Duke Track & Field and XC 2023-24 (2024)

Duke Track & Field and Cross Country https://twitter.com/DukeTFXC

Great news for the Men's Track & Field team for 2024...

You don't get many sub-4:00 milers in High School - Duke has had only 3 sub-4:00 milers - the school record is 3:55.89 by Nick Dahl in 2022
https://goduke.com/documents/2023/5/31/Duke_T_F_Record_Book.pdf

https://twitter.com/CitiusMag/status/1664465430281322496
Tonight in St. Louis, @jacksonheidesch became the 20th U.S. high school boy to break four minutes for the mile with a 3:59.08.
The Dowling Catholic (IA) senior is headed to @DukeTFXC next year.

RetireVergaJersey said:

Stay tuned. Duke may be getting a grad student who is very, very fast. 3:40 in 1500. 3:55 in mile and 1:46 in 800.

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I guess that would be Ryan Wlison, graduate of MIT...
https://twitter.com/DukeTFXC/status/1663626685802053635
A 5x Division III National Champion, who holds NCAA Division III records in the indoor 800, indoor Mile, and the outdoor 1500, is headed to Duke
Welcome to Durham, Ryan Wilson

ACC Champs

Duke Women Win Second Straight ACC Outdoor Championship

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Duke women's track and field team made ACC history on Saturday as the Blue Devils became the first women's team to win back-to-back outdoor conference titles outright since the league expanded to 15 teams.

The Blue Devils, who won their third women's ACC Championship in the last four seasons, capped a stellar weekend at the ACC Outdoor Championships by collecting six more medals and garnering 20 All-ACC honors on the final day of competition. Four of Duke's six medals were gold as sophom*ore Lauren Tolbert, graduate student Skyla Wilson and both the women's 4x100m and 4x400m relays registered ACC titles.

Duke's women finished the three-day conference meet with 133 points – 12 points better than the runner-up (Clemson). On the men's side, the Blue Devils totaled 70.33 points to place seventh. Overall, Duke crowned seven ACC Champions, produced 13 medals and garnered 37 All-ACC honors over the course of the weekend.

https://goduke.com/news/2024/5/11/t...second-straight-acc-outdoor-championship.aspx

The women’s 4x400 relay is worth watching. Hopefully I copied this so it starts just before the Duke section begins….The race actually has two final sections (the slower 4 teams were in the first section). Coverage of the fast section—the one in which Duke ran—begins around the 6 minute mark.

https://youtu.be/AZL-WqnI85E?si=N94Nl5zzoF7FtGiO

Tooold said:

The women’s 4x400 relay is worth watching. Hopefully I copied this so it starts just before the Duke section begins….The race actually has two final sections (the slower 4 teams were in the first section). Coverage of the fast section—the one in which Duke ran—begins around the 6 minute mark.

https://youtu.be/AZL-WqnI85E?si=N94Nl5zzoF7FtGiO

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Thanks! Awesome anchor leg by Lauren Tolbert

https://goduke.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/lauren-tolbert/19792

Tooold said:

The women’s 4x400 relay is worth watching. Hopefully I copied this so it starts just before the Duke section begins….The race actually has two final sections (the slower 4 teams were in the first section). Coverage of the fast section—the one in which Duke ran—begins around the 6 minute mark.

https://youtu.be/AZL-WqnI85E?si=N94Nl5zzoF7FtGiO

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Thank you for the link. Tolbert is incredible. She started in 4th or 5th place and ran the anchor 440 in less than 60 seconds to win it. What an unbelievable performance.

Waynne said:

Thank you for the link. Tolbert is incredible. She started in 4th or 5th place and ran the anchor 440 in less than 60 seconds to win it. What an unbelievable performance.

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Yeah, great leg, with the split reported as 50.89.

Lauren is a sophom*ore from Belmont, NC, who had been concentrating on the 800m event with good results. But lately she has done even better at 400m. She won the 400m event final earlier in that same day with a time of 52.0. That's a good time but the split of 50.89 is really good.

