Wake Forest Set for Final Meets of Regular Season

Friday, May 1

Lexington, KY

Wake Forest University

Jim Green Invitational

4/30/2026 11:00:00 AM | Track and Field

The Demon Deacons will compete at the Jim Green Invitational from Friday, May 1, to Saturday, May 2, before ending the season at the Duke Twilight on Sunday, May 3.

By: KJ Smith

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest track and field team will close out its regular season this weekend with competition at both the Jim Green Invitational and the Duke Twilight.

The Demon Deacons will open the weekend at the Jim Green Invitational, which will be held from Friday, May 1, to Saturday, May 2, at the University of Kentucky Track and Field Complex. Live results will be updated throughout the meet via PrimeTime Timing.

The Deacs will then conclude the regular season at the Duke Twilight at Morris Williams Stadium on Sunday, May 3. Live results will be updated throughout the competition via Flash Results, while all of the action will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.

Need to Know
Friday, May 1
Jim Green Invitational (2:30 p.m.)
UK Track & Field Complex - Lexington, Ky.

Saturday, May 2
Jim Green Invitational (12:00 p.m.)
UK Track & Field Complex - Lexington, Ky.

Sunday, May 3
Duke Twilight (11:00 a.m.)
Morris Williams Stadium - Durham, N.C.

Competing for the Deacs (Jim Green Invitational)
Women

Rosalind Gergely
Casey Sullivan
Jazmine Thompson

Men

Nick Masterman

Competing for the Deacs (Duke Twilight)
Women

Men

Last Time Out
Graduate student Gavin Ehlers and sophomore Grant Morgenfeld represented the Demon Deacons last weekend at the Penn Relays.

Ehlers paced the Deacs as he posted a personal-best time of 29:26.05 to secure a fifth-place finish in the men's 10,000 meters. Additionally, Thursday's result improved the Westhampton Beach, N.Y., native's previous career mark by over 13 seconds.

Meanwhile, Morgenfeld recorded a time of 14:10.14 in the men's 5,000 meters earlier in the evening.

The John Hayes Era
Currently in his 10th 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 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.

2026 Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 Marks in Program History

Men's 400m
- 7th - Ryan Harper (47.28)
Men's 1500m
- 1st - Rocky Hansen (3:35.75)
- 9th - Wes Shipsey (3:41.26)
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- 9th - Max Cervi-Skinner (8:57.98)
Men's 5000m
- 6th - Aurelien Radja (13:38.78)
- 10th - Bryce Gilmore (13:48.82)
Men's Javelin
- 5th - Nick Masterman (64.54m)
Women's 100m Hurdles
- 7th - Seren Rodgers (14.20)
Women's 800m
- 1st - Natalia Issler (2:02.28)
- 4th - Amy Weybrecht (2:05.75)
Women's 1500m
- 1st - Elizabeth Whaley (4:09.78)
- 10th - Natalia Issler (4:19.96)
Women's 3000m Steeplechase
- 4th - Victoria Rodriguez (10:13.77)
- 5th - Issy Goldstein (10:16.27)
Women's 5000m
- 2nd - Angelina Perez (15:32.20)
Women's 10,000m
- 1st - Angelina Perez (32:45.71)
- 9th - Mackenzie Hart (33:58.49)
Women's Discus
- 4th - Jazmine Thompson (50.48m)
Women's Heptathlon
- 2nd - Seren Rodgers (5,474 points)
Women's Javelin
- 3rd - Rosalind Gergely (52.99m)
Women's Long Jump
- 6th - Seren Rodgers (6.01m)
Women's Shot Put
- 4th - Casey Sullivan (15.73m)
- 8th - Jazmine Thompson (15.00m)

Next Up
The Demon Deacons open their postseason slate at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which will run from May 14-16 at the Cardinal Track Stadium in Louisville, Ky.

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