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Duke will head to the Mike Long Track in Tallahassee, Fla., for the three-day ACC championship starting Friday with hopes of improving on last season’s performances of sixth for the men and eighth for the women.
I’m not sure who was more nervous for my 1,000-yard freestyle at club swim nationals last month, me or my mom.
While the inclement weather made for a rough weekend in the field events, the women’s sprint squad stepped up to give the Blue Devils a few highlights at the final meet of the regular season.
This time last year, a female pole vaulter clearing 15 feet was breaking news.
Senior Megan Clark claimed the Duke Invitational title, school and conference record and top mark in the NCAA so far this season with a clearance of 15 feet, 2 1/4 inches Saturday—one of two wins and two program records set by Blue Devil seniors in the two-day meet at Morris Williams Track and Field Stadium.
The Blue Devils will host the two-day Duke Invitational Friday and Saturday at Morris Williams Track and Field Stadium, welcoming representatives from more than 20 schools—nearly a threefold increase from the 2015 event by the same name.
Fourth-seeded Duke will take the court Friday at 1 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C., across the net from the winner of Thursday’s matchup between fifth-seeded Virginia and 12th-seeded Florida State.
Clark rewrote her own record set at the Battle of the Blues two weeks ago with a new outdoor best of 14 feet, 11 inches, and Thompson shattered Robbie Perkins’ 40-year-old record in the 10,000 meters by nearly 10 seconds with a new NCAA top time of 28:47.48.
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 at Clemson and earned a much-needed two-day bye in the ACC tournament.
The Blue Devils were eager to close out their home slate on Senior Day with their lone honoree leading the way on court one.