Outdoor Highlights: April 18-April 22

 

Atlantic Coast Conference Championships

April 19-21, Charlottesville, Va.
Results


Virginia Tech men, Clemson women win titles

Highlights

Saturday
W-200: Clemson freshman Dezerea Bryant completed the sweep by winning the 200 in 23.05. Fellow teammate Marlena Wesh was second in 23.06.
Triple jump: Virginia's Marcus Robinson won in 53-9.75. Florida State's Michelle Jenije leaped 43-10.5 for the win.
800: Virginia's Lance Roller won in 1:47.82; North Carolina's Tasha Stanley was the girls winner in 2:03.52.
100: Florida State went 1-2 with Kemar Hyman (10.07) and Maurice Mitchell (10.21). Hyman posted the nation's fastest legal time to date while setting a Cayman Islands National Record. Dezerea Bryant won the women's race in a new meet record of 11.29.
W-400: Clemson's Marlena Wesh dominated the competition winning in a collegiate-leading time of 51.43 (meet record).
M-110: Miami's Devon Hill posted the nation's fastest time in 13.35 (meet record) with Clemson's Spencer Adams just behind in 13.39.
W-100H: Clemson swept the top four spots with Bridgette Owens (first, 13.03), Monique Gracia (second, 13.33), Kendra Harrison (third, 13.33) and Jasmine Edgerson (fourth, 13.56).
4x100: Florida State men led from start to finish to win in 39.08. Clemson women set a new meet record winning in 39.95.
 

Friday
W-Pole vault: Virginia Tech freshman Martina Schultze solidified herself as one of the top vaulters after winning in 14 feet, 1.25 inches.
W-Heptathlon: Maryland's Kiani Proffitt won in a season's best 5695 points.
M-Decathlon: Florida State's Gonzalo Barroilhet set a new ACC record to win with 8065 points. Duke's Curtis Beach was second with 7764 points. Also an Olympic standard, FSU school record and Chilean National record for Barroilhet.

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Thursday
M-Javelin: Virginia Tech's Matthias Treff broke a 20-year-old ACC record with a throw of 74.68m, edging out Virginia's Andy Fahringer  who also surpassed the previous conference record of 73.36m with a mark of 74.56m.

Conference Championship Central

 

John McDonnell Invitational
April 20-21, Fayetteville, Ark.
Results

Highlights
M-400: Arkansas' Akheem Gauntlett won in 45.65.

Kansas Relays
April 18-21, Lawrence, Kan.
Results

M-Shot put: Kansas' Mason Finley posted the top distance this season at 65'3.25.
W-400: Kansas' Diamond Dixon won in 51.80.

Longhorn Invitational
April 21, Austin, Tx.
W-400H: Texas' Danielle Dowie won in 56.59.

 

Michael Johnson/Dr. Pepper Classic
April 21, Waco, Tx.
Results

M-400: George Mason's David Verburg bested his personal best time by half a second (45.56).

Mt. SAC Relays
April 19-21, Walnut, Calif.
Results

M-10000: Arizona's Stephen Sambu won in a national leader and the second-fastest time in the world at 28:08.16.
M-5000: Southern Utah's Cameron Levins (13:18.47) got the upset win over Arizona's Lawi Lalang (13:18.88), posting the nation's fastest time to date.
M-1500: Columbia freshman Nate Brennard raced to the nation's fastest time this season with a 3:36.41
M-800: UC Irvine's Charles Jock posted a 1:47.15 to finish fifth against the pros; Minnesota's Abda Harun went 1:47.20
M-400: USC senior Bryshon Nellum is back! Nellum put his name among the nation's best with an impressive 45.18 #CL.
M-Triple jump: Arizona State's Chris Benard leaped to a nation's best 54'11.25.
W-800: BYU's Nachelle Mackie posted the nation's top time to date at 2:01.11.
W-1500: Washington's Katie Flood registered the nation's best time in 4:11.66 in the win, with Arkansas' Kristen Gillespie behind in 4:13.41.
W-5000: Six women went under the 15:35 mark including the winner, Dartmouth's Abbey D'Agostino. D'Agostino's ran the nation's best time of 15:23.35. Van Dalen Lucy (Stony Brook) and Sheila Reid (Villanova) posted the nation's second (15:23.54) and third best (15:23.64) times to date.
W-400H: Arizona's Moline Georganne won with a nation's best 55.25.
W-3000 steeplechase: Illinois State's Aisha Praught won in 9:51.30 #CL
W-Shot put: Arizona's Alyssa Hasslen and Oklahoma's Tia Brooks posted the top-2 marks in the nation at 60-2.5 and 59-6.25.

 

Oregon Relays
April 20-21, Eugene, Ore.
Results

Highlights

W-1500: Oregon's Jordan Hasay placed fourth against the pros in her outdoor debut with a time of 4:15.

 

Princeton Larry Ellis Invitational
M-3000: Indiana teammates, Andrew Poore and De'Sean Turner, posted the top-2 times in the nation with times of 8:36.41 and 8:36.61, respectively.

 

Tom Jones Memorial Classic
April 21, Gainesville, Fla.
Results

W-100H: Ohio State's Christina Manning sped to a wind-assisted 12.57 #CL.
4x100: Florida men won in 38.67. UCF women won in a season's best 43.35.

 

War Eagle Invitational
April 20-21, Auburn, Ala.
Live Results
M-100: Auburn's Keenan Brock sped to the win 10.09 (1.0).
W-Discus: Southern Illinois' Jeneva McCall won in 195-0 #CL.

 

Key
#CL= Collegiate Leader
#WL=World Leader
Sr.=Senior
Jr. =Junior
Soph.= Sophomore
Fresh.= Freshman