Douglass Breaks Own Record to Lead Deacs During the Second Day of the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
5/16/2025 8:46:00 PM | Track and Field
Senior Emma Douglass broke her own record in the women’s 800m, registering a 2:03.23 to qualify for Saturday afternoon’s final.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Senior Emma Douglass broke her own women's 800m program record once again on Friday evening, leading the way for the Wake Forest Track & Field program during the second day of competition at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Douglass, who came into the ACC Championships with a program-best time of 2:03.49, came across the finish line at 2:03.25 to qualify for Saturday's women's 800m final.
The Wellington, New Zealand, native had previously set the 800m record earlier this season at the Wake Forest Invitational. Douglass has also set two other program records during the indoor and outdoor seasons, including the women's 1500m, which she set at the Raleigh Relays with a 4:13.94 performance.
Meanwhile, senior Rynard Swanepoel clinched his spot in the men's 800m final by finishing first in his qualifying heat at 1:49.10.
Freshman Hunter Jones closed out the evening for the Deacs as he finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 8:53.22, earning him second team All-ACC honors.
Earlier in the afternoon, freshman Seren Rodgers battled back across the final three events of the women's heptathlon to earn second team All-ACC honors with a sixth place finish. Rodgers started the day with back-to-back personal bests in both the long jump (5.51m) and the javelin (33.25m), before claiming fourth in the 800m at 2:17.82, moving her into sixth with 5,094 points–the eighth-best finish in program history.
Notable Finishes
Women's 800m (Prelims)
Men's 800m (Prelims)
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
Women's Heptathlon
2025 Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 Marks in School History
The Demon Deacons close out the final day of competition at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships tomorrow, with the first events starting at 11 a.m.
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Douglass, who came into the ACC Championships with a program-best time of 2:03.49, came across the finish line at 2:03.25 to qualify for Saturday's women's 800m final.
The Wellington, New Zealand, native had previously set the 800m record earlier this season at the Wake Forest Invitational. Douglass has also set two other program records during the indoor and outdoor seasons, including the women's 1500m, which she set at the Raleigh Relays with a 4:13.94 performance.
Meanwhile, senior Rynard Swanepoel clinched his spot in the men's 800m final by finishing first in his qualifying heat at 1:49.10.
Freshman Hunter Jones closed out the evening for the Deacs as he finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 8:53.22, earning him second team All-ACC honors.
Earlier in the afternoon, freshman Seren Rodgers battled back across the final three events of the women's heptathlon to earn second team All-ACC honors with a sixth place finish. Rodgers started the day with back-to-back personal bests in both the long jump (5.51m) and the javelin (33.25m), before claiming fourth in the 800m at 2:17.82, moving her into sixth with 5,094 points–the eighth-best finish in program history.
Notable Finishes
Women's 800m (Prelims)
- Emma Douglass (2:03.25)
Men's 800m (Prelims)
- Rynard Swanepoel (1:49.10)
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- Hunter Jones (8:53.22)
Women's Heptathlon
- Seren Rodgers (5094 points - 6th)
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 (2:03.25)
- 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)
- Women's Heptathlon
- 8th - Seren Rodgers (5,094 points)
The Demon Deacons close out the final day of competition at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships tomorrow, with the first events starting at 11 a.m.
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