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For most Duke seniors, their final year will come to a close with Sunday’s commencement ceremony, but a handful of Blue Devils have the chance to stave off their final day by extending their postseason a little longer.
I’m not sure who was more nervous for my 1,000-yard freestyle at club swim nationals last month, me or my mom. The 40 laps marked my final distance race of nearly 18 years of competitive swimming and my last chance to score points for my team before I graduated. My mom was my volunteer timer and very worried that she would mess something up, even though I tried to tell her that she was just getting a backup time in case I didn’t hit the touchpad hard enough. I wanted her to enjoy being on deck instead of up in the stands.
Although inclement weather made for a rough weekend in the field events, the men's and women's relay teams stepped up to give the Blue Devils their share of highlights at the team's final regular season meet.
This time last year, a female pole vaulter clearing 15 feet was breaking news.
In the final home contest of her collegiate career, Megan Clark set a new meet and facility record of 14 feet, 10 1/4 inches on her third attempt. But the senior had two more records to break before taking her last jumps in Durham.
As Duke rounds the corner for the final stretch of the regular season, the squad will have the cheers of a home crowd in its ears one last time.
Update: The Blue Devils will face fifth-seeded Virginia at noon Friday. The Cavaliers defeated 12th-seeded Florida State 4-3 Thursday to reach the ACC tournament quarterfinals. First serve was moved up by one hour due to the threat of inclement weather.
Despite the absence of senior leader Beatrice Capra for the third straight match, the Blue Devils closed out the regular season on a high note and earned a much-needed two-day bye in the ACC tournament.
Out on the West Coast, the Blue Devils had their best meet of the outdoor season, earning four national top-20 performances and breaking two school records—one four decades old and one less than four weeks old.
Shaun Thompson has a plan for his Olympic Trials berth in the 10,000 meters. He crossed step one off his list March 25 at the Raleigh Relays—when he ran the race for the first time on the track.
The Blue Devils were eager to close out their home slate on Senior Day with their lone honoree leading the way on court one. But Beatrice Capra did not take the court Tuesday as illness prevented her from competing.
With their conference slate quickly coming to a close, the Blue Devils’ lone senior will play in front of a home crowd one last time.
With windy conditions wreaking havoc in the field events, the Blue Devils stepped up on the track to provide the weekend’s highlight performances.
Fresh off their strong performances for a home crowd at the Battle of the Blues, the Blue Devils will head south chasing warmer weather and regional qualifying standards.
The Blue Devils looked poised for the win with a 3-0 lead and one-set advantage on three singles courts, but the Wolverines reeled off two comeback wins to help tie the score—forcing all eyes to court one for the deciding match.
Duke will not just be facing its rivals in powder blue uniforms this weekend when three teams square off for the Battle of the Blues title with a squad in navy mixing up the usual Tobacco Road matchup.
RALEIGH—Heading into his final outdoor season as a Blue Devil, Shaun Thompson thought that the 10,000 meters would be his best bet for the Olympic Trials. But the graduate student had never run that distance on a track until Friday.
A year after being disqualified in the evening heats of the 200-yard medley relay, the Blue Devils redeemed themselves with a strong, legal race in the consolation final Friday. But the relay quartet was not alone in putting Duke on the scoreboard as freshman Evan Moretti collected All-America honors in his NCAA debut.
Most of the Blue Devil squad will use this weekend’s meet as a rust-buster after spring break and the end of the indoor season before heading into the Battle of the Blues April 1-2, but for some athletes, the first opportunity to don the team uniform in 2016 could set the tone for the rest of the year.
The Blue Devil men made program history throughout the 2015-16 campaign—finishing the fall semester undefeated, breaking into the national rankings and entering the postseason in the top 25—but they will not be satisfied until they redeem themselves for last season’s national championship performance.
