Blue Devils Post Three Top-Five Program Marks on Second Day of Penn Relays

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Blue Devils Post Three Top-Five Program Marks on Second Day of Penn Relays

4/29/2023 12:17:00 AM | Track & Field

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Duke track and field resumed competition at the Penn Relays on Friday, with the second day's performances headlined by a trio of Blue Devil relay units – the 4x100m along with both the men's and women's distance medley relays (DMR) – with each registering a top-five program mark.

The Blue Devils also opened action at the Charlotte Invitational, going on to conclude the first day of competition with a trio of top-five placements, including a win in the women's 800m invite.

PENN RELAYS

Duke's unit of graduate student Isabel Wakefield, senior Halle Bieber, freshman Julia Jackson and sophomore Abby Geiser clocked the third-fastest 4x100m relay time in Duke history.
The quartet posted the second-fastest time of the field, punching its ticket to Saturday's final via a finish of 44.44 seconds.
Following suit shortly after was the women's DMR, the foursome comprised of indoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-Americans graduate student Karly Forker, sophomore Megan McGinnis, freshman Lauren Tolbert and sophomore Amina Maatoug. The Duke relay posted a time of 11:04.05 – good for No. 2 all-time in program lore.
On the men's side, Duke's quartet of juniors Austin Gabay and Jackson Walker, sophomore Beck Wittstadt and graduate student Nick Dahl registered the third-fastest time in Duke history clocking 9:36.96.
The women's sprint medley relay (SMR) featuring Geiser, Bieber, McGinnis and Maatoug turned in a third-place finish of their own behind a run of 3:52.34.
Isabel Wakefield and the women's 4x400m relay advanced to their respective event finals after strong showings in the opening heats.
Duke's squad of Jackson, Tolbert, graduate student Madison Mulder and McGinnis clocked the fastest time of their heat and fourth-fastest time of the overall field en route to earning the automatic qualifier via a time of 3:39.74.
Wakefield advanced to the final of the 100m hurdles, qualifying on time with a finish of 13.84 seconds.

CHARLOTTE INVITATIONAL

The Blue Devils picked up an event win in the 800m invite via a strong race from Charlotte Tomkinson as the junior posted the fastest time of the field of 2:07.45.
Freshman Anna Corcoran also had a solid showing in the 800m earning a fifth-place finish after clocking 2:09.52.
Classmate Ryan Banko turned in a top-five finish in the men's 3,000m steeplechase, running his race in 9:17.17 to place fourth.

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