Duke Finishes Last Regular Season Indoor Meet

Saturday, February 16

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Duke Finishes Last Regular Season Indoor Meet

2/16/2019 11:02:00 PM | Track & Field

By: Duke Sports Information

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Duke track & field program concluded its final meet of the season prior to the conference championships Saturday afternoon at both the JDL DMR Invitational and at the Virginia Tech Challenge. As a team, the Blue Devils posted one school record, another all-time top five performance, and 16 top ten meet finishes.

Esteban Suarez and Cole Rowan headlined the pole vault squad with personal-best heights. Suarez finished sixth with a clearance of 5.05m while Rowan's ninth-place finish saw him clear 4.75m.

Duke's distance squad saw solid performances in Winston-Salem as Nikhil Pulimood and Lindsay Billings finished in the top-three of their respective 3000m race. Pulimood clocked in a second-place time of 8:28.11 and with the NCAA flat track conversion, his time was 8:22.61. Billings raced to a third-place finish of 9:55.80 and with the conversion, her time is 9:51.15.

Nick Cox placed third overall in the men's 800m. His 1:54.84 raw time equals a 1:53.30 NCAA flat track conversion, his fastest of the indoor season.

The Blue Devils will return to competition for the ACC Indoor Championships Feb. 21-23 in Blacksburg, Va.

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MEN:

CJ Ambrosio	3000m	Rabbit
Iyin Battle	Weight Throw	2nd, 18.55m – School Record
Ben Beatty	Shot Put	3rd, 16.37m
Ben Beatty	Weight Throw	4th, 16.76m - #4 Duke All-Time
Nico Coleman	800m	13th, 2:00.51
Devin Connell	800m	11th, 1:59.15
Nick Cox	800m	3rd, 1:54.84
Joe Cullen	Mile	20th, 4:29.96
AJ Eckmann	Mile	18th, 4:29.13 (PR)
Stephen Garrett	3000m	19th, 8:46.92
Matt Politis	800m	8th, 1:58.55
Nikhil Pulimood	3000m	2nd, 8:28.11
Ethan Ready	3000m	22nd, 8:47.62 (PR)
Cole Rowan	Pole Vault	9th, 4.75m (PR)
Esteban Suarez	Pole Vault	6th, 5.05m (PR)
Michael Ungvarsky	3000m	17th, 8:46.37
Charles Cooper, Miles Mingo, Carter Dillon, Matt Wisner	DMR	8th, 10:04.39

WOMEN:

Rivka Arbiv	Pole Vault	T6, 3.92m
Lindsay Billings	3000m	3rd, 9:55.80
Rylee Bowen	800m	5th, 2:19.75
Veronica Brtek	Mile	DNS
Ellen Hirsberg	800m	15th, 2:30.39
MacKenzie Kerr	400m	5th, 56.41
Laura Marty	Pole Vault	DNS
Nati Sheppard	Pole Vault	T6, 3.92m
Kelcie Simmons	60m	DNS
Kelcie Simmons	Long Jump	DNS
Stefani Vukajlovic	Weight Throw	4th, 18.40m
Chesney Ward	Pole Vault	DNS
Liz Lansing, Lauren Hoffman, Brittany Aveni, Kim Hallowes	DMR	4th, 11:15.14 - SB