Duke Heads to NC State for Raleigh Relays

3/26/2015 5:00:00 PM | Track & Field

By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. – After opening the season at the Carolina Relays with eight first-place performances, the Duke track and field teams will continue their outdoor season at the adidas Raleigh Relays March 27-28, hosted by NC State at Paul Derr Track.

Following his winning performances in both the men's shot put and discus last weekend at the Carolina Relays, redshirt junior Stephen Boals leads a strong group of throwers on day one. Boals will again compete in both events. His shot put mark of 57-5.75 (17.52) last Friday currently ranks 25^th in NCAA Division I this season. Also slated to throw the discus will be junior Michael Foley, who took fourth at the Carolina Relays with a toss of 142-6.00 (43.44).

For the Duke women throwers, redshirt sophomore Urina Harrell is slated to compete in the shot put, and graduate student Erica Brand will throw the discus. Harrell and Brand each placed second in their respective events last weekend at the Carolina Relays, with Harrell taking runner-up honors with a throw of 45-7.25 (13.90) in the shot put and Brand finishing second with a toss of 160-10.00 (49.03), currently ranking 32^nd-best in the nation entering the weekend.

In the high jump events, junior Maddie Morrow will compete for the Duke women, while junior Carl Heinz and freshmen Andrew Pancoast and Colt Sessions are slated to jump for the men. Morrow kicked off her 2015 outdoor season with a win at the Carolina Relays, currently ranking 36^th in the country this year with a leap of 5-7.00 (1.70).

A pair of sophomores will represent Duke in the long jump events. Karly Gregory and Grant Emrie each opened the season with third-place finishes at the Carolina Relays, with Gregory leaping 17-9.75 (5.43) for the women and Emrie notching a jump of 21-10.00 (6.65) for the men.

Rounding out the first day of field events for Duke, sophomore Connor Hall will compete in the men's pole vault. A native of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Hall took 10^th at last season's ACC Outdoor Championships with a vault of 16-0.75 (4.90).

On the track, five Blue Devil women are slated to run the 5,000 throughout the day, including graduate student Jessie Rubin, seniors Chloe Maleski and Julianna Miller, junior Madison Granger and freshman Callie Wynn. The men's races will feature four Blue Devils. Graduate student Max Robinson, who spent his undergraduate career at Johns Hopkins, will compete for the first time as a Blue Devil, along with the junior trio of Eddie Merenda, William Rooney and Blake Udland.

Another large group of Blue Devils will compete in the men's and women's 1,500 races. Running for the women will be juniors Anima Banks and Allison Sturges and sophomores Haley Meier, Hannah Meier and Gina Daniel. For the men, seniors Henry Farley and Brian Schoepfer will be joined by sophomore Stephen Shine and freshman Sean Kelly.

In the sprints, junior Christian Vail will be the lone Blue Devil on the men's side, running the 400. Vail clocked a time of 50.91 at last weekend's Carolina Relays to take sixth place in the event. For the women, graduate student Dorehn Coleman and freshman Jasmine Hill will run the 100 after placing fifth and seventh, respectively, at the Carolina Relays. Coleman will return to the track later to team up with seniors Alexis Roper, Callie Francis and Jessica Buttinger in the sprint medley relay.

Competing Saturday, junior pole vaulter Megan Clark enters the weekend with the top mark this season in the women's pole vault. Her clearance of 14-3.25 (4.35) not only won her the event at the Carolina Relays, but also garnered her ACC Women's Field Performer of the Week honors. Clark will vault alongside freshman teammate Madison Heath, who placed fifth last weekend with a height of 12-3.50 (3.75).

Foley will attempt to finish first in the men's hammer throw for a second consecutive week. Duke's record holder with a personal-best throw of 189-4.00 (57.72), Foley won the event at the Carolina Relays with a mark of 175-11.00 (53.62). In the women's event, senior Stephanie Skove will look to build off her season-opening performance, taking third with a personal-best throw of 154-6.00 (47.09), the fifth-farthest mark in school history.

Javelin throwers Thomas Lang and Christine Streisel will each look to add another first-place finish to their 2015 resumes after winning the events last weekend. Lang, a redshirt junior and a 2014 All-American and ACC Champion in the javelin, secured a victory in the men's competition last Friday with a throw of 217-6.00 (66.30), which currently ranks 20^th nationally. Streisel, a sophomore, produced a winning mark of 155-8.00 (47.55) on the women's side that ranks 21^st this season in NCAA Division I. Lang will be joined by freshman Travis Closs, while Streisel will compete alongside graduate student Shannon Sullivan and sophomore Kendall Gustafson. Sullivan finished right behind Streisel at the Carolina Relays, notching a mark of 132-7.00 (40.42) to place second.

