Blue Devils prep for ACC run
With several of its athletes resting up for next weekend's ACC championships, Duke headed to the Carolina Fast Times looking for last-minute qualifying marks.
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With several of its athletes resting up for next weekend's ACC championships, Duke headed to the Carolina Fast Times looking for last-minute qualifying marks.
Duke's track and field team experienced disappointment mixed in with success at this weekend's Duke Invitational.
The Blue Devils will host more than 1,800 athletes this weekend for the Duke Invitational at Wallace Wade Stadium, making it the second largest meet on the East Coast behind the Penn Relays.
With three distance runners qualifying for the NCAAs for the first time at the Stanford Invitational and one at the UNC Invitational this weekend, Duke has recorded one of its most successful starts in program history.
Senior Shannon Rowbury repeated her feat from two years ago, winning the mile and 3,000-meter races at the ACC Championships Saturday at Clemson.
Although the men's and women's teams were battling the flu, some Blue Devils were able to come through and qualify for the postseason at the Armory Collegiate Invitational.
In his last hometown performance in the Terrier Classic in Boston, senior Dan King broke the Duke 400-meter record.
Duke's men's and women's track and field teams are unexpectedly high on the leaderboard after the first day of the ACC Championships in Winston-Salem, head coach Norm Ogilvie said.
The Blue Devil field squad posted season bests in several events while the majority of Duke's runners rested up for this weekend's ACC Championships in Winston-Salem. The field events for the ACC Championships will begin Thursday, and the bulk of the meet will take place Friday and Saturday.
While hurdles are never a part of the 1,500-meter race, sophomore Chris Spooner improvised, hurdling fallen runners to take the 1,500-meter title and qualify for the NCAA Regionals.
The Blue Devil track and field team will host the 19th annual Duke Invitational this weekend at Wallace Wade Stadium. The meet, which will run from Friday at noon through Saturday night, will feature athletes from across the country as well as three Blue Devils looking to defend their individual titles from last season's meet.
Senior Clara Horowitz continued her dominance of the distance events from the indoor season, finishing first at the Stanford Invite this weekend in the 10,000-meter run.
After two days of competition this weekend, the men's and women's track and field teams placed 47th out of 51 teams and 14th out of 34 teams, respectively, at the IC4A/ECAC Championships in Boston.
Duke men's and women's track and field teams found success in three separate meets over the weekend, qualifying five men for the IC4A Championships and eight women for the ECAC Championships, all while breaking two school records along the way.
In 2004, Leonard Hamilton brought in the nation's 11th-best recruiting class to play alongside the nation's top-ranked sophomore class.
Duke's volleyball team stretched its home win streak this season to eight games with a 3-1 victory over Miami Friday.
The Duke men's cross country team placed eighth out of 25 teams and finished ahead of two ranked squads in the 50th Annual Notre Dame Invitational Friday.