Duke Women Win ACC Outdoor Championship Convincingly Behind ACC Record 145.5 Points

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Duke women’s track and field team notched its second ACC Outdoor Championship, and first outright title, in the past three seasons as the Blue Devils finished off a dominant and historic performance at the three-day conference Saturday evening at the Paul Derr Track and Field Facility.
 
The Blue Devils won the ACC title going away as the squads totaled a whopping 145.5 points – 61 points more than runner-up Virginia Tech. The 145.5 points scored by Duke in this year’s ACC Women’s Championship are the most since the ACC expanded to 15 teams in 2014, breaking the previous record of 134 by Florida State in 2019. On the men’s side, Duke finished with 51 points to place ninth.
 
Overall, Duke crowned two ACC Champions, produced 21 medals and earned 35 All-ACC honors over the course of the weekend.
 
 
TOP PERFORMANCES

• Megan McGinnis headlined the Saturday performances for the Blue Devils as she picked up a pair of medals – doing so in record-breaking fashion.
• After winning the indoor title back in February, McGinnis completed the season sweep with a first-place finish in the outdoor 400m. The sophomore clocked a blistering personal best of 51.43 seconds to claim the gold medal and first-team honors, while breaking the school record in the process. Her time bested the previous record set by Brittany Aveni in 2021 and is currently tied for No. 13 nationally.
• McGinnis also picked up the silver medal and All-ACC First Team honors in the women’s 200m after registering another personal-best performance.
• The Roanoke, Va., product dashed a blazing 22.99 seconds – just .03 off the school record – to finish runner up and slot herself No. 2 all-time in program lore.
• Duke put the finishing touches on the win with a runner-up finish in the women’s 4x400m relay. The foursome of senior Carly King, freshman Lauren Tolbert, graduate student Madison Mulder and freshman Julia Jackson produced the third-fastest time in school history, finishing the race in 3:29.95 to garner the silver medal and first-team accolades.
• Graduate student Robbie Otal opened the afternoon with a bang and registered the silver medal in the men’s discus that kicked off the Saturday slate.
• Otal came through with his biggest throw on his third attempt, flinging the discus 59.67m (195-9 feet) to finish…