The Blue Devils had another strong season, highlighted by an ACC championship victory by the women's team. The Chronicle's beats are here to break down Duke's full 2024 campaign.
From any angle, the meet was one for the record books. After a grueling four days, the Duke men and women returned seven All-Americans from nine events, headlined by graduate student Simen Guttormsen’s third-place finish in the men’s pole vault.
Wednesday through Saturday, Duke track and field competed in the NCAA East Regional meet in Lexington, Ky. The men and women earned four national qualifiers each.
After months of hard training and competition, the Blue Devils are finally about to face the ultimate test: the postseason. With ACC and NCAA competitions in May and June, the Blue Zone is here with a preview of the big-time meets.
Duke notched individual successes and all-time program marks, headlined by a school record in the women’s distance medley relay, at the Penn Relays and the Charlotte Invitational over the weekend.
With championship season on the horizon, this weekend was about trying new things: new, younger faces, new events and new relay lineups. Still, even with some of Duke’s top athletes training through the meet, the Blue Devils came through with several event wins and standout performances.
This weekend, Duke sent three women up to The Track at New Balance in Boston to compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships. Two brand-new All-Americans — senior Brianna Smith and graduate student MaKayla Mason — returned.
Up in Boston for the ACC Championships this weekend, Duke saw plenty of success, but it wasn’t enough for its lofty standards.
On Friday and Saturday, Duke went for an East Coast takeover, splitting up the squad across the BU Valentine Invitational in Boston and the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson S.C. Versatility was the name of the game as the Blue Devils set new program records in almost every event group.
As sprinters, jumpers, throwers and long-distance athletes alike traveled to compete at Virginia Tech’s Doc Hale Invitational in Blacksburg, Va., over two days, the Blue Devils scorched more than just the track, jumping and throwing their way to yet another record-fest.
