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With one weekend left before the conference championships, the Blue Devils have split up in search of the nation’s best competition to prepare them for the postseason.
Senior Anima Banks fell short of qualifying for the NCAA indoor championships last year, but when her final time lit up on the scoreboard Friday afternoon, any doubt that she would compete on the national stage in 2016 disappeared.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but a small contingent of Blue Devils are aiming to score a date to the national championships in Hoover, Ala., March11-12.
Senior Megan Clark won the women’s pole vault at the Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York with a new school and conference record of 15 feet, 1 inch—good for the top mark in the nation so far this season.
With the ACC indoor championships looming just three weeks away, the Blue Devils will look to kick it into high gear this weekend at their first of two elite meets in New York.
This weekend’s meet got most of the Duke squad back on the track after a one-weekend hiatus. But for one Blue Devil, the competition marked a comeback nearly two years in the making.
With winter storm Jonas cancelling their second meet of the indoor season and preventing them from practicing over the weekend, the Blue Devils are anxious to get going again.
Winter storm Jonas may have cancelled the Hokie Invitational in Blacksburg, Va., but it could not keep Karli Johonnot from a record-breaking performance at the Tobacco Road Cup.
The Blue Devils had just a short week of team practices before their season opener at the Carolina Cup last weekend but may find themselves with two weeks of workouts in between competitions if this weekend’s meets are canceled due to inclement weather.
Despite a combined seven event wins Friday, Duke finished second behind North Carolina in both the men’s and women’s competitions at the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup at Eddie Smith Field House.
The Blue Devils are back in the saddle and ready to come running out of the gates with their first meet of the season at the Carolina Cup, where the Duke women will look to win their third straight title.
Thomas Lang finished sixth in the javelin, setting a school record with a 72.5 meter throw and claiming All-America honors for the second straight year.
Pole vaulter Megan Clark will look to add to her silver medal from the indoor season in Eugene, Ore., along with four of her teammates.
Megan Clark, Madison Heath, Thomas Lang and Erica Brand placed in the top 12 of their respective events at the regional meet to earn a trip to Eugene, Ore.
The Blue Devils will look to build on an impressive performance at the ACC championships at the three-day NCAA East Preliminary Round meet this week.
The Blue Devils claimed victories in the men's decathlon, men's javelin and women's pole vault during the three-day meet in Tallahassee, Fla.
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.