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BOTH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS ARE IN EIGHTH PLACE AT ACC TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY

BOTH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS ARE IN EIGHTH PLACE AT ACC TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY

Raleigh, N.C. –  Florida State’s men’s and women’s teams find themselves in the same eighth place in the team standings going into the final day of the 2023 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships being held on NC State’s campus.

The finals are set in virtually every event with a handful having finished today and two Seminoles earned visits to the podium with top-three finishes on Friday.

Amani Heaven finished second in the women’s shot put with her personal best career throw of 16.98 meters.  Caisa-Marie Lindfors finished ninth with a best toss of 15.99 meters.

Jeremiah Davis’ top leap in the men’s triple jump was measured at 16.08 meters good for third place in the ACC.  Kayvon Tatham finished seventh with a jump of 15.20 meters.

Alexandra Webster will be in contention for the ACC Championship in the women’s 110 meter hurdles after qualifying with the best time in the field at 13.30.  Faith Banks did not reach the finals of the women’s 400 meter after finishing 10th in the preliminaries with a time of 53.26.

A pair of Seminoles finished just one spot away from the podium with Stella Weinberg finishing fourth in the women’s javelin with a top throw of 48.56 and Kayla Pickard who was fourth in the women’s triple jump at 12.72.

Milton Ingraham was fifth in the men’s shot put with a top throw of 17.49.

Suus Altorf’s time of 2:07.63 in the women’s 800 meters put her in 14th place, while Joab Francis and Winston Quinn were clocked at 1:52.04 and 1:52.89, respectively, in the men’s 800 meters.

Ella Madson finished 12th in the ACC in the heptathlon on Friday with 4,773 points.  She was 12th in each of the three events (long jump, javelin, 800 meters) on Friday.

Expanded coverage of the championships will be streamed live Saturday via ACC Network Extra from 2 p.m. until the championship’s conclusion at approximately 9 p.m. Steve Schlanger will be on the call, with former Duke head coach Norm Ogilvie returning on color commentary and Hailey Hunter as sideline reporter.

ACC Network will re-air Saturday’s finals on Sunday (May 14) from 8 a.m. until noon.

Flash Results will again score this year’s ACC Championships, and live results may be accessed at https://flashresults.com/2023_Meets/Outdoor/05-11_ACC/.

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