Duke looks to improve upon 2011 season
By Sarah Elsakr | January 13, 2012Improved results are always the goal for Duke athletes, but after such a successful 2011 season, this year, that goal will be hard to achieve.
Improved results are always the goal for Duke athletes, but after such a successful 2011 season, this year, that goal will be hard to achieve.
The word ‘competition’ took on a whole new meaning this past weekend when the Blue Devils sent six of their top athletes to contend with the nation’s best at the USA Outdoor Track and Field...
When Juliet Bottorff first stepped on the track at the NCAA championships, winning was not on her mind.
For the men, it was something that an ACC team hadn’t been able to do since 1981. For the women, a team that hailed from south of Virginia hadn’t accomplished it for the past 27 years.
Duke’s performance at the Penn Relays this past weekend was nothing short of historic.
Amid one of its best seasons in recent memory, the track and field program isn’t worried about setting high expectations.
Duke is currently having its best outdoor season ever.
For the Duke seniors, the ACC Outdoor Championship’s return to Durham couldn’t come at a better time.
As they move through their first few outdoor meets, the Blue Devils have carried on the success that was a hallmark of their indoor meets this season.
When the Blue Devils closed out the season at the NCAA Indoor Championships this past weekend, they were competing for more than just their own results.
The Blue Devil men’s and women’s teams experienced their best combined finish in history in an ACC meet this past weekend, with the men taking seventh place while the women finished tied for sixth...
As a program, Duke’s men’s and women’s teams have never before collectively earned a spot in the top half of the ACC.
The Blue Devils raced in their last meet before the ACC Indoor Championships this past weekend at the Virginia Tech Challenge, winning several events.
After setting collegiate and school records at previous meets, Duke headed to the New Balance Collegiate Invitational last weekend with confidence.
When the Blue Devils participated in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational a year ago, they left with championship wins in three events, and a school record in the men’s 4x800-meters.
After testing his abilities against some of the world’s best athletes, sophomore Curtis Beach returned from New York with three new personal records.
The Blue Devils got off to an incredibly successful start last weekend, winning multiple events and setting both school and collegiate records in the process. And this weekend, Duke track and field...
When sophomore Curtis Beach decided to commit to Duke University, he confused a lot of people.
Several Duke and collegiate records fell over the weekend during the Blue Devils’ first meet of the season, the Virginia Tech Invitational in Blacksburg, Va.