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Six Deacs Earn All-ACC Honors During Final Day of 2025 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
5/17/2025 9:52:00 PM | Track and Field
Senior Luke Tewalt was a notable standout for Wake Forest on Saturday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest track and field program wrapped competition in the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday night, putting the bow on a day that featured strong showings across the board.
Freshman Rosalind Gergely opened the afternoon with a personal-best mark in the women's javelin, throwing for 49.08 meters. Her performance ultimately resulted as a fifth-place finish while leading to second team All-ACC honors.
Up first for the Deacs on the track, graduate student Rylan Engels clocked a 4:14.67 in the women's 1500-meter, coming in sixth place and earning second team All-ACC honors of her own. Junior Elizabeth Whaley finished in eighth place on a 4:15.05 clip. The pair notched new personal bests apiece in the event. Engels and Whaley's finishes now rank third and fourth, respectively, in the program records.
In the men's 1500-meter, a trio of Wake Forest individuals finished in the top six – Paul Specht (4th place/3:45.53), Luke Tewalt (5th place/3:45.66) and Rocky Hansen (6th place/3:45.73). All three were named second team All-ACC following their efforts.
Solely representing in the women's 800-meter, senior Emma Douglass recorded a time of 2:04.39 – the third-best mark within program history. Meanwhile, fellow senior Rynard Swanepoel turned in a season-best showing in the men's 800-meter (1:46.29), landing a second team All-ACC selection.
Finishing off the night, Tewalt gave admirable effort in the men's 5,000-meter. The senior finished fourth (13:40.50) to again collect second team All-ACC recognition. Tewalt was the lone Demon Deacon to earn all-conference honors for multiple events. Freshman JoJo Jourdon came in seventh place (13:49.26) in the men's 5000-meter while junior Bryce Gilmore reached a personal-best time of 13:59.77.
Notable Finishes
Women's Javelin
Overall, eight different Deacs earned all-conference nods throughout the week. The men's team had five student-athletes tabbed for a fourth consecutive year while the women have now developed three or more honorees for six straight years, dating back to the 2019 campaign.
2025 Wake Forest Outdoor Track & Field All-ACC Selections
Second Team All-ACC
Men
Women
2025 Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 Marks in School History
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to compete in the NCAA Outdoor First Round East Region from May 28-31.
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Freshman Rosalind Gergely opened the afternoon with a personal-best mark in the women's javelin, throwing for 49.08 meters. Her performance ultimately resulted as a fifth-place finish while leading to second team All-ACC honors.
Up first for the Deacs on the track, graduate student Rylan Engels clocked a 4:14.67 in the women's 1500-meter, coming in sixth place and earning second team All-ACC honors of her own. Junior Elizabeth Whaley finished in eighth place on a 4:15.05 clip. The pair notched new personal bests apiece in the event. Engels and Whaley's finishes now rank third and fourth, respectively, in the program records.
In the men's 1500-meter, a trio of Wake Forest individuals finished in the top six – Paul Specht (4th place/3:45.53), Luke Tewalt (5th place/3:45.66) and Rocky Hansen (6th place/3:45.73). All three were named second team All-ACC following their efforts.
Solely representing in the women's 800-meter, senior Emma Douglass recorded a time of 2:04.39 – the third-best mark within program history. Meanwhile, fellow senior Rynard Swanepoel turned in a season-best showing in the men's 800-meter (1:46.29), landing a second team All-ACC selection.
Finishing off the night, Tewalt gave admirable effort in the men's 5,000-meter. The senior finished fourth (13:40.50) to again collect second team All-ACC recognition. Tewalt was the lone Demon Deacon to earn all-conference honors for multiple events. Freshman JoJo Jourdon came in seventh place (13:49.26) in the men's 5000-meter while junior Bryce Gilmore reached a personal-best time of 13:59.77.
Notable Finishes
Women's Javelin
- Rosalind Gergely (49.08m)
- Rylan Engels (4:14.67)
- Elizabeth Whaley (4:15.05)
- Emma Douglass (2:04.39)
- Rynard Swanepoel (1:46.29)
- Luke Tewalt (13:40.50)
- JoJo Jourdon (13:49.26)
Overall, eight different Deacs earned all-conference nods throughout the week. The men's team had five student-athletes tabbed for a fourth consecutive year while the women have now developed three or more honorees for six straight years, dating back to the 2019 campaign.
2025 Wake Forest Outdoor Track & Field All-ACC Selections
Second Team All-ACC
Men
- Hunter Jones (Men's 3000m Steeplechase)
- Paul Specht (Men's 1500m)
- Luke Tewalt (Men's 5K & Men's 1500m)
- Rocky Hansen (Men's 1500m)
- Rynard Swanepoel (Men's 800m)
Women
- Seren Rodgers (Women's Heptathlon)
- Rosalind Gergely (Women's Javelin)
- Rylan Engels (Women's 1500m)
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 - Luke Tewalt (13:40.50)
- 8th - Charlie Sprott (13:40.71)
- 9th - JoJo Jourdon (13:46.76)
- Men's 800m
- 2nd - Rynard Swanepoel (1:46.29)
- 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)
- 2nd - Emma Douglass (2:03.49)
- 3rd - Emma Douglass (2:04.39)
- 8th - Rylan Engels (2:07.01)
- Women's 1500m
- 1st - Emma Douglass (4:13.94)
- 3rd - Rylan Engels (4:14.67)
- 4th - Elizabeth Whaley (4:15.05)
- 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 (49.08m)
- 6th - Rosalind Gergely (47.51m)
- 7th - Julia Pinter (46.49m)
- Women's Heptathlon
- 8th - Seren Rodgers (5,094 points)
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to compete in the NCAA Outdoor First Round East Region from May 28-31.
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