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Sidberry, Tuohy Claim Individual Titles On First Day Of ACC Outdoor Championships

Sidberry, Tuohy Claim Individual Titles On First Day Of ACC Outdoor Championships


RALEIGH – The Wolfpack track and field team kicked off ACC Outdoor Championships in Raleigh on Thursday with two individual ACC Championships. 

JUMPS

Jirah Sidberry continued an impressive year of field action, winning the women’s long jump to claim the first individual title of the day for NC State .The Charlotte-native took home the ACC Championship and the third-best mark in school history with a PR leap of 6.35m. 

MULTI-EVENTS

Timara Chapman competed in the first four events of the women’s heptathlon, placing in the top-five in each. Chapman finished first in the shot put (13.11m), second in the 200m (24.640), fourth in the 100m hurdles (13.97), and fifth in the high jump (1.66m). She currently sits in first overall place for the event with 3444 points.

MIDDLE-DISTANCE

In the women’s 1500m prelims, Amaris Tyynismaa qualified for the final after finishing first with a time of 4:14.36. Freshman runner Grace Hartman recorded a personal best time of 4:15.73 to finish in third and move on to the final race. Savannah Shaw rounded out the top-five with a fifth-place finishing time of 4:18.60. She will join her two teammates in the final which takes place on Saturday night.

On the men’s side of the 1500m prelims, Gavin Gaynor finished in second and advanced to the final after setting a new PB with a time of 3:40.05. 

DISTANCE

Katelyn Tuohy can truly do it all, and she shocked the world once again tonight. She ran her first collegiate 10,000m and won the individual ACC Championship after clocking in at 32:56.75. The Pack star waited at the finish line to welcome in her teammate, Gionna Quarzo, who finished the race in second place with a time of 33:13.15 and took home First-Team All-ACC honors. 

Mariah Howlett also ran in the women’s 10k, placing fifth and grabbing Second-Team All-ACC with a time of 33:45.60.

UP NEXT

NC State returns to action on day two of ACC Outdoor Championships in Raleigh on Friday, May 12.

RESULTS

WOMEN’S LONG JUMP

MEN’S LONG JUMP

WOMEN’S HAMMER THROW

WOMEN’S HEPTATHLON 

  • Timara Chapman

    • 100M Hurdles – 13.97 (4th)
    • High Jump – 1.66m (5’5.25″) (5th)
    • Shot Put – 13.11m (43’0.25″) (1st)
    • 200M – 24.64 (24.640) (2nd)

WOMEN’S 200M (Prelims)

MEN’S 200M (Prelims)

WOMEN’S 1500M (Prelims)

MEN’S 1500M (Prelims)

WOMEN’S 10,000M (Final)

MEN’S 10,000M (Final)

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