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Shepherd Garners ACC Crown in Women's Long Jump
4/19/2013 12:00:00 AM | Track
April 19, 2013
Day Two Results
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RALEIGH, N.C. - After two days of competition, the NC State women’s track & field team stands in second place with 55 points, and sits just four points behind Florida State with one day remaining in the 2013 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Senior jumper Karimah Shepherd, who won the women’s long jump with a school-record 21’ 2.00” (6.45m) mark at the ACC Indoor Championships in February, matched her season-best for the outdoor season with a 21’ 1.25” (6.43m) leap Friday afternoon and became the first women’s long jumper in program history to win the conference title on the outdoor circuit.
"It's an honor," Shepherd said. "It's really exciting. It means a lot to me to win the title at a home meet. That was a great, great long jump competition today. Everyone competed really well. I'm just happy that I was able to pull it out."
Redshirt sophomore Tremanisha Taylor earned her second-straight All-ACC honor in the women’s shot put with a season-best 53’ 5.50” (16.29m) heave. Taylor also finished second at last year’s outdoor championships in the event.
The Wolfpack’s men’s team received an All-ACC performance from senior Brian Himelright in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. Himelright made a pass on the final lap to grab third place, stopped the clock at 8:59.60 and earned a place on the podium in the event for the second year in a row.
The men’s team ranks ninth in the team standings with 10 points after the first two days of competition.
In the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, redshirt junior Samantha Norman and senior Erin Mercer recorded top-five finishes for the Wolfpack. Norman clocked a 10:22.51 time to take fourth place, while Mercer was next to cross the finish line at 10:28.79.
NC State will conclude competition at the ACC Championships Sunday, April 20 at Paul Derr Track.
Men’s Team Standings
1. North Carolina 59
2. Florida State 57
3. Virginia Tech 33
3. Duke 33
5. Miami 23
5. Virginia 23
7. Clemson 18
8. Wake Forest 11
9. NC State 10
10. Georgia Tech 4
11. Maryland 2
Women’s Team Standings
1. Florida State 59
2. NC State 55
3. North Carolina 36
3. Duke 36
5. Clemson 29
6. Virginia 26
7. Wake Forest 20
8. Boston College 18
9. Virginia Tech 17
10. Georgia Tech 10
11. Maryland 6
ACC Championships
Day Two Results
Raleigh, N.C.
Women’s Heptathlon
10. Childs, Jazmyne 4,371
100-meter hurdles 15.43
High Jump 5’ 1.00” (1.55m)
Shot Put 35’ 2.00” (10.72m)
200-meter dash 27.14
Long Jump 5.19m
Javelin 88’ 7.00” (27.01m)
800-meter run 2:37.80
Women’s Shot Put
2. Taylor, Tremanisha 53’ 5.50” (16.29m)
12. Watkins, SeQuoia 42’ 10.25” (13.06m)
Men’s Long Jump
10. Kornegay-Gober, Kris. 22’ 3.50” (6.79m)
Women’s Long Jump
1. Shepherd, Karimah 21’ 1.25” (6.43m)
Men’s 100-meter dash prelims
10. Addison, Jonathan 10.74
Women’s 100-meter hurdle prelims
4. Perry, Alexis 13.60q
Men’s 400-meter prelims
11. Davis, Brian 48.50
14. Fretz, Daniel 48.60
Women’s 400-meter prelims
14. Ford, Denae 57.06
18. McGuire, Colleen 57.63
Men’s 800-meter prelims
15. Sivakumaran, Vibushan 1:52.37
28. Wolfe, John 1:55.25
Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Himelright, Brian 8:59.60
19. Harwell, John 9:40.31
Women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
4. Norman, Samantha 10:22.51
5. Mercer, Erin 10:28.79
11. Doherty, Lauren 11:10.57
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