BLACKSBURG, Va. (theACC.com) – The Virginia Tech men pulled away for a title repeat, while Duke and Virginia Tech shared the women’s trophy as the 2022 Indoor Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships concluded Saturday at Rector Field House.
The Hokie men, who led by a mere three points heading into Saturday’s final session, methodically pulled away during the meet’s final 11 events to finish comfortably in first place for the second consecutive year. Virginia Tech finished with 105 team points, while Florida State placed second with 72 and Clemson was third with 70.
Virginia Tech’s women led most of the afternoon and entered the closing 4x400 relay with a 10-point edge over the second-place Blue Devils.
But in a finish remarkably similar to last May’s ACC Outdoor Women’s Championship, the Duke foursome of Jenna Crean, Erin Marsh, Megan McGinnis and Lauren Hoffman raced to a first-place 4x4 finish in 3:35.08. The Hokies placed 10th and failed to score in the event, leaving the final score knotted at 86-86. Miami claimed third place with 76 points, and NC State followed with 75.
Virginia Tech swept both the men’s and women’s ACC Indoor titles for the first time in program history. It marks only the seventh time one school has won both championships and the first time since Florida State did so in 2018.
The ACC women’s championship is the first for Duke in Indoor Track and Field. Shawn Wilbourn, in less than two years at the head coaching helm, has now led the Blue Devils a share of both the ACC Outdoor and Indoor women’s championship – historic firsts for both programs
FINAL MEN’S STANDINGS
1. Virginia Tech 105
2. Florida State 72
3. Clemson 70
4. North Carolina 66
5. Notre Dame 61
6. Miami 60
7. Duke 45
8. Louisville 35
9. Wake Forest 34
10. Virginia 32
11. Pitt 27
12. NC State 24
13. Syracuse 12
14. Georgia Tech 10
15. Boston College 9
FINAL WOMEN’S STANDINGS
1-t. Duke 86
1-t. Virginia Tech 86
3. Miami 76
4. NC State 75
5. Virginia 67
6. North Carolina 59.5
7. Florida State 43
8. Notre Dame 42.5
9. Clemson 41.5
10. Louisville 29
11. Georgia Tech 23.5
12. Wake Forest 17
13. Boston College 7
14. Syracuse 6
15. Pitt 4
Most Valuable Performers
(Based on overall points scored)
Men's Track – Cole Beck, Virginia Tech
Men's Field – Isaiah Holmes, Miami
Women's Track – Edidiong Odiong, Florida State
Women's Field – Victoria Gorlova, Virginia Tech
The Hokie men have now won seven total ACC titles under veteran head coach Dave Cianelli, all of which have come since 2011. Cianelli led the Virginia Tech women’s program to the league championship for the second time in three years and the fourth time overall.
This year marks only the second time an ACC Indoor Championship – men’s or women’s – has ended in a tie. Florida State and Virginia Tech tied for the 2019 men’s championship at Rector Field House.
The season will continue for many ACC competitors, who will now await the announcement of the field for the upcoming NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, which are set for March 11-12 at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.
A glance at Saturday’s closing action, which showcased a number of ACC elite student-athletes as they set meet records and repeated as champions in their respective events:
MEN’S SHOT PUT
Daniel McArthur became the fifth ACC male athlete to claim four indoor track and field gold medals in a single event, and the North Carolina senior did so in dramatic fashion. McArthur’s throw of 21.51 (70’7”) on his final attempt set an ACC overall record and topped the ACC meet record he set last season. McArthur vaulted to the top of the national charts and bettered his previous personal best throw (68’1”) by more than two feet. McArthur broke the previous ACC overall mark of 20.87 meters set by Virginia’s Filip Mihaljevic (2016), who is now the current world leader. Wake Forest sophomore Thomas Kitchell (19.45m) took the silver medal on Saturday, and Clemson junior Roje Stona (19.35m) was third.
MEN’S 60m HURDLES
Florida State senior Trey Cunningham’s winning time of 7.42 seconds was just off the ACC overall and meet record of 7.4 he set on Saturday, but it was more than enough to make history as he became the first athlete in conference history to claim five gold medals in a single event. Clemson claimed both the silver and bronze medals as Devon Brooks registered a time of 7.64, just ahead of teammate Giano Roberts at 7.69.
WOMEN’S 800 METERS
Virginia Tech junior Lindsey Butler is tough enough to beat, and the performance she delivered on Saturday made it all but impossible. Butler won her second consecutive ACC gold medal in the 800 with a personal best time of 2:01.23 that ranks first in the nation and established new meet and facility records. Florida State’s Ruby Stauber took the silver a 2:04.31, and Clemson’s Andrea Foster was next at 2:05.66.
WOMEN’S MILE
North Carolina freshman Taryn Parks opened Saturday’s slate of running events with a winning run of 4:36.41 – topping her previous personal best by nearly nine seconds – to claim the gold medal. NC State’s Sam Bush also ran a personal best of 4:37.09 to take the silver medal, and Florida State’s Lauren Ryan placed third at 4:37.35.
