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ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Day 1
Godwin & Shippee Earn All-ACC Honors On First Day Of ACC Championships
May 10, 2018 | Track & Field
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - University of North Carolina redshirt-senior Emily Godwin earned All-ACC honors for the 12th time in her career and freshman Jill Shippee earned the distinction for the first time as the Tar Heels completed day one of the 2018 ACC Track & Field Championships at Cobb Stadium Thursday.
Godwin tied for third in the women's high jump with a jump of 5-6 ½ (1.69 meters) to reach the podium in ACC Championship competition and earn first-team All-ACC honors for the fifth time in her career.Â
"I am really happy to see Emily, our fifth-year senior, go out on a positive note," head coach Harlis Meaders said. "She had a fantastic start to her career at UNC. We had a few injuries in years three and four, but then she bounced back and finished really well today."
After narrowly missing All-ACC honors in the weight throw during the indoor season, Shippee finished fourth and claimed second-team honors with her throw of 202-2 (61.63 meters) in the women's hammer throw
"We hoped to be a little bit better, but it was a good performance on a tough circle here at the University of Miami," Meaders said. "She kept her composure and was able to finish fourth, and we are excited for her. All-ACC is a great accomplishment as a freshman."
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Men
• Redshirt-sophomore Draven Crist scored in the high jump for the second-straight ACC Championship meet, tying for seventh with a jump of 6-9 ½ (2.07 meters).
• Senior Kenny Selmon remained undefeated in the 400-meter hurdles and easily qualified for the event final with his field-best 49.33.
• In the 200 meters, senior Brandon Reddick ran a lifetime-best 20.93 and freshman Dontavian Smith ran 21.14 to advance to the event final.
• Redshirt-freshman Alex Milligan advanced to the event final of the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:50.29.
Women
• Senior Natisha Dixon ran a lifetime-best 58.79 in the 400-meter hurdles to qualify for the finals in the event for the first time in her career.
• Sophomore Brianna Duncan won her heat of the 200 meters prelim in 23.31 and advanced to the event final.
• In the 1,500 meters, senior Caroline Alcorta ran 4:22.31 and junior Morgan Ilse ran 4:23.65 to advance to the event final.
Through the first day of competition, the men's team is in in 11th with 1.5 points, and the women are in sixth with 10.5 points.
"The first day was pretty good for us," Meaders said. "We had a couple of things not fall our way, but as a whole I don't think it could have gone much better. I think we are off to a really good start. Tomorrow will be an important day for us as we move to some of our stronger events and have more qualifying opportunities to put kids in a position to score points for the team."
MEN'S STANDINGS
1. Syracuse 23
2. Louisville 19
3. Notre Dame 12.5
4. Florida State 11
T5. NC State 10
T5. Virginia 10
T5. Virginia Tech 10
8. Miami 9
9. Duke 7.5
10. Pitt 3.5
11. North Carolina 1.5
T12. Boston College DNS
T12. Florida State DNS
T12. Wake Forest DNS
T12. Clemson DNS
WOMEN'S STANDINGS
1. Virginia Tech 37
2. Louisville 25.5
3. Miami 21
4. Duke 15.5
5. Virginia 13
6. North Carolina 10.5
7. Notre Dame 8
8. Florida State 7.5
9. NC State 6
10. Wake Forest 5
11. Syracuse 4
12. Pitt 2
13. Georgia Tech 1
T14. Boston College DNS
T14. Clemson DNS
FRIDAY PREVIEW
The meet will resume Friday at 11:00 a.m. with the final events of the decathlon and heptathlon to be contested. The field events will begin at 3 p.m., and the track events will get underway at 5:45 p.m. Event finals to be contested Friday include the decathlon, heptathlon, long jump, shot put, men's pole vault and the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Events in the preliminary stage will be the 100/110-meter hurdles, 400 meters, 100 meters and 800 meters.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live Streaming: ACC Network Extra will live stream four hours of live action on Friday and Saturday. Sean Kenney returns to handle play-by-play, while former U.S. Olympic standout Dan O'Brien will serve as analyst. The pair will be joined by distance race analyst David Mitchell and Melanie Newman as sideline reporter. Friday's live coverage will air from 5:30-9:30 p.m., followed by Saturday's finals from 5-9 p.m.
Links to each day's livestream:
May 11, 5:30-9:30 p.m. — http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3357486/acc-track--field-championships
May 12, 5-9 p.m. — http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3357490/acc-track--field-championships
Live Results: Live results for the entire weekend will be available courtesy of FlashResults.com.
theacc.co/otf18results
2018 ACC Outdoor Championships Page: http://theacc.com/tournaments/?id=24
2018 Outdoor Championships Schedule of Events: theacc.co/otf18sched
Fans can follow @unctrack_field on Twitter and Instagram for live updates throughout the meet. UNC Track & Field is also on Facebook. A recap of performances and results will be posted on GoHeels.com following the conclusion of each day of competition.
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