FSU Men, Miami Women Claim ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Final Results
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DURHAM, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Florida State men and Miami women are the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field team champions following complete final-day showings by each in Saturday’s closing session at Morris Williams Stadium.

The FSU men held a four-point lead heading into the final day of competition but pulled away to win big on Saturday with four runners earning gold medals and numerous others scoring key points with top-five finishes.

Miami’s women entered Saturday in the middle of the pack of the team standings, but consistent showings across the board – highlighted by gold medals from Debbie Ajagbe in the discus and Moriah Oliveira in the 400 meters – pushed the Hurricanes in front by meet’s end.

The ACC men’s outdoor title is the second straight for Florida State, the Seminoles’ 14th overall and the 12th under veteran head coach Bob Braman. The Hurricanes’ 149 points are the most by an ACC champion since 2014, when the conference expanded to 15 teams.

Virginia Tech placed second with 93 points, followed by Virginia (80) and North Carolina (78).

Miami claimed its fourth ACC women’s outdoor championship, all of which have come under the watch of current head coach Amy Deem. The Hurricanes’ most recent conference title prior to this season came in 2018, when they won as the host team in Coral Gables.

Miami led this year’s women’s standings with 108 team points, while host Duke placed second with 101.5. Florida State (99) and NC State (91) placed third and fourth.

The complete team scoring stood as follows:

 

Men

1. Florida State – 149

2. Virginia Tech – 93

3. Virginia – 80

4. North Carolina – 78

5. Miami – 61

6. Clemson– 59

6. Duke – 59

8. Notre Dame – 55

9. Louisville – 53

10. Wake Forest – 42

11. NC State – 40

12. Pitt – 30

13. Syracuse – 10

14. Boston College – 4

15. Georgia Tech – 1

 Women

1. Miami – 108

2. Duke – 100.5

3. Florida State – 99

4. NC State – 91

5. Clemson – 67

6. Louisville – 64

7. Virginia – 54.25

8. Virginia Tech – 54

9. North Carolina – 53.25

10. Notre Dame – 50

11. Georgia Tech – 31

12. Wake Forest – 17

13. Pitt – 11

14. Boston College – 10

15. Syracuse  – 9

 

Men’s Track MVP: Cole Beck, Virginia Tech

Men’s Field MVP: Jeremiah Davis, Florida State

Women’s Track MVP: Edidiong Odiong, Florida State

Women’s Field MVP: Debbie Ajagbe, Miami

 

Florida State’s Edidiong  “Blessing” Odiong turned a trifecta in the women’s 100-meter dash with a winning time of 11.05 that stands as an ACC overall, ACC Championship and facility record. Odiong bettered the previous overall record of 11.11 shared by teammate Ka’Tia Seymour and Miami’s Alfred Steele, and Seymour’s previous ACC Championship mark of 11.14 set in 2019. Odiong also bested those two runners in real-time Saturday, as Steele placed third at 11.28 and Seymour was fifth at 11.33.

The threat of lightning at the outset of Saturday’s session halted competition for more than an hour, but Virginia’s Claudio Romero wasted little time making his presence felt once play resumed. Romero’s discus throw of 66.21 meters (217’2”) on his very first attempt set a meet record and topped his own facility mark set earlier this season. Romero claimed the gold medal in the event for the second straight year.

Virginia Tech’s 4×100 relay team of Kahleje Tillmon, Torrence Walker, Kennedy Harrison and Cole Beck set another meet and facility record with a gold medal time of 38.69.

 

The third men’s meet and facility record of the day came in men’s 5,000 meters, where Notre Dame’s Dylan Jacobs cruised home in 13:23.45. Jacobs broke the previous ACC Championship mark of 13:29.03 set last year by FSU’s Adriaan Wildschutt, who placed second Saturday evening at 13:28.03.

 

The women’s 1500 meters saw NC State’s Katelyn Tuohy set the pace with a blistering personal best time of 4:06.84 that stands as a meet record and facility record,  and now leads the nation as the seventh-fastest time in NCAA history.

The Florida State women’s 4×100 relay team also cracked the record book with their gold medal time of 43.16, which stands as an ACC Championship and facility record. Ashley Seymour, Savyon Toombs, Ka’Tia Seymour and Odiong did the honors for the Seminoles.

The top three finishers in each individual event at the Championships earn first-team All-ACC honors, while those placing fourth through sixth are second-team All-ACC. First-team All-ACC honors also go to each member of winning relay teams, with members of each second- and third-place team earning second-team recognition.

ACC Network is scheduled to replay Saturday’s finals on Sunday morning at 8 a.m., and again at 1 p.m. on Monday.

 

Saturday Event Winners

MEN

Discus

Claudio Romero, Virginia – 66.21 meters (217’2) #

 

High Jump

Trey Allen, Louisville – 2.18 meters (7’1.75″)

 

1500 Meters

Thomas Vanoppen, Wake Forest – 3:42.25

 

110 hurdles

Trey Cunningham, Florida State – 13.16

 

400 Meters

DaeQwan Butler, Florida State – 45:55*

 

100 Meters

JoVaughn Martin, Florida State -10.13*

 

800 Meters

Ayman Zahafi, Miami – 1:46.79

400 Hurdles

James Rivera, Florida State – 50.36

 

200 Meters

Kahleje Tillmon, Virginia Tech – 20.41*

5000 Meters

Dylan Jacobs, Notre Dame – 13:23.44 #

 

4×100 Relay

Virginia Tech – 38.69 #

(Kahleje Tillmon,  Torrence Walker, Kennedy Harrison and Cole Beck)

 

4×400 Relay

Clemson – 3:05.15*

(Wanya McCoy, Tarees Rhoden, Cameron Rose, Aman Thornton)

WOMEN

Discus

Debbie Ajagbe, Miami – 54.85 meters (179’11”)

 

High Jump

Emily Scott, Louisville – 1.82 meters (5’11.5”)*

 

1500 Meters

Katelyn Tuohy, NC State – 4:06.84 #

 

100 Hurdles

Trishauna Hemmings, Clemson – 13.00*

 

400 Meters

Moriah Oliveira, Miami – 51.85*

 

100 Meters

Edidiong Odiong, Florida State – 11:05 %

 

800 Meters

Ruby Stauber, Florida State – 2:03.68*

 

400 Hurdles

Lauren Hoffman, Duke – 56.0

 

200 Meters

Edidiong Odiong, Florida State – 22:64*

 

5,000 Meters

Sam Bush, NC State – 15:46.20*

 

4×100 Relay

Florida State – 43.16#

(Ashley Seymour, Sayvon Toombs, Ka’Tia Seymour, Edidiong Odiong)

4×400 Relay

Duke – 3:33.88*

(Carly King, Jenna Crean, Megan McGinnis, Lauren Hoffman)

 

%-Denotes ACC overall, ACC Championship and facility record

@-Denotes ACC overall record

!-Denotes ACC Championship record

^-Denotes ACC overall and facility record

#-Denotes ACC Championship and facility record

*-Denotes facility record