Duke Sweeps Battle of the Blues

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Duke Sweeps Battle of the Blues

4/6/2019 9:37:00 PM | Track & Field

T&F: Battle of the Blues - Norm Ogilvie Interview T&F: Battle of the Blues - Trophy Presentation Results

By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. – In what came down to the last events for both sides, the Duke track and field team swept North Carolina in the Battle of the Blues on Saturday evening in Morris Williams Track & Field Stadium. As a team, the Blue Devils registered a whopping 42 personal bests, one school record and several other Duke all-time performances.

The women totaled 79 points, edging the Tar Heels who scored 75. The 4x400-meter relay was the clinching event for Duke, as the Blue Devils clocked a time of 3:36.06, nearly four seconds faster than North Carolina to take home the trophy. For the men, Ben Beatty's toss of 16.11m in the shot put was enough for second-place, clinching the overall team score for Duke, 80-73.

“It was Duke versus North Carolina,” director of track & field Norm Ogilvie said. “Everyone at this school knows what that means. This is the first time we've had a dual against North Carolina since I've been here … it's been 29 years in the making. This was the first time we beat both the North Carolina men and women so it's a historic day for Duke track & field.”

For the women, India Lowe has been highly successful in the start of the outdoor season and today broke the school record in the women's 400-meter hurdles with a first-place time of 57.58. Her time breaks Teddi Maslowski's time of 58.35 set back in 2014 and is also an ACC qualifying performance.

In the women's long jump, Kate Kutzer solidified herself in the record book, as she leaped to a personal best 5.92m, good for fifth all-time in Duke history. That result also registered as an ACC Outdoor qualifying score. Isabel Wakefield and Kelcie Simmons also earned personal best scores of 5.69m in the long jump.

Simmons also etched her name in the top-five all-time list in the women's 100-meter dash, as she ran an ACC outdoor qualifying-and-personal-best time of 11.75, good for fourth in Duke history. Jaida Lemmons took third in the women's triple jump, totaling a distance of 11.79m, good for fourth all-time in the Duke's outdoor record book.

On the men's side, Alex Miley etched his name on Duke's all-time list by winning the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 8:59.11, the fourth-fastest time in Blue Devil history, and qualifies him for the ACC Championships.

Iyin Battle took first in the men's hammer throw with a personal-best toss of 58.96m. His previous personal best of 57.77 stood second in school history, and his new mark is just shy of the Michael Foley's record of 59.56 (2016). Beatty earned second behind Battle in the hammer throw, registering a personal best result of 52.11m. Battle and Beatty earned personal bests in the men's discus, as Battle totaled a toss of 47.44m, while Beatty registered a throw of 39.11m.

Jacob Sobota tallied a new personal-best leap of 4.80m in the men's pole vault, good for first-place out of eight competitors.

Two additional high points for the men and women were the performances of Charles Cooper and Brittany Aveni. Cooper captured first place in the 1500m in a time of 3:56.49 and followed up with a second-place personal-best 1:53.26 in the 800m. His eight individual points on the day were the most of any Blue Devil. Aveni won the 800m in a personal-best 2:06.49 and anchored the first-place 4x400m relay.

The men's distance team outscored North Carolina 27-0 as they swept the 1500m, 3000m steeplechase and 3000m while the Blue Devil women also swept the 3000m in a key time for the meet, allowing Duke to claim the team title.

The Blue Devils will return to competition April 11-13 at the Tennessee Relays in Knoxville, Tenn.

#GoDuke

Notes

Nico Coleman, Devin Connell, Charles Cooper, Nick Cox and Joe Cullen each earned personal-best times in the men's 800m

Joey Souza of North Carolina broke the men's long jump meet record of 7.13m with a 7.32m jump

Anna Keefer of North Carolina broke the women's 100-meter meet record of 11.66 with a time of 11.62

Madison Wiltrout of North Carolina broke the facility record in the women's javelin (51.93m)

MEN:

