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We take a look at the wild regional meets which were great for one teen phenom (Athing Mu) but not so great for some others like Nico Young and Katelyn Tuohy who will be watching NCAAs on tv. Plus did you know there is another US teen, Graham Blanks, who ran 13:27 last week but also won't be at NCAAs as he hasn't even started college yet?
May 15, 2021 - by Chuck Walsh NOLES IN CONTENTION FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS HEADING INTO FINAL DAY AT ACC’S
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Florida State women are in third place and the Seminole men are in fourth place after two days of the ACC Track and Field Championships at the Paul Derr Track and Field Facility at NC State University. The Seminole women begin Saturday’s final day of competition only three points out of the team lead while the men have some ground to make up in order to win the team championship.
The women’s squad moved from 10
th place in the team standings to third heading into the final day of competition. With 37 points, the Noles trail first-place Notre Dame by two points and second place Virginia Tech by just one point. The men moved from sixth place into fourth place and are only one point out of third place. Virginia Tech holds a commanding lead in the men’s competition with Notre Dame in s
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –
The Florida State Track and Field team will begin their championship season as they travel to Raleigh, N.C to compete in this year’s ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday, Friday and Saturday inside Paul Derr Track.
The men’s and women’s team, which rank fifth and eleventh respectively on the latest USTFCCA NCAA Division l Outdoor Track & Field national polls, will enter the championship meet with 11 NCAA top-10 times and marks, including six that rank among the five-best in the nation and one that leads the NCAA.
Jo’Vaughn Martin, who ranks in the top 10 nationally in the 100 and 200 meters, will be competing in his first ACC Outdoor Championship while headlining the 200 meters event. Martin ranks No. 1 in the nation in the 100 meters with a personal-record time of 9.94, while sitting at No. 7 in the NCAA ranks for the 200 meters with a time of 20.22.
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Also Receiving Votes: Matthew Boling, Georgia; Devin Dixon, Texas A&M; Gleb Dudarev, Kansas; Emmanuel Ihemeje, Oregon; Eliud Kipsang, Alabama; Thomas Mardal, Florida; Jo’Vaughn Martin, Florida State; Micah Williams, Oregon
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Cunningham, who hails from Winfield, Alabama, is back on the Watch List for the first time since March 24. He is currently ranked in a tie for second among collegians in the 110H at 13.28, a mark that he turned in at the UF Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in mid-April.
Harrison, who hails from Huntsville, Alabama, has competed twice since the last Watch List and left his mark each time. Just a few weeks ago at the LSU Alumni Gold, Harrison soared a wind-legal 8.44m (27-8¼) in the long jump to become the sixth-best performer in collegiate history and take over the national lead in that event. Then on May 1, Harrison cleared 2.30m (7-6½) in the high jump at the LSU Invitational and topped the national leaderboard in that event, to