2025 Track and Field Roster
Tewalt, Luke
Luke Tewalt
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Washington, D.C.
- High School:
- Washington Latin
Bio
Career Records
Awards
2023 First Team All-American (Outdoor)
2025 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2022 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2023 First Team All-ACC 1500m and 5000m (Outdoor)
2025 First Team All-ACC (Indoor)
2025 Second Team All-ACC 1500m and 5000m (Outdoor)
First Sub-4 Minute Mile in Wake Forest History
U-20 American 3000m Record Holder
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 1 - 3000m (Indoor) - 7:39.09
No. 3 - 1500m (Outdoor) - 3:38.52
No. 3 - 5000m (Outdoor) - 13:28.18
No. 3 - 5000m (Indoor) - 13:36.03
No. 3 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:38.52
No. 5 - Mile (Indoor) - 3:59.94
Collegiate PR
800m - 1:51.56
1500m - 3:38.52
Mile - 3:59.94
3000m - 7:39.09
5000m - 13:28.18
2025 (Senior)
Outdoor - Earned Second Team All-American honors after placing 14th in the men’s 5000m final at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Placed third overall in the semifinals of the men’s 5000m, clocking 13:39.60 at the NCAA East Region First Round… Claimed Second Team All-ACC honors in both the 1500m and the 5000m during the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Finished first in the 5000m at the Wake Forest Invitational, recording the third-fastest time in school history at 13:28.18.
Indoor - Set the school record in the 3000m with a time of 7:39.09, leading to a runner-up finish and First Team All-ACC honor at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships… Earned Second Team All-American honors after placing eighth in the 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships… Also earned First Team All-ACC honors after finishing in third place in the DMR at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships… Placed ninth in the DMR to earn Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Garnered First Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships after a dominant performance in the 5000m event, finishing in 14:07.18 …Following a pair of second place finishes at the ACC Outdoor Championships, he earned First Team All-ACC in the 1500m and the 5000m, clocking 3:38.52, marking a new personal best along with finishing the 5000m in 13:50.57.
Indoor: Placed 10th, and set a PR in the 800m finishing with a time of 1:51.56 at Bob Pollock Invitational … Finished the 3000m in 8:09.61 at the ACC Indoor Championships
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 23-25) and Wake Forest Invitational (April 21)... At the Wake Forest Invitational he placed fourth in the 1500m and finished with a time of 3:38.57… At the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships he finished second in the 5000m and 1500m (May 11-13)... In the 5000m he finished second with a 13.50.57… In the 1500m he finished second place with a personal-best time of 3:38.52… Competed in the 5000m and 1500m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 25-27)... He qualified for the final in the 5000m with a sixth place finish and a time of 14:04.79… At the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships he placed fourth in the
Indoor: In his first appearance of the indoor season, he claimed his first podium finish of the season in the mile with a third place finish and a time of 4:01.83 at the Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 27-28)... Also finished 10th in the 800m with a personal-best time of 1:51.56… Competed in the mile and 3000m at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23-25).
2022 (Redshirt-Freshman)
Outdoor: Placed eighth and set a personal best in the 1500 at the Duke Invitational with a time of 3:41.31 which is fourth fastest in school history … Recorded a 18th place finish and new personal best in the 5000m, clocking in at 13:43.60 which is the fourth fastest in school history ... Earned All-ACC Second Team at the ACC Outdoor Championship with a sixth place finish in the 1500m event.
Indoor: Placed fifth and set a PR in the 3000 at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 7:56.26 which is a new American U20 record…Recorded a 4th place finish and new PR in the Mile when he eclipsed a sub-four minute mile with a time of 3:59.94 for the first time in school history.
High School
Won the 2018 D.C. Championship in cross country ... Earned the D.C. Gatorade Player of the Year in cross country in 2018 and in track in 2020 ... Won nine state titles in track ... Competed at the New Balance Nationals in New York City ... Earned varsity letters in track, cross country and wrestling.
