Women’s DMR Shatters School Record, Blue Devils Win Five Events

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Duke track and field saw another program record fall on Saturday as the Blue Devils’ women’s distance medley relay (DMR) delivered a standout performance en route to notching a first-place finish and unseating the 10-year-old school record.
 
The Blue Devils earned four additional event wins in the men’s high jump, women’s high jump invite, women’s pole vault invite and women’s 4x400m relay, while also posting a total of 11 top-five placements on the day.
 
TOP PERFORMANCES

• The women’s DMR team of Dalia Frias, Megan McGinnis, Lauren Tolbert and Amina Maatoug produced the stoutest performance of the afternoon as the quartet established Duke’s eighth new program record this season.
• Behind a time of 10:56.68, the second-fastest in the NCAA, the group ran its way to a first-place finish while unseating the previous-best mark set in 2013 (11:01.50) by nearly six seconds.
• Beau Allen got the Blue Devils off to a fast start and picked up the first win of the day for Duke in the men’s high jump. The senior passed on the first two heights then cleared the next three, finishing with a final height of 2.06m (6-9 feet) to finish atop the field.
• Senior Brynn King brought home another win for the Blue Devils – this one coming in the women’s pole vault invite. After skipping the first two heights, King cleared 4.10m (13-5.25 feet) with no misses through that height to grab the first-place finish.
• Duke received its third win via the field events behind graduate student Chinenye Agina‘s showing in the high jump invite. Agina passed on the opening height then cleared the next three bars on her first attempt before finishing with a final clearance of 1.74m (5-8.50 feet).
• The Blue Devils closed out the Penn State National Open with the women’s 4x400m relay crown – Duke’s third of the season. The relay team of Madison Mulder, Julia Jackson, Tolbert and McGinnis clocked 3:35.28 for the win, two seconds faster than the runner-up, ending the meet on a high note.
• Sophomore Mike Herzog also had a strong showing in the men’s triple jump. Herzog turned in a new collegiate best and improved his No. 2 program mark as he flew out to 15.20m (49-10.50 feet) to place second overall.
• For the full meet results, click here.  

 
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