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ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Day 3
Selmon, Men's 4x400 Capture ACC Titles
May 13, 2018 | Track & Field
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - University of North Carolina senior Kenny Selmon defended his ACC crown in the 400-meter hurdles, and the men's 4x400 captured the relay title on the final day of the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Cobb Stadium on the campus of the University of Miami Saturday.Â
The men's team finished in seventh at the ACC Championships with 51.5 points, and the women finished eighth with 50.5 points.
Selmon remained undefeated in the 400-meter hurdles on the season as he became the second Tar Heel in the last five years to win back-to-back titles in the event. Selmon ran 49.33 in the race this year, a time that easily won the event.Â
A Tar Heel has now won the ACC men's 400-meter hurdles title in six out of the last eight seasons.Â
Selmon also anchored Carolina to an ACC title in the men's 4x400. The squad of sophomore Brandon Cachon, freshman Isaiah Palmer, redshirt-senior Cory Nicholls and Selmon ran a season-best 3:07.66 to give Carolina its fifth title in six seasons in the event.
In addition to Palmer contributing on the mile relay, the freshman also took home first-team All-ACC honors in the men's 400 meters by taking third with a lifetime-best time of 46.55.
On the women's side, the 4x400 relay of senior Jewel Christian, senior Cierra Dunston, senior Natisha Dixon and sophomore McKinley McNeill ran a season-best 3:34.97, the fourth-fastest time in UNC history, to take third and earn second-team All-ACC honors.
Dunston also finished fourth in the women's 400 meters with a lifetime-best 52.40, the third-best time in UNC history, to earn second-team All-ACC honors. She now owns top three times in the indoor and outdoor 400 at UNC.
Redshirt-sophomore Jared Martin started off the day for Carolina, taking second in the men's javelin with a lifetime-best throw of 220-10 (67.31 meters). After coming to Carolina as a swimmer in 2015 and first picking up the javelin just two years ago, Martin reached the podium and earned first-team All-ACC honors in the event for the first time in his career. He also surpassed his pervious personal best on each of his final four throws, ultimately besting it by almost three meters.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Men
• Senior Brandon Reddick ran a lifetime-best 20.87 in the 200 meters to take sixth and earn second-team All-ACC honors, his first time as All-ACC. Freshman Dontavian Smith finished seventh in the 200 meters running 21.31.
• Redshirt-freshman Marcus Krah took sixth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.32 to earn second-team All-ACC honors. That gives Krah All-ACC honors for the first time in his career.
• The men's 4x100 of Brandon Reddick, Dontavian Smith, Jadon Johnson and Isaiah Palmer took fifth with a time of 40.33.
• Redshirt-freshman Alex Milligan took seventh in the men's 1,500 meters with a time of 3:49.73.
Women
• In addition to her performance in the 4x400, Natisha Dixon took home All-ACC honors in a hurdles event for the first time in her career, earning second-team honors in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing sixth with a time of 59.49. She also ran a lifetime-best 13.46 in the 100-meter hurdles to take seventh.
• Sophomore Brianna Duncan took fifth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.38 to earn second-team All-ACC honors. She also finished seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 23.63.Â
• Freshman Anna Keefer took eighth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.79.
• Freshman Peighton Simmons took seventh in the women's triple jump, finishing just off of her season best at 41-5 ¼ (12.63 meters)
• The women's 4x100 of Brianna Duncan, Katlin Sherman, Anna Keefer and Cierra Dunston took fifth with a time of 44.70.
MEN'S ALL-ACC HONOREES
ACC Champions
• Kenny Selmon – 400m Hurdles, 49.33
• Cachon, Palmer, Nicholls, Selmon – 4x400, 3:07.66
First-Team
• Kenny Selmon – 400m Hurdles, 1st, 49.33
• Cachon, Palmer, Nicholls, Selmon – 4x400, 1st, 3:07.66
• Jared Martin – Javelin, 2nd, 220-10 (67.31 meters)
• Isaiah Palmer – 400m, 3rd, 46.55
Second-Team
• Marcus Krah – 110m Hurdles, 6th, 14.32
• Daniel McArthur – Shot Put, 6th, 56-9 ¼ (17.30 meters)
• Brandon Reddick – 200m, 6th, 20.87
WOMEN'S ALL-ACC HONOREES
First-Team
• Emily Godwin – High Jump, T-3rd, 5-6 ½ (1.69 meters)
Second-Team
• Christian, Dunston, Dixon, McNeill – 4x400, 3rd, 3:34.97
• Cierra Dunston – 400m, 4th, 52.40
• Jill Shippee – Hammer Throw, 4th, 202-2 (61.63 meters)
• Brianna Duncan – 200m, 5th, 11.38
• Caroline Alcorta – 1,500m, 6th, 4:21.25
• Natisha Dixon – 400m Hurdles, 6th, 59.49
• Anna Keefer – Long Jump, 6th, 19-10 ¼ (6.05 meters)
MEN'S STANDINGS
FINAL
1. Florida State 116
2. Syracuse 108
3. Virginia Tech 105.5
4. Louisville 71
5. Clemson 56
6. Virginia 55
7. North Carolina 51.5
8. NC State 49
9t. Miami 45
9t. Duke 45
11t. Pitt 41.5
12. Notre Dame 35.5
13. Georgia Tech 33
14. Wake Forest 4
WOMEN'S STANDINGS
FINAL
1. Miami 117
2. Virginia Tech 111
3. Florida State 102.5
4. Clemson 74
5. Louisville 69.5
6. Virginia 63
7. Duke 51.5
8. North Carolina 50.5
9. Notre Dame 49
10. NC State 37
11. Pitt 25
12. Syracuse 21
13. Georgia Tech 19
14. Wake Forest 16
15. Boston College 12
UP NEXT: Tar Heels ranked in the top 48 in the NCAA east region will head to the NCAA East Preliminary Round May 24-26 in Tampa, Fla. on the campus of USF aiming to finish in the top 12 and punch their tickets to the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The NCAA Championships will be held at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., for the sixth straight year from June 6-9.
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