Tech men in second place while the women are third after the first day
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Virginia Tech\'s track & field athletes Spyridon
Jullien and Jacobus Smit won ACC individual titles on the first day
of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field
Championships, which are being held at the Mike Long Track on the
campus of Florida State this weekend. Other Hokies set personal and
school records scoring points for Tech.
Tech\'s fourth-year head coach said, \"Overall it was a good day. We
had two ACC individual champions and our women\'s heptathlon athletes
are in a great position to conclude the event tomorrow. Kristen and
Tamara, our women\'s hammer throwers took second and third place but
the better news is that they set personal records and a school
record. I feel the athletes today had good performances for a
conference championship that is earlier in the season than we are
used to.\"
Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) won the ACC men\'s hammer throw title
with a mark of 233\'7\" (71.21m). His throw broke the ACC\'s four-year
meet record by more than 25 feet and set Florida State\'s Mike Long
Track record. Jullien, a two-time All-American and two-time BIG EAST
champion specifically in the hammer throw, still remains the No. 1
hammer throw athlete in the NCAA to date.
Smit (Jr., Pretoria, South Africa), currently the No. 2 men\'s javelin
thrower in the nation, became the ACC champion in the event with a
mark of 236\'5\" (72.06m), which was 23 feet farther than the second
place finisher. Smit, a 2004 all-region selection and a two-time NCAA
qualifier in the event, won his first conference championship.
Kristen Callan (So., Monroe, N.Y.) finished in second place out of 17
competitors in the women\'s hammer throw with a mark of 203\'10\"
(62.13m), which was about three inches short from the winning mark.
Callan\'s throw today broke her own school record by more than six
feet and moved her up to the ninth-ranked hammer throw athlete in the
nation.
Tamara Burns (Jr., Elm Creek, Neb.) earned six team points for the
Hokie women for her third place finish in the hammer. Burns, an NCAA
regional qualifier in the event, threw a personal best mark of 195\'6\"
(59.59m). Her throw today moved her up to seventh in the NCAA east
region performance list and into the top-20 in the nation.
After four events and the first day of the heptathlon, Saskia
Triesscheijn (Jr., Berlin, Germany) is fourth out of the 14
competitor-field with 3,103 points. Hokie teammate Gunild Kreb (Jr.,
Winterbach, Germany) is right behind Triesscheijn in fifth place with
3,057 points.
The championships continue tomorrow, Friday, at 10 a.m. with the
men\'s discus throw. The running events trials are from 2 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. The three remaining events of the heptathlon (long jump, triple
jump and 800 meters) start at 3:30 p.m. At 6:20 p.m., the 3,000-meter
steeplechase ends the second day of the championships.
The women\'s discus throw at 10 a.m. opens up Saturday\'s events. The
relays, sprint and distance finals go from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
championships conclude with an awards presentation at 4:45 p.m.
For more information concerning the championships including live
scoring, schedule and records visit
http://seminoles.collegesports.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/05-acc-out-champs.html/.
Live scoring is available at
http://www.flashresults.com/2005_Meets/outdoor/acc/.
Tech men in second place while the women are third after the first day
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Virginia Tech\'s track & field athletes Spyridon
Jullien and Jacobus Smit won ACC individual titles on the first day
of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field
Championships, which are being held at the Mike Long Track on the
campus of Florida State this weekend. Other Hokies set personal and
school records scoring points for Tech.
Tech\'s fourth-year head coach said, \"Overall it was a good day. We
had two ACC individual champions and our women\'s heptathlon athletes
are in a great position to conclude the event tomorrow. Kristen and
Tamara, our women\'s hammer throwers took second and third place but
the better news is that they set personal records and a school
record. I feel the athletes today had good performances for a
conference championship that is earlier in the season than we are
used to.\"
Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) won the ACC men\'s hammer throw title
with a mark of 233\'7\" (71.21m). His throw broke the ACC\'s four-year
meet record by more than 25 feet and set Florida State\'s Mike Long
Track record. Jullien, a two-time All-American and two-time BIG EAST
champion specifically in the hammer throw, still remains the No. 1
hammer throw athlete in the NCAA to date.
Smit (Jr., Pretoria, South Africa), currently the No. 2 men\'s javelin
thrower in the nation, became the ACC champion in the event with a
mark of 236\'5\" (72.06m), which was 23 feet farther than the second
place finisher. Smit, a 2004 all-region selection and a two-time NCAA
qualifier in the event, won his first conference championship.
