triple Jump
- 5 p.m. - Men's High Jump
- 5 p.m. - Women's Discus
- 5:30 p.m. - Men's Triple Jump
- Track Events
- 5:30 p.m. - Women's 4x100m Relay
- 5:40 p.m. - Men's 4x100m Relay
- 5:50 p.m. - Women's 1500m
- 6 p.m. - Men's 1500m
- 6:10 p.m. - Women's 110m Hurdles
- 6:20 p.m. - Men's 110m Hurdles
- 6:30 p.m. - Women's 400m
- 6:40 p.m. - Men's 400m
- 6:50 p.m. - Women's 100m
- 7 p.m. - Men's 100m
- 7:10 p.m. - Women's 800m
- 7:20 p.m. - Men's 800m
- 7:30 p.m. - Women's 400m Hurdles
- 7:40 p.m. - Men's 400m Hurdles
- 7:50 p.m. - Women's 200m
- 8 p.m. - Men's 200m
- 8:10 p.m. - Women's 5K
- 8:30 p.m. - Men's 5K
- 8:45 p.m. - Women's 4x400m Relay
- 8:55 p.m. - Men's 4x400m Relay
The John Hayes Era
Across his eight seasons 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 program-best 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 six All-Americans in cross country, with Charlie Sprott becoming the most recent All-American after a 32nd-place finish during the 2024 NCAA 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 113 All-ACC honors, as well as four individual ACC Championships over the past eight seasons.
In outdoor track and field alone, the Deacs have earned 60 All-ACC honors under Hayes, as well as an individual ACC championship by Thomas Vanoppen in the 1500m back in 2022.
Wake Forest Outdoor Track and Field Honors Under Hayes
All-ACC First and Second Team (*Second Team)
- Men
- Charlie Ionata (2017)
- Robert Heppenstall (2017)
- Kyle Johnson (2017*)
- Elijah Shalaway (2017, 2018*)
- Zach Facioni (2019, 2021, 2023*)
- Tony Jones (2019*, 2022)
- Archie Wallis (2019*)
- Michael Yow (2021*)
- Aaron Las Heras (2021*, 2022)
- Thomas Kitchell (2022, 2024)
- Thomas Vanoppen (2022)
- Andrew White (2022*, 2023)
- Luke Tewalt (2022*, 2023 (Twice))
- Rynard Swanepoel (2023, 2024* (Twice))
- Jack Pihlkar (2023*)
- Rocky Hansen (2024*)
- Connor Mathis (2024*)
- Jack Balick (2024*)
- Women
- Ellie Abrahmason (2017)
- Amy Collins (2017)
- Alexandria Florent (2018*, 2019*)
- Rachel Kern (2018, 2021*, 2022*)
- Mimi Smith (2018*)
- Jordan Banks (2018*)
- Johanna Schulz (2019)
- Janese Lynch (2019*)
- Alva Hicks (2019*)
- Sam Halvorsen (2019*)
- Alexandria Roberts (2021*)
- Hannah Brookover (2021*)
- Anna Bush (2022*, 2023*)
- Ashlyn Giles (2023* (Twice), 2024 (Twice))
- Leia Braunagel (2023, 2024)
- Emma Soderstrom (2023)
- Robbie Grace (2024)
- Elizabeth Whaley (2024*)
- Brooke Wilson (2024)
- Carolina Garrett (2024*)
- Isabella Gera (2024* (Twice))
- Megan Cook (2024*)
Outdoor All-Americans
- Men
- Robert Heppenstall (800m, 2017 & 2018)
- Zach Facioni (5K, 2022)
- Tony Jones (High Jump, 2022)
- Thomas Vanoppen (1500m, 2022)
- Luke Tewalt (5K, 2023)
- Rynard Swanepoel (800m, 2024)
- Rocky Hansen (5K, 2024)
- Women
- Ellie Abrahamson (3000m Steeplechase, 2017)
- Sam Halvorsen (10K, 2018)
- Anna Bush (Heptathlon, 2022)
- Emma Soderstrom (High Jump, 2022)
- Robbie Grace (Long Jump, 2024)
- Men
- Thomas Vanoppen (1500m, 2022)
Record Breaking Regular Season
The Demon Deacons have earned successful achievements across the 2025 outdoor season, with four individuals combining for five record-setting performances this season.
During Wake Forest's final meet of the regular season at the Duke Twilight, freshman JoJo Jourdon broke the men's 1500m program record with a 3:37.00 finish.
Meanwhile, junior Emma Douglass set the women's 1500m record at the Duke Twilight by .03 seconds, finishing her race with a time of 4:13.94. This marked Douglass' second record-breaking performance of the season, as the Wellington, New Zealand, native had recently broken the record in the women's 800m during the Wake Forest Invitational at 2:03.49, nearly a full second faster than the previous record, which had stood since 2003.
Sophomore Rocky Hansen continued his stellar career at Wake Forest during the outdoor season, setting a new program record in the men's 5K during the Raleigh Relays on March 27, finishing with a time of 13:22.06. This marked Hansen's second record-breaking performance of the season, having set the record in the same event during the indoor season at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, where he finished third overall with a time of 13:12.65.
Finally, sophomore Brooke Wilson set a program record in the 10K during the Raleigh Relays, finishing with a time of 32:50.07.
2025 Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 Marks in School History
- Men's 1500m
- 1st - JoJo Jourdon (3:37.00)
- 4th - Rocky Hansen (3:38.74)
- 5th - Paul Specht (3:39.42)
- 6th - Rynard Swanepoel (3:39.67)
- Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- 3rd - Hunter Jones (8:46.86)
- Men's 5000m
- 1st - Rocky Hansen (13:22.06)
- 3rd - Luke Tewalt (13:28.18)
- 4th - Joe O'Brien (13:32.97)
- 7th - Charlie Sprott (13:40.71)
- 8th - JoJo Jourdon (13:46.76)
- Men's 10,000m
- 2nd - Joe O'Brien (28:15.43)
- 3rd - Charlie Sprott (28:22.92)
- 4th - Aidan Ross (28:28.14)
- 6th - Daniel Winter (28:59.60)
- 7th - Jackson Keefer (28:59.71)
- 9th - Hunter Jones (29:09.37)
- Women's 400m
- 7th - Emma Douglass (55.76)
- 10th - Aria Weigh (56.46)
- Women's 400m Hurdles
- 5th - Aria Weigh (59.66)
- Women's 800m
- 1st - Emma Douglass (2:03.49)
- 6th - Rylan Engels (2:07.01)
- Women's 1500m
- 1st - Emma Douglass (4:13.94)
- 2nd - Rylan Engels (4:16.37)
- 5th - Elizabeth Whaley (4:17.09)
- Women's 5000m
- 2nd - Brooke Wilson (15:47.74.)
- Women's 10,000m
- 1st - Brooke Wilson (32:50.07)
- 4th - Angelina Perez (33:23.72)
- Women's Long Jump
- 10th - Bridget McNally (5.72m)
- Women's Hammer Throw
- 8th - Kristyna Peterova (52.27m)
- Women's Shot Put
- 4th - Isabella Gera (15.66m)
- Women's Javelin
- 5th - Rosalind Gergely (47.51m)
- 6th - Julia Pinter (46.49m)
Up Next
The 2025 NCAA Outdoor First Round East Regionals will be hosted in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 28-31.
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