She can be a serious contender in the upcoming NCAA nationals.

Tooold said:

The women’s 4x400 relay is worth watching. Hopefully I copied this so it starts just before the Duke section begins….The race actually has two final sections (the slower 4 teams were in the first section). Coverage of the fast section—the one in which Duke ran—begins around the 6 minute mark.

https://youtu.be/AZL-WqnI85E?si=N94Nl5zzoF7FtGiO

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I've rewatched that anchor leg 3x, doesn't get old.

This is funny timing, our 11 y/o has turned into quite the track and field star (runs ~ 6:20 mile), and a couple of weeks ago, had a very similar 4x400, third leg, where she made up about 40 yards and finished 40 yards ahead. Very proud sports dad moment, although I can tell the other parents are looking at her, looking at me, and wondering who the real dad is.

Didn't realize Duke had such a strong team, very, very cool.

bluedevilwildcats said:

I've rewatched that anchor leg 3x, doesn't get old.

This is funny timing, our 11 y/o has turned into quite the track and field star (runs ~ 6:20 mile), and a couple of weeks ago, had a very similar 4x400, third leg, where she made up about 40 yards and finished 40 yards ahead. Very proud sports dad moment, although I can tell the other parents are looking at her, looking at me, and wondering who the real dad is.

Didn't realize Duke had such a strong team, very, very cool.

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6:20 mile for an 11 year old girl is incredible! My 8th grade son is on his middle school track and cross country teams. Like his father, he is incredibly average for his age (7:15 mile - usually puts him middle of the pack). His fairly small public middle school in NYC for whatever reason has a juggernaut cross country team so I am well-versed in what good times are. Their best female runners (7th and 8th graders) tend to run in the 6:20 range and usually win meets. Their top boys are around 5:35-5:40 and usually win or are near the very top. So your daughter has a bright future ahead of her!

The school just added shot put and my son (who is 6 feet, about 135 pounds so not built for it) was one of three kids to try it. He got the best result so is the "school record holder" though he was about 15 of 30 overall at the meet.

Tooold said:

The women’s 4x400 relay is worth watching. Hopefully I copied this so it starts just before the Duke section begins….The race actually has two final sections (the slower 4 teams were in the first section). Coverage of the fast section—the one in which Duke ran—begins around the 6 minute mark.

https://youtu.be/AZL-WqnI85E?si=N94Nl5zzoF7FtGiO

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And the Tall Man himself, former Duke track coach Norm Ogilvie, on the call!

CrazyNotCrazie said:

6:20 mile for an 11 year old girl is incredible! My 8th grade son is on his middle school track and cross country teams. Like his father, he is incredibly average for his age (7:15 mile - usually puts him middle of the pack). His fairly small public middle school in NYC for whatever reason has a juggernaut cross country team so I am well-versed in what good times are. Their best female runners (7th and 8th graders) tend to run in the 6:20 range and usually win meets. Their top boys are around 5:35-5:40 and usually win or are near the very top. So your daughter has a bright future ahead of her!

The school just added shot put and my son (who is 6 feet, about 135 pounds so not built for it) was one of three kids to try it. He got the best result so is the "school record holder" though he was about 15 of 30 overall at the meet.

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Thanks! But yeah, we've started looking at elite schools that have strong T&F programs. Not paying for college sounds bueno.

Congrats to your son, school record holder is awesome, who cares about the details...

bluedevilwildcats said:

Thanks! But yeah, we've started looking at elite schools that have strong T&F programs. Not paying for college sounds bueno.

Congrats to your son, school record holder is awesome, who cares about the details...

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Need to look at scholarship limits. T&F has 18 for women and 12.6 for men. Lots of half-schollies available. It appears that the limit includes both T&F and x-country.

We have two grandsons going to play college athletics starting next year. One got essentially a 0.5 scholarship to play baseball at a D-1 school. The second will play soccer at a D-III school -- his "scholarship" is about the same, but it is a need-based academic scholarship.