Duke track and field readies for ACC Outdoor Championships
By Ali Wells | May 14, 2015The Blue Devils will send 54 competitors to Tallahassee, Fla., looking to improve on fourth-place finishes from last year's meet.
The Blue Devils will send 54 competitors to Tallahassee, Fla., looking to improve on fourth-place finishes from last year's meet.
Duke continued to rewrite the record books in its second home meet at the new Morris Williams Track and Field Stadium.
The women's sprint medley relay claimed the final spot on the podium Friday, one of several Blue Devil relays to perform well in Philadelphia.
The Blue Devils are no strangers to the historic Penn Relays, which began as the world’s first relay meet in 1895.
Redshirt junior Teddi Maslowski set three school records and recorded personal bests in six of the seven events to finish eighth.
Competing in their first-ever home meet in their new home, the Blue Devils wasted no time settling in.
The Blue Devils geared for their first scored meet of the outdoor season with another round of impressive performances in their final preseason meet.
Despite rainy weather preventing some of the Blue Devils from competing Friday, Duke still recorded a number of highlight performances at the Raleigh Relays this weekend.
Junior Megan Clark is on her way to becoming one of the top pole vaulters in Duke program history.
Duke converted the momentum from from a stellar indoor season into a successful weekend at its first outdoor meet of the season.
Following another weekend of competitions, Duke put itself in position to claim even more spots at the NCAA Indoor Championship.
The men’s distance group stole the spotlight from the women’s squad with two standout performances Friday and Saturday.
The Blue Devils will need to use this weekend to improve on their season-best marks if they want to punch their tickets to Fayetteville, Ark., in March.
Teddi Maslowski and Elizabeth Kerpon led the way for Duke this weekend, with three program records falling at their feet in Blacksburg, Va.
Duke has just a few meets left to refine its postseason roster with the end of February and the Indoor ACC Championships quickly approaching.
Competing against 70 other colleges, the women's squad took second out of all the women's divisions, and their male counterparts placed 12th in their division.
The Blue Devils’ season will kick into high gear this weekend as the team takes on its first of three elite midseason meets.
After kicking off the season with a successful team performance at the Carolina Cup, the Blue Devils hope to divide and conquer this weekend.
The Duke women brought home the hardware for the second time in as many years as the Blue Devils opened the season with 15 first-place finishes.
Last season, Duke brought home a national title in the heptathlon thanks to a stand-out performance from Curtis Beach. Friday, the Blue Devils will look to continue that success.