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Full Day Ahead on Friday
The running of the DMR races concluded Thursday’s opening session. Action resumes on Friday and will feature finals in both the men’s and women’s long jump and high jump, the men’s and women’s weight throw, the women’s pole vault and both the men’s and women’s 5,000 meters. The day will also be highlighted by the conclusion of the men’s heptathlon and men’s and women’s qualifying in six running events. Competition begins at 10 a.m. at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex, and there is no charge for admission.
Friday will include one schedule change. The men’s high jump, which was originally set for a 10:30 a.m. start, will now begin at 11:45 a.m.
ACC Network Extra will live stream action the final two days, with former Olympic decathlon gold medalist Dan O’Brien serving as color analyst, reprising the role he first filled at the 2015 ACC Outdoor Championships. He will be joined by veteran ESPN play-by-play announcer Shawn Kenney and sideline reporter Hanna Yates. Coverage will air from 3:30 p.m. until the conclusion of the 5,000m finals on Friday, and on Saturday from noon until the meet’s conclusion (approximately 4:30 p.m.)
Friday’s ACC Network Extra broadcast will begin one hour than originally announced in order to provide coverage of the men’s and women’s 400- and 800-meter preliminaries.
Virginia Tech Women Capture DMR Gold
The Hokies’ distance medley relay team was impressive during the closing weeks of the regular season, and it carried over to this year’s ACC Championships. With Rachel Pocratsky getting the squad off to a fast start and Sarah Edwards gutting out a strong finish, Virginia Tech won Friday night’s event with a nation-leading and Clemson facility record of 10.57.60. The gold medal time registered by Pocratsky, Arlicia Bush, Shannon Quinn and Edwards was just off the ACC overall and Championship record of 10:57.41 set by Florida State in 2013.
Clemson’s four-woman unit of Kamryn McIntosh, Olivia James, Fellan Ferguson and Grace Barnett raced to a silver medal finish of 10:58.83 and leaped to No. 2 in the national rankings. Notre Dame, which closed strong with 4:33.19 mile split from Jessica Harris, placed third with a time of 11:02.01 that also ranks among the nation’s top 10.
Hokie Men’s DMR Sets Facility Record
The closing event of Friday night’s session ended with the Virginia Tech men taking the distance medley relay with a time of 9:38.31 that set a new Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex record. The team of David Jaskowak, Brandon Thomas, Patrick Joseph and Neil Gourley, held off fellow nationally-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame (Jacob Dumford, Edward Cheatham, Elijah Silver and Yared Nuguse), which checked in at 9:40.14. Clemson took third with a time of 9:42.02.
Louisville’s Hankenson Takes Pentathlon
Louisville junior Holly Hankenson was overtaken by defending ACC women’s pentathlon champion Michelle Atherley of Miami on the final half-lap of the 800 meters, but the Cardinal senior still hung on for the gold medal.
Hankenson’s narrow-second place finish in the 800 netted an overall final point total of 4,175 -- a personal best -- just ahead of Atherley’s season-high final tally of 4,159. Miami’s Amy Taintor took the silver medal at 3,967.
Hankenson became the first Cardinal in Louisville’s four years of ACC competition to capture the gold medal in the indoor pentathlon
Women's Pentathlon Long Jump
The top three contenders continued to wage a spirited battle as the women’s pentathlon concluded the high jump competition.
Louisville’s Holly Hankenson led the field with a jump of 5.88m (19-3.5), followed by the Miami tandem of Michelle Atherley at 5.84m (19-2) and Amy Taintor at 5.78m (18-11.75).
With only the 800-meters remaining, Hankenson continues to sit in first place with 3,276 points. Atherely is at 3,256, followed by Taintor at 3,135.
Men's Heptathlon High Jump
Louisville snared two of the top three spots in the high jump competition of the men’s heptathlon, with Joe Delgado posting a top mark of 1.98 (6-6) and teammate Dominic McClinton jumping 1.95 (6-4.75) to match Virginia Tech freshman Matthew Manilli.
The event wrapped up Friday’s heptathlon session. Through four events, Delgado leads the overall scoring with 3,159 points. Florida State junior Dante Newberg follows at 3,048 and Duke freshman Jacob Sobota is third at 3,016.
The heptathlon will conclude on Friday, with competition beginning at 10 a.m. The 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 10,000 meters remain on the docket.
Men's Heptathlon Shot Put
Louisville’s Joe Delgado posted his second top-three heptathlon finish by winning the shot put with a throw of 13.74m (45-1). Florida State’s Dante Newberg followed at 13.43m (45-5), and Louisville’s Eric Fox took third at 13.19m (43-4.25).
Delgado has taken over the overall lead in the individual scoring with 2,374 points. Duke’s Jacob Sobota is next at 2,363 and Newberg holds third at 2,317.
Women's Pentathlon High Jump
It was crowded at the top at the conclusion of the pentathlon women’s high jump as three student-athletes posted marks of 1.69m (5-6.5) and each earned 842 points. Miami senior Amy Taintor, Louisville junior Linda Mutter and Virginia senior Holly Sullivan led the field of 13 competitors.
The overall scoring following two events finds Louisville’s Holly Hankenson in front with 1,806 total points. Miami’s Michelle Atherley is next at 1,782, followed by Taintor at 1,767.
Men’s Heptathlon Long Jump
Freshmen continued to make their mark in the early going of the heptathlon, as Pitt’s Kollin Smith led the way with a mark of 7.25m (23-9.5). Virginia Tech freshman Matthew Manilli followed at 7.15m (23-5.5). Louisville senior Joe Delgado was next at 7.02m (23-0.5).
Smith leaped into second place in the overall heptathlon standings with 1,687 points, 35 behind leader Jacob Sobota of Duke (1,722). Delgado follows in third place with 1,662, just behind Manilli’s 1,659.
Women's Pentathlon 60 Hurdles
Miami junior Michelle Atherley got off to a fast start in her event title defense with a leading time of 8.37 in the 60-meter hurdles. Louisville junior Holly Hankenson followed at 8.58. Georgia Tech senior Marinice Bauman took third place at 8.70, a fraction ahead of the Duke tandem of Erin Marsh and Jaida Lemmons.
ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships Underway at Clemson
The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships opened Thursday morning at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex with the running of the 60 meters in the men’s heptathlon.
Duke freshman Jacob Sobota grabbed the early event lead with a first-place finish of 6.91. Louisville freshman Dominic McClinton followed at 7.03, and Florida State junior Dante Newberg checked in at 7.05.
In addition to the first four events of the men’s heptathlon, today’s schedule will feature the entire women’s pentathlon and the men’s and women’s distance medley relays this evening.
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