Season kicks off in Blacksburg
By Sarah Elsakr | January 21, 2011In its first meet this season, Duke will head to Blacksburg to compete today and tomorrow in the Virginia Tech Invitational against 20 of the region’s elite teams.
In its first meet this season, Duke will head to Blacksburg to compete today and tomorrow in the Virginia Tech Invitational against 20 of the region’s elite teams.
Bob Wheeler, a 1974 Duke graduate who participated in the 1972 Olympics, died at the age of 58 last week.
Duke trotted out six first-timers to the NCAA Championships last week, but youthful exuberance didn’t translate into results for the team.
Three Blue Devils competed Wednesday in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
A trio of Blue Devil juniors highlighted a strong performance by Duke at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Clemson, S.C.
Despite competing against 1,500 athletes from more than 50 schools, several Blue Devils found a way to distinguish themselves at the annual Duke Invitational Friday and Saturday at Wallace Wade...
The best athlete in Duke's incoming freshman class doesn't stand out in a crowd. At 6 feet and 165 pounds he doesn't have the size of a football or basketball player. But when he steps onto a...
Though few graduated seniors remain on campus in early June, four Blue Devil athletes will be in Durham until next week, preparing for the season-ending NCAA Outdoor Championships in Fayetteville,...
Compared to last year, the Blue Devils recorded an improved team performance this weekend at the ACC Championships in Coral Gables, Fla. On an individual level, Duke did even better. Three Blue...
For almost her whole life, Amy Fryt has had lofty ambitions. The sophomore pole vaulter has dreamed of going to the Olympics since she first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a child. Like many top...
Despite many of the Blue Devils' top athletes taking the weekend off, the Blue Devils put together a strong showing this weekend at the Joe Hilton UNC Invitational. Sophomore Amy Fryt put another...
Bo Waggoner won the men's 5,000-meter Friday, and the Blue Devils never looked back. By Saturday afternoon, Duke had run away with the competition, posting eight NCAA regional qualifying times. The...
For the first and only time this season, Duke won't have to leave campus for a meet. Instead, the Blue Devils will simply have to trek from their dormitories to Wallace Wade Stadium for the annual...
A pair of Blue Devils set school records, and plenty more set personal-bests and garnered honors at the Terrier Classic Friday and Saturday in Boston. Freshman Cydney Ross broke Duke's record in...
The Blue Devil men's and women's squads opened their seasons Saturday at the Tar Heel Invitational, with the women placing second and the men taking third place honors out of five teams. A freshman...
Last season, he set school records for the heptathlon during the indoor track season and then followed that up by breaking the decathlon record in the spring.
Nine Blue Devils qualified for the postseason and three registered performances in the top five of the Duke record books Saturday at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Ariz.
The Blue Devils did not let the weather rain on their parade this weekend as they hosted the Duke Invitational at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Junior Maddie McKeever finished third in the 5,000-meter Friday night in the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. McKeever's time of 15:58.18 was a personal best for the Colorado native and...
Freshman Dorian Cohen headlined All-American performances by three Blue Devils in the NCAA championships in Columbus, Ohio. Duke took 11th place of 27 teams. Cohen finished in sixth place in foil....