Thursday, February 21
Blacksburg, Va.
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University of Louisville
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ACC Championships
Cardinals Set to Compete at the ACC Indoor Championships
February 20, 2019 | Track & Field
Thursday kicks off the ACC Indoor Championships in Blacksburg
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville track and field team travels to Blacksburg, Va. to compete at the ACC Indoor Conference Championships this weekend. Competition kicks off on Thursday and will run through Saturday.
Forty-two athletes will represent the Cardinals at the meet, 23 on the women's side and 19 on the men's side. At the 2018 Indoor Championships, the Cardinal women earned the highest ACC indoor finish in program history by tying for third place, while the men finished in seventh place.
The top three finishers in each event will earn first-team All-ACC honors, while finishers 4-6 will be earn second-team All-ACC honors.
Thursday will feature the pentathlon and the first four events of the heptathlon. Addie Wanner will be competing in the pentathlon for the Cardinals, while Dominic McClinton, Clay Moss, and Aaron Johnson will be competing in the heptathlon.
Field events will begin Friday afternoon with the men's high jump. Gabriela Leon, the school record holder in indoor pole vault, will compete at 5 p.m. Coming off her personal-best performance of 22.18m/72-09.25 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational, 2018 ACC Indoor Champion Makenli Forrest will compete in the women's weight throw at 5 p.m.
On the track, Dorcas Wasike looks to repeat as an ACC Champion in the 5,000m. She will run at 1 p.m. Louisville sprinters and distance runners will also compete in the preliminary rounds of their events Friday afternoon.
Victoria Farley, Rashida Harris and Forrest will open the final day of competition at noon. in the women's weight throw. The final rounds of sprint and distance running events will take place on Saturday. The meet will conclude with Kameron Jones, Martice Moore, Sterling Warner and Anthony Crandon competing for the Cardinals in the 4x400m relay.
Friday and Saturday's events will be televised on ESPNU and WatchESPN.
Forty-two athletes will represent the Cardinals at the meet, 23 on the women's side and 19 on the men's side. At the 2018 Indoor Championships, the Cardinal women earned the highest ACC indoor finish in program history by tying for third place, while the men finished in seventh place.
The top three finishers in each event will earn first-team All-ACC honors, while finishers 4-6 will be earn second-team All-ACC honors.
Thursday will feature the pentathlon and the first four events of the heptathlon. Addie Wanner will be competing in the pentathlon for the Cardinals, while Dominic McClinton, Clay Moss, and Aaron Johnson will be competing in the heptathlon.
Field events will begin Friday afternoon with the men's high jump. Gabriela Leon, the school record holder in indoor pole vault, will compete at 5 p.m. Coming off her personal-best performance of 22.18m/72-09.25 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational, 2018 ACC Indoor Champion Makenli Forrest will compete in the women's weight throw at 5 p.m.
On the track, Dorcas Wasike looks to repeat as an ACC Champion in the 5,000m. She will run at 1 p.m. Louisville sprinters and distance runners will also compete in the preliminary rounds of their events Friday afternoon.
Victoria Farley, Rashida Harris and Forrest will open the final day of competition at noon. in the women's weight throw. The final rounds of sprint and distance running events will take place on Saturday. The meet will conclude with Kameron Jones, Martice Moore, Sterling Warner and Anthony Crandon competing for the Cardinals in the 4x400m relay.
Friday and Saturday's events will be televised on ESPNU and WatchESPN.
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