Duke Set for Joe Hilton Invite at UNC Saturday

4/10/2014 8:46:00 PM | Track & Field

By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke track and field team sends a contingent of competitors to the Joe Hilton Invitational Saturday, April 12, in Chapel Hill, N.C. The meet marks the team's final competition before the conference championship the following weekend.

Numerous field event specialists enter Saturday's competition with the hopes of fine tuning mechanics prior to next weekend's ACC Championship. Senior Tanner Anderson and redshirt junior Michael Krone enter competition Saturday with season-best marks of 6-6.75 (2.00) and 6-10.25 (2.09), respectively. In the women's high jump, three of Duke's heptathletes, including redshirt sophomores Karli Johonnot and Teddi Maslowski and senior Miray Seward join high jumper Maddie Morrow. Johonnot nearly matched her career-best of 5-10.50 (1.79) earlier in the season, clearing 5-10.00 (1.78) at the Texas Relays.

In the pole vault, school-record holder Megan Clark, already with wins in two of her three appearances this season, looks to post a solid mark in her final competition before the championships. Clark's school-record clearance of 14-7.25 (4.45) leads the ACC.

Two throwers, javelin-specialist and redshirt sophomore Thomas Lang and redshirt senior shot-putter Michelle Anumba are both entered in their respective events Saturday, looking to head into the conference championship with unblemished records. Lang recorded a mark of 227-0.00 (69.21) at the Texas Relays, earning the second-farthest mark in school history, while Anumba's season-best distance of 52-7.25 (16.03) came last weekend at the VertKlasse Meeting.

Fellow thrower and redshirt senior Austin Gamble enters Saturday's discus competition following a first-place finish at the VertKlasse Meeting. Gamble won the event with an effort of 185-11.00 (56.66). The mark currently ranks second in the ACC.

On the track, juniors Nate McClafferty and Brian Schoepfer are set to compete in the mile Saturday. McClafferty owns the fourth-fastest 1,500 in the conference this season after clocking a time of 3:45.8, while Schoepfer's season-best time of 3:48.73 sits just outside the top 10.

The Blue Devils open competition Saturday with the women's hammer, slated for 10 a.m.

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Day	Time	Event	Name
Saturday	10:00 a.m.	(W) Hammer	Michelle Anumba Stephanie Skove
Saturday	To Follow	(M) Hammer	Michael Foley
Saurday	10:00 a.m.	(M) High Jump	Tanner Anderson Michael Krone
Saturday	To Follow	(W) High Jump	Karli Johonnot Teddi Maslowski Maddie Morrow Miray Seward
Saturday	10:00 a.m.	(M) Long Jump	Grant Emrie
Saturday	10:00 a.m.	(W) Long Jump	Karly Gregory
Saturday	12:00 p.m.	(M) Pole Vault	Justin Amezquita Connor Hall Chaz Hawkins
Saturday	To Follow	(W) Pole Vault	Megan Clark
Saturday	12:00 p.m.	(W) Discus	Amarie Bremel
Saturday	To Follow	(M) Discus	Stephen Boals Austin Gamble Michael Foley Chaz Hawkins
Saturday	12:05 p.m.	(M) 4x100-meter Relay	Ryan Smith Issac Blakeney DeVon Edwards Marcus Wright
Saturday	12:30 p.m.	(W) 400-Meter Dash	Callie Francis
Saturday	12:35 p.m.	(M) 400-Meter Dash	Ben Raskin Christian Vail
Saturday	12:50 p.m.	(W)100-Meter Hurdles (Prelim)	Hanna Goranson Karli Johonnot Teddi Maslowski Miray Seward
Saturday	1:00 p.m.	(M) 100-Meter Dash (Prelim)	Issac Blakeney DeVon Edwards Ryan Smith Marcus Wright
Saturday	1:10 p.m.	(W) Mile Run	Ashley Berry Madison Granger Haley Meier Madeline Morgan Allison Sturges
Saturday	1:20 p.m.	(M) Mile Run	Brian Benesch Henry Farley Alec Klassen Nate McClafferty Mike Moverman Brian Schoepfer Stephen Shine Shaun Thompson
Saturday	1:45 p.m.	(W) 800-Meter Run	Olivia Anderson Anima Banks Rebecca Craigie Gina Daniel Abby Farley Brianna Welch
Saturday	1:55 p.m.	(M) 800-Meter Run	Jon Michael Hilsheimer Alec Kunzweiler Dylan Murphy Dylan Newman
Saturday	2:15 p.m.	(M) 110-Meter Hurdles Final	Chaz Hawkins
Saturday	2:25 p.m.	(W) 110-Meter Hurdles Final	Hanna Goranson Karli Johonnot Teddi Maslowski Miray Seward
Saturday	2:40 p.m.	(M) 100-Meter Final	Issac Blakeney DeVon Edwards Ryan Smith Marcus Wright
Saturday	3:00 p.m.	(W) Javelin	Karli Johonnot Teddi Maslowski Christine Streisel Miray Seward
Saturday	To Follow	(M) Javelin	Thomas Lang Terrence Neal Zach Robertshaw
Saturday	3:00 p.m.	(W) Shot Put	Michelle Anumba Urina Harrell
Saturday	To Follow	(M) Shot Put	Stephen Boals Chaz Hawkins Kyler Shumway
Saturday	3:05 p.m.	(M) 400-Meter Hurdles	Matt Rodio Michael Wilson
Saturday	3:20 p.m.	(M) 200-Meter Dash	Marcus Wright
Saturday	3:30 p.m.	(W) 3,000-Meter Run	Ashley Berry Madison Granger Julianna Miller Madeline Morgan Colleen Schmidt Colette Whitney
Saturday	3:40 p.m.	(M) 3,000-Meter Run	William Hague Aaron Liberatore Spencer Pecha Stephen Shine
Saturday	4:15 p.m.	(W) 4x400-Meter Relay (A)	Oliva Anderson Abby Farley Anima Banks Haley Meier
Saturday	4:15 p.m.	(W) 4x400-Meter Relay (B)	Gina Daniel Rebecca Cragie Brianna Welch Allison Sturges
Saturday	4:20 p.m.	(M) 4x400-Meter Relay (A)	Marcus Wright Michael Wilson Alec Kunzweiler Dylan Murphy
Saturday	4:20 p.m.	(M) 4x400-Meter Relay (B)	Matthew Rodio Christian Vail Ben Raskin Dylan Newman