Personal
Born on January 20, 2003 ... Son of Kira Tewalt and Ed Freeman.
Awards
2023 First Team All-American (Outdoor)
2025 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2022 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2023 First Team All-ACC 1500m and 5000m (Outdoor)
2025 First Team All-ACC (Indoor)
2025 Second Team All-ACC 1500m and 5000m (Outdoor)
First Sub-4 Minute Mile in Wake Forest History
U-20 American 3000m Record Holder
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 1 - 3000m (Indoor) - 7:39.09
No. 3 - 1500m (Outdoor) - 3:38.52
No. 3 - 5000m (Outdoor) - 13:28.18
No. 3 - 5000m (Indoor) - 13:36.03
No. 3 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:38.52
No. 5 - Mile (Indoor) - 3:59.94
Collegiate PR
800m - 1:51.56
1500m - 3:38.52
Mile - 3:59.94
3000m - 7:39.09
5000m - 13:28.18
2025 (Senior)
Outdoor - Earned Second Team All-American honors after placing 14th in the men’s 5000m final at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Placed third overall in the semifinals of the men’s 5000m, clocking 13:39.60 at the NCAA East Region First Round… Claimed Second Team All-ACC honors in both the 1500m and the 5000m during the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Finished first in the 5000m at the Wake Forest Invitational, recording the third-fastest time in school history at 13:28.18.
Indoor - Set the school record in the 3000m with a time of 7:39.09, leading to a runner-up finish and First Team All-ACC honor at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships… Earned Second Team All-American honors after placing eighth in the 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships… Also earned First Team All-ACC honors after finishing in third place in the DMR at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships… Placed ninth in the DMR to earn Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Garnered First Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships after a dominant performance in the 5000m event, finishing in 14:07.18 …Following a pair of second place finishes at the ACC Outdoor Championships, he earned First Team All-ACC in the 1500m and the 5000m, clocking 3:38.52, marking a new personal best along with finishing the 5000m in 13:50.57.
Indoor: Placed 10th, and set a PR in the 800m finishing with a time of 1:51.56 at Bob Pollock Invitational … Finished the 3000m in 8:09.61 at the ACC Indoor Championships
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 23-25) and Wake Forest Invitational (April 21)... At the Wake Forest Invitational he placed fourth in the 1500m and finished with a time of 3:38.57… At the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships he finished second in the 5000m and 1500m (May 11-13)... In the 5000m he finished second with a 13.50.57… In the 1500m he finished second place with a personal-best time of 3:38.52… Competed in the 5000m and 1500m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 25-27)... He qualified for the final in the 5000m with a sixth place finish and a time of 14:04.79… At the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships he placed fourth in the
Indoor: In his first appearance of the indoor season, he claimed his first podium finish of the season in the mile with a third place finish and a time of 4:01.83 at the Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 27-28)... Also finished 10th in the 800m with a personal-best time of 1:51.56… Competed in the mile and 3000m at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23-25).
2022 (Redshirt-Freshman)
Outdoor: Placed eighth and set a personal best in the 1500 at the Duke Invitational with a time of 3:41.31 which is fourth fastest in school history … Recorded a 18th place finish and new personal best in the 5000m, clocking in at 13:43.60 which is the fourth fastest in school history ... Earned All-ACC Second Team at the ACC Outdoor Championship with a sixth place finish in the 1500m event.
Indoor: Placed fifth and set a PR in the 3000 at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 7:56.26 which is a new American U20 record…Recorded a 4th place finish and new PR in the Mile when he eclipsed a sub-four minute mile with a time of 3:59.94 for the first time in school history.
High School
Won the 2018 D.C. Championship in cross country ... Earned the D.C. Gatorade Player of the Year in cross country in 2018 and in track in 2020 ... Won nine state titles in track ... Competed at the New Balance Nationals in New York City ... Earned varsity letters in track, cross country and wrestling.
Personal
Born on January 20, 2003 ... Son of Kira Tewalt and Ed Freeman.
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