Simen Guttormsen crowned national champion in pole vault, Johnson tabbed All-American at NCAA Indoor Championship

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field competes at ACC Indoor Championships, men finish 7th, women 10th

By Vishwa Veeraswamy | March 6, 2025

While several Blue Devils did receive All-ACC recognition, the meet was the culmination of a relatively disappointing season riddled with injuries, particularly on the women’s side for head coach Shawn Wilbourn’s squad. The women’s squad finished 10th at the meet after Monday’s finale. However, the men’s fared much better than expected, finishing in a tie for seventh. 

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field breaks years-old relay records at Clemson, pens program bests at Liberty and Boston University

By Karen Xu and Vishwa Veeraswamy | February 17, 2025

The Blue Devils competed against schools from all around the country, racing at sites hosted by Liberty, Clemson and Boston University. Junior Lauren Tolbert was the star of the show for Duke, breaking the school record in the 800m for the fourth time this season.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Blue Devil of the Week: Lauren Tolbert sprints to school record

By Ryan Hamner | January 30, 2025

During the winter season, The Chronicle is polling its readers every week via its Sportswrap newsletter to highlight one Blue Devil athlete’s outstanding performance. This week, the spotlight is on Lauren Tolbert, a Duke track and field sprinter.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field breaks 2 school records as throwers, women's sprinters excel at Hokie Invite

By Prithvi Kotapati | January 27, 2025

Back in Blacksburg, Va., for the Hokie Invitational this weekend, the Blue Devils demonstrated their prowess in nearly every event group: Over the two-day meet, they racked up 16 podium finishes, nine top-five all-time program marks and two school records.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Blue Devils crowd podiums in Blacksburg and Chapel Hill as Duke track and field begins indoor season with a bang

By Josh Alms | January 19, 2025

The Blue Devils came out hot off the blocks as their first meets since winter break were defined by program records and a slew of top-five finishes. Separated by 197 miles, a portion of the team made the trek to Blacksburg, Va., for the Virginia Tech Invitational, while the remainder took to Tobacco Road for the UNC Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field 2025 indoor season preview

By Prithvi Kotapati , Callan Perchinsky and Vishwa Veeraswamy | January 14, 2025

As the 2024-25 indoor track season gets underway, the Blue Devils are poised for another competitive year under the leadership of Shawn Wilbourn, with renewed focus on both rebuilding and contending at the highest levels of the ACC.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Indoor track and field 101: All you need to know about events, scoring and Duke's season

By Prithvi Kotapati , Callan Perchinsky and Vishwa Veeraswamy | December 3, 2024

As winter sports kick off, The Chronicle is back with our College Sports 101 breakdown, explaining key rules, terminology, meet formats and more. Here's indoor track and field.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field 2024 season review

By Prithvi Kotapati , Sophie Levenson and Tyler Walley | June 24, 2024

The Blue Devils had another strong season, highlighted by an ACC championship victory by the women's team. The Chronicle's beats are here to break down Duke's full 2024 campaign.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke hires Kevin Jermyn as head cross country coach and track assistant

By Ranjan Jindal | June 11, 2024

Shawn Wilbourn, the director of track and field and cross country at Duke, announced Jermyn's hire as the head cross country coach and the track distance coach. 

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

7 Blue Devils named All-Americans at NCAA Championships, Guttormsen wins bronze

By Prithvi Kotapati | June 9, 2024

From any angle, the meet was one for the record books. After a grueling four days, the Duke men and women returned seven All-Americans from nine events, headlined by graduate student Simen Guttormsen’s third-place finish in the men’s pole vault. 

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field earns 8 bids to NCAA Outdoor Championships after difficult East Regional

By Prithvi Kotapati | May 26, 2024

Wednesday through Saturday, Duke track and field competed in the NCAA East Regional meet in Lexington, Ky. The men and women earned four national qualifiers each.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke women's track and field takes gold in ACC Championships behind sprint heroics, men place 7th

By Sophie Levenson | May 12, 2024

Behind wicked speed from their sprints team, the Blue Devil women took home their second ACC outdoor title in a row. The championship meet spanned three days on the George C. Griffin Track in Atlanta.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field postseason preview

By Prithvi Kotapati | May 6, 2024

After months of hard training and competition, the Blue Devils are finally about to face the ultimate test: the postseason. With ACC and NCAA competitions in May and June, the Blue Zone is here with a preview of the big-time meets.

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SPORTS | BASEBALL

Devil's in the details: Duke baseball bites back against Florida State, softball closes strong regular season

By Lilah Gorfain | May 4, 2024

They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details  — and numbers.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field breaks records across the board at Penn Relays, Charlotte Invitational

By Prithvi Kotapati | April 28, 2024

Duke notched individual successes and all-time program marks, headlined by a school record in the women’s distance medley relay, at the Penn Relays and the Charlotte Invitational over the weekend.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field finds individual success at Wake Forest Invitational as ACC Championships approach

By Sophie Levenson | April 21, 2024

Friday proved the women's team's depth: 16 Blue Devils placed in the top five of their events, many of whom are not the names typically earning Duke its points.

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SPORTS | TRACK FIELD

Duke track and field runs the table at Duke Invitational, shatters meet records in throws and sprints

By Tyler Walley | April 14, 2024

With several ACC teams coming to town in lieu of conference championships in a month, Duke put on a show on its home turf, displaying the completeness of its roster with top-five finishes across the board during the weekend. The women’s team proved particularly dominant, helping the Blue Devils shatter numerous meet and program records in the process.