Representing the Blue Devils in the men's triple jump will be graduate student Alex Jebb. During the indoor season, Jebb notched a personal-best leap of 46-11.75 (14.32) to rank second all-time at Duke.

In Saturday's running events, Duke will feature two individuals and five relays. Haley Meier will run the 800 for the Blue Devil women, while junior Matthew Rodio will compete in the 400 hurdles. Rodio, a native of Oceanport, N.J., opened the outdoor season with a time of 56.98 to take sixth in the event last weekend.

Duke will field two relays on the men's side, with freshman Matt Luppino, Kelly, Farley and Schoepfer teaming up for the 4x1,500 and sophomores Alec Kunzweiler and Dylan Murphy and freshmen Kyle Francis and Jordan Burton running the 4x800.

For the women, the squad of Roper, Coleman, Hill and Francis will compete in the 4x200, while Duke will enter two teams in the 4x800. Senior Abby Farley, Buttinger, Francis and Sturges will field one team, while the second group will consist of graduate student Henrietta Miers, junior Olivia Anderson, Daniel and a fourth member to be determined.

The meet will start Friday morning with the first sections of the women's 5,000 at 9:30 a.m., followed by field events beginning at 10 a.m. A live stream of the event will be available on flotrack.com.

A complete list of Duke competitors can be found below.

Friday, March 27 - Field Events

Time	Event	Name
10:00 a.m.	Women's Shot Put - Final	Urina Harrell
10:00 a.m.	Men's Discus Throw - College	Michael Foley
11:00 a.m.	Men's Long Jump - College	Grant Emrie
11:00 a.m.	Women's Long Jump - College	Karly Gregory
12:30 p.m.	Women's High Jump - Invite	Maddie Morrow
12:45 p.m.	Men's Discus Throw - Invite	Stephen Boals
1:00 p.m.	Men's Pole Vault - Invite	Connor Hall
2:00 p.m.	Men's Shot Put - Final	Stephen Boals
3:00 p.m.	Men's High Jump - Invite	Carl Heinz
3:00 p.m.	Men's High Jump - College	Andrew Pancoast Colt Sessions
5:00 p.m.	Women's Discus Throw - Invite	Erica Brand

Friday, March 27 - Track Events

Time	Event	Name
9:30 a.m.	Women's 5,000m	Chloe Maleski Callie Wynn Julianna Miller
10:30 a.m.	Men's 5,000m	Eddie Merenda Max Robinson
1:45 p.m.	Women's 100m	Dorehn Coleman Jasmine Hill
2:20 p.m.	Men's 400m	Christian Vail
4:15 p.m.	Women's Sprint Medley Relay	Alexis Roper Dorehn Coleman Callie Francis Jessica Buttinger
4:45 p.m.	Women's 1,500m	Allison Sturges Gina Daniel Hannah Meier
5:21 p.m.	Men's 1,500m	Stephen Shine Henry Farley
7:03 p.m.	Women's 1,500m	Anima Banks Haley Meier
7:09 p.m.	Men's 1,500m	Sean Kelly Brian Schoepfer
8:15 p.m.	Women's 5,000m	Jessie Rubin
8:33 p.m.	Men's 5,000m	Blake Udland William Rooney
9:07 p.m.	Women's 5,000m	Madison Granger

Saturday, March 28 - Field Events

Time	Event	Name
10:00 a.m.	Men's Hammer Throw - Final	Michael Foley
10:00 a.m.	Men's Javelin Throw - Final	Travis Closs Thomas Lang
12:00 p.m.	Men's Triple Jump - College	Alex Jebb
12:45 p.m.	Women's Pole Vault - Invite	Megan Clark Madison Heath
1:00 p.m.	Women's Hammer Throw - Final	Stephanie Skove
1:00 p.m.	Women's Javelin Throw - Final	Kendall Gustafson Christine Streisel Shannon Sullivan

Saturday, March 28 - Track Events

Time	Event	Name
11:00 a.m.	Men's 4x1,500m Relay	Matt Luppino Sean Kelly Henry Farley Brian Schoepfer
12:25 p.m.	Men's 400m Hurdles	Matt Rodio
2:15 p.m.	Women's 800m	Haley Meier
2:50 p.m.	Women's 4x200m Relay	Alexis Roper Dorehn Coleman Jasmine Hill Callie Francis
3:10 p.m.	Men's 4x800m Relay	Alec Kunzweiler Dylan Murphy Kyle Francis Jordan Burton
3:25 p.m.	Women's 4,800m Relay	Jessica Buttinger Callie Francis Allison Sturges Abby Farley Olivia Anderson Gina Daniel Henrietta Miers TBA