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Shanklin Earns Gold Medal on First Day of ACC Championships
5/13/2021 9:52:00 PM | Track
RALEIGH - The NC State track & field teams saw a successful start to the 2021 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with three podium finishes and three All-ACC honorees.
SPRINTS
Track events opened for NC State with Alexis Postell's 1:01.15 in the women's 400m hurdles preliminary. The senior's time was a personal best and replaced her own second-best time in program history.
Cravont Charleston ran the fastest time of the men's 200m preliminaries, winning his heat in 20.51 to advance to Saturday's event final.
Junpai Dowdy and Alan Alvarez each recorded personal-best times in the men's 200m as well, Dowdy clocking a 21.12 and Alvarez posting a 21.35.
THROWS
Kayla Beasley represented the Wolfpack in the women's hammer throw, recording a personal best-mark of 44.10m (144'8").
DISTANCE
Four Wolfpack women qualified for the final in the women's 1500m, led by Katelyn Tuohy's personal-best 14:12.55. Tuohy's time replaced her own second-fastest mark in Wolfpack history and ranks ninth in the nation this season.
Elly Henes won her heat with a PR of 4:15.01 for the third-best time in program history.
Anna Vess ran a 4:21.62, good for a personal best in the 1500m.
Nevada Mareno rounded out the group of qualifiers with her time of 4:21.78.
On the men's side of the 1500m, Joe Bistritz posted a personal-best 3:45.65.
The women's 10000m saw Dominique Clairmonte earn third place as she ran a 32:50.80 that checked in as the third-best time in Wolfpack history. The time sits at eighth-fastest in the NCAA in 2021.
Gionna Quarzo tabbed Second Team All-ACC status with a fifth-place finish in the 10000m. Her 33:24.87 additionally ranks in the top 20 in the country.
The men's 10000m concluded the day for NC State, and Ian Shanklin earned the team's first ACC Championship of the meet. His time of 29:11.28 checks in as 10th-fastest in program history and was good for First Team All-ACC.
Will Anderson and Ben Verchick tabbed personal-best marks in the 10000m as well with Anderson's 29:31.88 and Verchick's 29:48.95.
JUMPS
Von Douglas was the first podium finisher of the day for NC State, claiming second place in the men's long jump. His jump of 7.57m (24'10") was good to earn him First Team All-ACC honors.Â
Chris Alexander tabbed Second Team All-ACC accolades in the long jump as well with a mark of 7.37m (24'2.25") to take fifth place.
UP NEXT
NC State continues ACC Championships action Friday, May 14 in Raleigh, N.C.
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