Outdoor Track & Field

ACC Announces Outdoor Track and Field Performers of the Week

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Five student-athletes who own top-10 times or marks – including two that lead the nation – comprise the Atlantic Coast Conference’s first weekly honors of the 2022 Outdoor Track and Field season.
 
Men’s Field Performer of the Week
Russell Robinson, Miami, Jr., Windermere, Fla.
Robinson’s long jump of 7.81 meters (25’7.5”) at the Hurricane Invitational currently ranks No. 1 nationally. Robinson led a field of 17 competitors while claiming the gold medal in the meet at his home track for the second consecutive year.
 
Women’s Field Performer of the Week
Madison Wiltrout, North Carolina, Gr., Connellsville, Pa.
Wiltrout reset her own school record Friday with her very first javelin throw of the 2022 outdoor season at the Bob Davidson Invitational. Her distance of 184”1’ (56.12m) is the longest nationally thus far in the young season. 
 
Men’s Co-Track Performer of the Week
Amir Willis, Florida State, So., Cincinnati, Ohio
Competing in the 100-meter dash at the Hurricane Invitational, Willis posted a personal-best time of 10.25. That currently leads the ACC and was the seventh-best time in NCAA Division I during the opening weekend.
 
Men’s Co-Track Performer of the Week
Zach Jaeger, Georgia Tech, So., Peachtree City, Ga.
Jaeger led a field of 64 runners in placing first in the men’s 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational. His winning time of 3:45.98 was a personal best, leads the ACC and ranks seventh nationally. Jaeger’s time was 4.51 faster than his previous top mark, which he set at the same meet last season.
 
Women’s Track Performer of the Week
Lauren Hoffman, Duke, Gr., Haymarket, Va.
Hoffman commanded the 14-member field at the Bob Davidson Invitational hosted by High Point as she clocked a PR of 56.53 seconds to claim the top spot in the 400-meter hurdles and shatter the seven-year-old Vert Stadium record set by Joanna Currie (2015), finishing three seconds faster than the event's runner-up. In addition to lowering her school-record time in the event, Hoffman’s run currently ranks first in the ACC by nearly five seconds, second in the NCAA (by .01) and sixth in the world (second-fastest in America).