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Coming in at No. 8: Few sports at Duke are as non-stop as track and field and cross country, and few Duke teams had as much success in 2022 as the Blue Devil women did on the track.
If Saturday’s performance in the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-off was a test for the Blue Devils, they aced it.
Coming off of an indoor season for the books, Duke is ready for another run around the indoor track.
Duke’s four competitors on the men’s side went scoreless while the women’s team totaled 12 points to tie for 21st place.
Duke put together its best showing yet this past week at the NCAA East Regional in Bloomington, Ind., setting a new program-record with 17 athletes qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in their respective events.
Duke's conference season is over, but a number of Blue Devils will continue to compete as spring draws closer to summer.
Approaching the end of a successful outdoor season, the Blue Devils got the chance to compete against the rest of the ACC this weekend—and they didn’t disappoint.
Two days, two new program records for the Blue Devils.
With just under a month before the postseason gets going, the Blue Devils made the short drive over to High Point, N.C., for the Meet of Champions.
Duke made the trip to Blacksburg, Va., for the Hokie Invitational over the weekend, the third event of its indoor slate going back to December.
Several individuals and relay teams impressed across both days of the meet, but perhaps the highlight was graduate transfer Donovan Spearman’s record-breaking 60-meter dash.
Coming off a women’s ACC title in the outdoor season in the spring and long period of training and recovery, there’s a warranted buzz around the Duke track and field program.
Director of track and field and cross country Shawn Wilbourn received some good news Wednesday afternoon.
While a 32nd-place finish on the women’s side might not jump off the screen, Duke still made some history in Eugene, Ore., with All-American distinction in five events and a program-high five top-10 finishes.
Eight tickets to Oregon, please.
The NCAA announced its qualifiers for the 2021 NCAA regionals Thursday afternoon, with a number of Blue Devils finding their names announced.
Since a fifth place finish in 2017, Duke women's track and field has been stuck in neutral at the ACC Outdoor Championships, failing to crack higher than seventh in 2018 or 2019. Well, consider that little dry-spell over, and over in a monumental way.
With the combination of a decorated graduating class taking part in its final home meet and the fact that the postseason is fast approaching, a sense of urgency is brewing for the Blue Devils.
As the old saying goes, records are meant to be broken. And when it comes to relays, it’s safe to say that speed kills.
Duke brings back some key contributors from last spring—on both the men’s and women’s side—while adding some new blood via transfers.