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Day One at Virginia Tech Elite Meet
Blue Devils Collect 10 Top-Five Placements, Four Program Marks on Day One
2/4/2022 9:53:00 PM | Track & Field
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Ten top-five placements and four all-time program marks highlighted Duke track and field's first night of competition at the 15th annual Virginia Tech Elite Meet.
Duke kicked off Friday's events with the women's long jump where graduate student Erin Marsh and senior Isabel Wakefield collected the first two top-five finishes. Wakefield's personal-best 6.08m (19-11 ½ feet) leap was good for second place and slotted her at No. 4 all-time. Marsh took fourth in the event with a season best of 5.92m (19-5 ¼ feet).
The pair also finished in the top five among the field in the 60m hurdles. Wakefield earned second place in the event with an 8.26 second finish, but it was her preliminary time that secured a spot in the program record books. The senior moved into second all-time with an event PR of 8.20 seconds. Marsh clocked 8.42 seconds for a fourth-place finish.
Senior Kelcie Simmons and junior Ezra Mellinger finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the women's and men's 60m dash. Simmons ran in 7.60 seconds, while Mellinger dashed in 6.81 seconds – a personal best – to improve his No. 3 program mark.
The Blue Devil men made another change to the program's all-time 3000m run list following Sam Rivera's performance. The junior distance runner placed second among the field and moved into second all-time on the Duke list with a PR mark of 8:02.41.
Graduate student Lauren Hoffman and junior Jenna Crean wrapped up day one's track events in the 400m dash and collected two of the top-three spots. Hoffman dashed in 54.99 seconds to take second, while Crean clocked 56.28 seconds to earn third place.
Duke concluded Friday evening on a high note with a win in the men's long jump. Mellinger posted the top mark among the 17-member field on a recorded leap of 7.49m (24-7 feet), which was a season best.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeTFXC."
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Duke kicked off Friday's events with the women's long jump where graduate student Erin Marsh and senior Isabel Wakefield collected the first two top-five finishes. Wakefield's personal-best 6.08m (19-11 ½ feet) leap was good for second place and slotted her at No. 4 all-time. Marsh took fourth in the event with a season best of 5.92m (19-5 ¼ feet).
The pair also finished in the top five among the field in the 60m hurdles. Wakefield earned second place in the event with an 8.26 second finish, but it was her preliminary time that secured a spot in the program record books. The senior moved into second all-time with an event PR of 8.20 seconds. Marsh clocked 8.42 seconds for a fourth-place finish.
Senior Kelcie Simmons and junior Ezra Mellinger finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the women's and men's 60m dash. Simmons ran in 7.60 seconds, while Mellinger dashed in 6.81 seconds – a personal best – to improve his No. 3 program mark.
The Blue Devil men made another change to the program's all-time 3000m run list following Sam Rivera's performance. The junior distance runner placed second among the field and moved into second all-time on the Duke list with a PR mark of 8:02.41.
Graduate student Lauren Hoffman and junior Jenna Crean wrapped up day one's track events in the 400m dash and collected two of the top-three spots. Hoffman dashed in 54.99 seconds to take second, while Crean clocked 56.28 seconds to earn third place.
Duke concluded Friday evening on a high note with a win in the men's long jump. Mellinger posted the top mark among the 17-member field on a recorded leap of 7.49m (24-7 feet), which was a season best.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeTFXC."
#GoDuke
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