CJ Ambrosio	3000m	1st, 8:23.74 - PR
Iyin Battle	Hammer Throw	1st, 58.96 – PR
Iyin Battle	Discus	3rd, 47.44m - PR
Iyin Battle	Shot Put	3rd, 13.54m
Ben Beatty	Hammer Throw	2nd, 52.11 - PR
Ben Beatty	Discus	4th, 39.11 - PR
Ben Beatty	Shot Put	2nd, 16.11m
Nico Coleman	800m	8th, 1:58.35 - PR
Devin Connell	800m	6th, 1:57.22 - PR
Charles Cooper	800m	2nd, 1:53.26 - PR
Charles Cooper	1500m	1st, 3:56.49
Nick Cox	800m	5th, 1:56.33 - PR
Joe Cullen	800m	7th, 1:57.58 - PR
Carter Dillon	1500m	3rd, 3:57.65
AJ Eckmann	3000m Steeplechase	6th, 9:44.13
Christian Friis	110m Hurdles	2nd, 14.79 - PR
Christian Friis	Pole Vault	NH
Christian Friis	Shot Put	P
Stephen Garrett	3000m Steeplechase	5th, 9:30.65 - PR
Cole Hoff	3000m	4th, 8:46.62
Kiegan Lenihan	Javelin	2nd, 60.47m
Bryant Lewis	High Jump	2nd, 1.93m
Michael Marsack	Javelin	1st, 64.69m
Alex Miley	3000m Steeplechase	1st, 8:59.11 – 4^th all-time at Duke
Miles Mingo	200m	2nd, 22.50
Miles Mingo	400m	2nd, 47.53 - PR
Matt Politis	1500m	5^th, 4:03.48
Sean Rafique	400m	4th, 52.16
Sean Rafique	400m Hurdles	1st, 1:09.45
Ethan Ready	3000m Steeplechase	3rd, 9:13.25 - PR
Rivers Ridout	High Jump	1st, 2.12m
Benjamin Ross	High Jump	3rd, 1.88m
Cole Rowan	Pole Vault	5th, 4.60m - PR
Jacob Sobota	110m Hurdles	3rd, 15.43
Jacob Sobota	Pole Vault	1st, 4.80m - PR
Jacob Sobota	Shot Put	P
Esteban Suarez	Pole Vault	4th, 4.60m
Tom Sullivan	3000m	3rd, 8:26.94 - P
Chris Theodore	3000m	2nd, 8:26.70 - P
Michael Ungvarsky	3000m Steeplechase	2nd, 9:09.24 - PR
Matt Wisner	1500m	2nd, 3:56.92
Miles Mingo, Jacob Sobota, Christian Friis, Matt Wisner	4x400m Relay	2nd, 3:17.94

WOMEN:

Rivka Arbiv	100m Hurdles	5th, 17.03 - PR
Rivka Arbiv	High Jump	3rd, 1.54m
Rivka Arbiv	Shot Put	7th, 9.75m - PR
Brittany Aveni	800m	1st, 2:06.49 - PR
Lindsay Billings	3000m	3rd, 9:53.75 - PR
Rylee Bowen	1500m	4th, 4:57.89
Virginia Capehart	200m	5th, 26.43
Virginia Capehart	800m	3rd, 2:13.09 - PR
Simi Gbadegesin	200m	4th, 25.65
Simi Gbadegesin	400m	4th, 57.00
Lauren Hoffman	100m Hurdles	1st, 13.99
Lauren Hoffman	400m Hurdles	2nd, 58.65 - #4 Duke All-Time
Tracy Jander	High Jump	DNS
MacKenzie Kerr	200m	3rd, 24.92
MacKenzie Kerr	400m	3rd, 56.25
Kate Kutzer	100m Hurdles	3rd, 14.91 - PR
Kate Kutzer	Long Jump	2nd, 5.92m – 5th all-time at Duke
Kate Kutzer	Javelin	6th, 39.70m - PR
Jaida Lemmons	Long Jump	3rd, 5.69m
Jaida Lemmons	Triple Jump	3rd, 11.79m – 4^th all-time at Duke
Jaida Lemmons	Javelin	3rd, 41.33m
India Lowe	400m Hurdles	1st, 57.58 – School Record
Erin Marsh	High Jump	1st, 1.69m
Erin Marsh	Shot Put	3rd, 11.70m - PR
Erin Marsh	Javelin	7th, 35.42m - PR
Cassie Martin	High Jump	2nd, 1.64m
Nikki Merritt	100m Hurdles	2nd, 14.35 - PR
Domonique Panton	100m	3rd, 11.78 – #5 Duke All-Time
Domonique Panton	Triple Jump	2nd, 12.18m
Sara Platek	3000m	1st, 9:32.14 - PR
Elizabeth Reneau	1500m	2nd, 4:39.30 - PR
Gabrielle Richichi	1500m	5th, 5:00.96
Gabrielle Richichi	3000m	5th, 10:18.87
Ashleigh Rodriguez	Javelin	4th, 41.04m
Nati Sheppard	Pole Vault	2nd, 4.00m
Kelcie Simmons	100m	2nd, 11.75 – 4^th all-time at Duke
Kelcie Simmons	200m	2nd, 24.00 - PR
Kelcie Simmons	Long Jump	5th, 5.69m - PR
Natalie Simmons	100m	5th, 12.37
Natalie Simmons	200m	DNS
Stefani Vukajlovic	Hammer Throw	2nd, 62.11m
Stefani Vukajlovic	Discus	4th, 30.98m - PR
Isabel Wakefield	100m Hurdles	6th, 20.01
Isabel Wakefield	Long Jump	4th, 5.69m - PR
Isabel Wakefield	Javelin	5th, 40.57m - PR
Chesney Ward	Pole Vault	DNS
Sheridan Wilbur	3000m	7th, 10:31.68
Helen Williams	3000m	2nd, 9:50.06 – PR
Domonique Panton, India Lowe, Kelcie Simmons, Nikki Merritt	4x100m Relay	1st, 45.19
India Lowe, MacKenzie Kerr, Lauren Hoffman, Brittany Aveni	4x400m Relay	1st, 3:36.06