GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Three national champions and five All-Americans highlight the 2021-22 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field season awards announced on Thursday.
NCAA gold medalists Trey Cunningham of Florida State (Men’s Track Performer of the Year), and Lindsey Butler (Women’s Track Performer of the Year) and Rachel Baxter (Women’s Field Performer of the Year) of Virginia Tech were among the honorees selected in a vote of the league’s head coaches.
Virginia Tech claimed five of the eight season awards with Barbora Malíková earning ACC Women’s Freshman of the Year honors and Dave Cianelli selected both Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year. Miami’s Isaiah Holmes was voted the ACC Men’s Field Performer of the Year, and Clemson’s Daniel Cope claimed Men’s Freshman of the Year accolades.
FSU’s Cunningham was named the ACC Men’s Indoor Track Performer of the Year for the second time (also 2020) after winning the NCAA title in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.38 that stands as the second-fastest in NCAA history and is just 0.03 seconds off the all-time collegiate record. Cunningham is the only 60-meter hurdler in NCAA history to post four times under 7.42, including his time of 7.40 during the ACC Championships preliminaries that set a meet and (then) overall conference record. The Winfield, Alabama, native became the first five-time single-event champion in ACC Indoor Championships history.
Butler capped a sensational junior Indoor season by capturing the NCAA gold medal in the women’s 800 meters with a facility record time of 2:01.37 at the Birmingham CrossPlex. That followed her first-place showing at the ACC Championships at Virginia Tech’s Rector Field House, where Butler posted a winning time of 2:01.23 that set a meet, facility and school record. Butler, who hails from Corning, New York, also ran a 4:29.89 split on the Hokies’ DMR team that set a meet and facility record at the ACC Championships with a winning time of 10:53.75.
Baxter, from Orange, California, made her debut on The Bowerman Watch List after posting record-setting pole vault marks in winning NCAA and ACC gold medals. Her vault of 4.61 meters (15’1.5”) placed first at the ACC Championships and set overall conference and facility records. She topped herself two weeks…
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