Category: Track And Field

Former LSU pole vaulter breaks world record for 8th time

A former LSU pole vaulter broke the world record for eighth time on Saturday morning.

Former LSU pole vaulter [autotag]Armand Duplantis[/autotag] broke the men’s pole vault record for the eighth time on Saturday morning, clearing 6.24 meters.

He broke his own record, which he set just eight months ago, of 6.23 meters

Duplantis competed for LSU in 2019, winning the SEC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year along with the indoor national title. He holds the collegiate record for the indoor and outdoor pole vault.

Prior to LSU, Duplantis competed at the high school level in Louisiana, notching seven state championships.

Following his time at LSU, Duplantis won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. He’ll look to do the same at the Paris games this summer, competing for his native country of Sweden.

At just 24 years old, Duplantis is putting together one of the best track and field resumes in the sport’s history.

Armand’s brother, Antoine, played baseball for LSU from 2016-19 and was a member of the 2017 team that fell just short of a national title in the College World Series final.

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Notre Dame Track & Field star Jadin O’Brien repeats as national champion

Congrats Jadin on back-to-back Indoor titles!

It has been a storied career for Notre Dame Track and Field star pentathlete [autotag]Jadin O’Brien[/autotag].

The senior was able to defend her 2023 NCAA Indoor pentathlon title this season, repeating in the event in during this seasons competition. O’Brien didn’t just win for the second consecutive time, she broke The Track at New Balance’s facility record for the event with a score of 4,497, beating the previous top score of 4,329.

O’Brien was first in the shot put, placed second in the 800 meter and was fourth in the 60 meter hurdles according to the university’s official athletics website. The win was in dominating fashion, as she capped her indoor career with another championship.

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Duke’s Amina Maatoug wins gold at the ACC Indoor Championships in the women’s mile

Amina Maatoug became the second Blue Devil to win gold at the ACC Indoor Championships after her victorious performance in the women’s mile.

Duke junior Amina Maatoug took home a gold medal on Saturday at the ACC Indoor Championships after her winning performance in the women’s mile.

Maatoug needed just 4 minutes and 38.16 seconds to complete the mile run, winning by more than a full second over Florida State sophomore Suus Altorf and Virginia junior Anna Workman.

The time was the fourth-fastest mile in program history, and the Dutch runner was named First Team All-ACC after her victory.

Maatoug, who also competes for the Blue Devils’ cross-country team, also posted the fastest time in the preliminary qualifying run at 4:39.38.

She becomes the second Blue Devil to win gold at the ACC Indoors after Christian Johnson won the men’s weight throw on Thursday.

Duke’s Brianna Smith takes bronze in women’s pentathlon at ACC Indoor Championships

Duke senior Brianna Smith finished with 4,132 points in the women’s pentathlon and podiumed at the ACC Indoor Championships, earning First Team All-ACC honors.

Duke senior Brianna Smith earned First Team All-ACC honors after she finished third in the women’s pentathlon at the ACC Indoor Championships on Thursday.

The pentathlon is made up of five events: 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, and an 800m run.

Smith compiled 4,132 points across the five events, her best mark of the season, and finished behind Notre Dame’s Jadin O’Brien and Alaina Brady to claim the bronze medal.

The Blue Devil led the event in the high jump (1.79m), and she finished third in both the hurdles (8.74 seconds) and the shot put (12.35m). Smith finished fifth in the long jump and 10th in the 800m race.

The stellar performance resulted in top all-conference marks, the second Duke athlete to earn the honor after Christian Johnson won gold in the men’s weight throw the same day.

The ACC Indoor Championships continue in Boston through Saturday.

Duke’s Christian Johnson wins gold in men’s weight throw at ACC Indoor Championships

Blue Devils graduate student Christian Johnson beat out Clemson’s Daniel Cope by 0.02 meters for the gold medal at the ACC Indoor Championships.

The Blue Devils’ track and field squad are in Boston this week for the ACC Indoor Championships, and one Duke athlete carved out a name for himself on the opening night.

Graduate student Christian Johnson earned the gold medal in men’s weight throw on Thursday night after a 21.73-meter throw.

He narrowly beat out Daniel Cope of Clemson, who finished at 21.71m. Two other Blue Devils finished inside the top seven in the event, including Aimar Palma Simo (fifth, 21.06m) and freshman Christian Toro (seventh, 20.27m).

Johnson’s winning effort also earned him First Team All-ACC honors, as the school shared on social media.

Palma Simo made the Second Team after his fifth-place finish.

The ACC Indoor Championships continue until Saturday.

Hayden Tobias named Big Ten Male Co-Field Athlete of the Week

Another Big Ten honor for an OSU athlete this week. #GoBucks

Ohio State senior thrower Hayden Tobias was named the Big Ten Male Co-Field Athlete of the Week on Wednesday. It’s the second time he’s been recognized with the honor during his career and the first this season.

So what led to Tobias receiving the honor? All he did is break the shot put meet record at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite at Louisville with a best mark of 19.86m / 65’2.” That was good enough to win the competition and beat the runner-up by nearly two meters.

Tobias currently ranks third in the country in the shot put, leading all other Big Ten athletes. He isn’t just proficient at shot put though, he also finished sixth in the weight throw (18.38m / 60’3.75”).

Congrats are in order for Tobias and here’s to hoping there’s many more honors before this season is over.

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Former LSU sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson wins gold in first World Championships

Sha’Carri Richardson set a World Championship record with the fifth-fastest overall time in history in the 100-meter.

Representing the United States at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest for the first time in her career, former LSU sprinter [autotag]Sha’Carri Richardson[/autotag] won the gold in the 100-meter, solidifying herself as the fastest woman in the world.

After finishing third in the semifinal heat and missing out an automatic qualifying spot in the final heat, she ultimately won with a 10.65-second race, a World Championship record and the fifth fastest time in world history.

“I feel amazing about my performance,” Richardson said in a release. “Amazing competition, amazing atmosphere, and doing what I did all season long at practice to accomplish what we need to get accomplished. I felt like being in lane nine allowed me to just focus in on what I needed to execute. I felt no matter what the result was from start to finish in that race, I executed and I was going to be happy no matter what the result was.”

Despite her lane nine assignment, the Dallas native turned in one of the best 100-meter times of all time in what could be her first of several gold medals.

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