MEN’S MILE
Duke senior Nick Dahl forged ahead with an inside move midway through the next-to-last lap and raced to victory with a time of 4:04.72. Dahl, who became the first Duke ACC men’s mile champion since two-time winner Bob Wheeler in 1973, placed ahead of Virginia’s Wes Porter (4:05.60). North Carolina’s Sam Hunt was third at 4:05.82.
WOMEN’S 60m HURDLES
Duke senior Erin Marsh took the gold medal with a time of 8.17, edging Clemson’s Trishauna Hemmings by a thousandth of a second. Marsh and Hemmings were the silver and bronze winners at last year’s ACC Championship. Duke’s Isabel Wakefield took third place Saturday with a time of 8.30.
WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP
Virginia Tech’s Victoria Gorlova took the gold medal with a mark of 13.47m (44-2.5”). Clemson’s Harleigh White followed at 13.04m (42’9.5”), and NC State’s Jirah Sidberry delivered a personal best of 12.85m (42’2”) to earn the bronze medal.
WOMEN’S 400 METERS
Mariah Oliveira clocked in with a personal best of 52.88 to become the program’s first ACC women’s 400 champion since record-setter Shakima Wimbley won back-to-back in 2016 and 2017. Virginia Tech’s Barbora Malikova placed second at 53.32 and Duke sophomore Jenna Crean – running in the first heat of the two-heat event – posted a third-place time of 53.60.
MEN’S 400 METERS
One year after settling for the silver medal at the ACC Championships, North Carolina junior Isaiah Palmer stepped up to claim the gold on Saturday with a winning time of 46.23. Palmer, running in the first of two heats, registered ahead of Florida State’s DaeQwan Butler (46.46) and Pitt’s Ade Jones-Roundtree (46.61).
WOMEN’S 60 METERS
Miami Jacious Sears crossed the line at 7.28 to win the gold, just ahead of Florida State’s Edidiong Odiong (7.29). Miami also took the bronze medal as Alfreda Steele, the 2021 second-place finisher, placed next at 7.30.
MEN’S 60 METERS
Louisville’s Sterling Warner-Savage led the field at 6.64 to earn the gold medal following at third-place finish last season. Florida State’s Taylor Banks was next at 6.68, a fraction of a second ahead of Virginia Tech’s Cole Beck, who placed third.
MEN’S 800 METERS
In one of the day’s tighter finishes, Clemson sophomore Tarees Rhoden emerged the Tigers’ first winner of the event since Fred Sharpe in 2000 with a time of 1:48.62. Notre Dame’s Samuel Voelz followed at 1:48.62, and Ayman Zahafi of Miami posted a time of 1:48.87 that was good for third place.
WOMEN’S 200 METERS
Florida State’s Edidiong Odiong’s blazing time of 23.36 in the first heat held up for the gold medal. Miami’s Alfreda Steele followed at 23.47, and a personal best time of 23.58 by Virginia’ Jada Seaman placed third.
MEN’S 200 METERS
Running on his home track, Virginia Tech’s Cole Beck blazed to a first-place finish with a time of 20.95. Florida State’s Amir Willis crossed the line next at 21.05, a shade ahead of Clemson’s Cameron Rose at 21.06.
WOMEN’S 3000 METERS
Georgia Tech senior Nicole Fegans enhanced her status as one of the ACC’s elite female runners with a gold medal time of 9:01.31 that now stands as the Rector Field House facility record. NC State’s Kelsey Chmiel took second place at 9:04.18, just ahead of North Carolina freshman Brynn Brown’s personal best of 9:04.55.
MEN’S 3000 METERS
Notre Dame junior Dylan Jacobs held off a strong closing challenge by Virginia Tech’s Antonio Lopez Segura to take the gold medal with a time of 7:49.79. Segura’s registered 7:50.42 in claiming the silver medal, and Florida State senior Ahmed Muhumed took the bronze at 7:51.15.
WOMEN’S SHOT PUT
A personal best throw of 16.75 meters (54-11.5) lifted Virginia’s Maria Deaviz to the top of the field. Deviz edged two-time champion Debbie Ajagbe of Miami, who placed second at 16.38 meters, while Wake Forest freshman Chanel Dawson took third with a 16.30m toss.
MEN’S POLE VAULT
Duke took the first two spots as senior Michael Fairbanks took vaulted 5.26 meters (17’3”) and won on progressions over teammate Erick Duffy and Virginia Tech’s Conner McClure.
MEN’S TRIPLE JUMP
Virginia’s Owayne Owens continued his two-year domination of the triple jump, leaping 16.55 meters (54-3.75”). Virginia Tech’s Chauncey had a personal best of 16.29 meters to take second place, and Miami’s Justin Forde took third at 15.98m.
MEN’S 4x400
Clemson closed this 2022 ACC Indoor Championships with a gold medal time of 3:09.48, and Miami followed at 3:10.68. Pitt took the bronze team medal at 3:12.67.
Of note
ACC Network Extra will air a five-hour “best of the championship” program highlighting this year’s ACC Indoor Track & Field Championship on Sunday beginning at 7 a.m.
Final Results:
https://theacc.co/22itfResults
ACC Release
https://theacc.co/ITF21-22
National & ACC Performance Lists
https://www.tfrrs.org/
National Rankings
https://theacc.co/USTFCCCAtop25