LOUISVILLE, Ky. (theACC.com) – Louisville is set to welcome the 2022-23 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held this Thursday (Feb. 23) through Saturday (Feb. 25) at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center.
This year’s event will again showcase multiple world-class athletes and nationally-ranked teams. Events begin each day at 11 a.m. and admission is free.
The Virginia Tech men enter this year’s event as two-time defending champions. Duke and Virginia Tech tied for the women’s championship at last year’s meet in Blacksburg.
This will mark the first time that Louisville has hosted the ACC Indoor Championships since joining the conference prior to the 2014-15 season.
The ACC currently boasts two teams among the top 10 of the USTFCCCA national women’s ranking with NC State at No. 5 and Virginia Tech at No. 9. Duke holds the No. 22 spot, while Notre Dame is at No. 24.
Florida State continues to lead ACC men’s teams among the top 20 of the USTFCCCA national poll. The Seminoles hold the No. 11 spot, followed by No. 13 Louisville.
The 2022-23 regular season was a record-breaking one for ACC Indoor Track and Field competitors, particularly NC State redshirt sophomore Katelyn Tuohy. After leading the Wolfpack women to their second consecutive NCAA Cross Country Championship in November, Tuohy enters this year’s ACC Indoor Championship holding two NCAA records and ranked No. 1 nationally in four running events.
Tuohy made her mark on Jan. 28 at the Dr. Sander Invitational in New York City, setting an NCAA record in the women’s mile with a time of 4:24.26. Tuohy, who also ranks first nationally in the women’s Indoor 5K and placed first at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last fall, was named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week on Jan. 31 and was added to The Bowerman Watch List the following day.
Tuohy wasted little time in making another statement on Feb. 11, returning to New York City to set another NCAA record with a 3000 meters time of 8:35.20 that bettered the previous record by more than six seconds. Tuohy, who was named USTFCCCA National Co-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 14, will enter next week’s ACC Indoor Championships in Louisville holding NCAA records in the mile, 3000 meters and 1500 meters. She also owns the nation’s current…
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