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Duke Blue Devils women’s track and field wins second consecutive ACC Outdoor title

The Blue Devils became the first repeat ACC Outdoor Track and Field champions in the 15-team era with the Saturday night win.

For the first time in the 15-team era, there is a repeat ACC Women’s Track and Field Outdoor champion. The Duke Blue Devils won their second straight conference title on Saturday night thanks to a couple of exceptional performances.

The Duke women won gold in three individual events and two team relays across the week.

Gemma Tutton took the top prize in the women’s pole vault, the fifth Blue Devil to ever win the event, with a 4.37-meter leap on Friday.

Tutton helped Duke pull off a first in school history, too, after Simen Guttormsen won the same event in the men’s competition the day before. The Blue Devils had never won both the men’s and women’s pole vault in the same year before.

In individual competition, Skyla Wilson won the 400-meter hurdles in just 56.05 seconds. Lauren Tolbert took home the gold in the 400-meter race before helping Duke take the title in the 4x400m relay. If you want to be impressed, Tolbert’s relay leg (50.89) was more than a second faster than her winning individual performance (52.00).

The Duke women also won the 4x100m relay. Maddy Doane raced on both winning relays, and Halle Bieber joined that squad and won silver in the 200m race.

The Blue Devils now get nearly two weeks off before regionals in the NCAA postseason.