Tar Heels Earn Three More All-ACC Accolades

Friday, May 10

Charlottesville, Va.

All Day

North Carolina

ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Daniel McArthur

Photo by: Cheryl Treworgy

May 10, 2019 | Track & Field

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - North Carolina's Daniel McArthur, Liam Dixon and Drew Pedersen earned second-team All-ACC finishes on the second day of the ACC Championships at Virginia's Lannigan Field on Friday.

McArthur, a junior from Mooresville, N.C., finished fourth in the men's shot put with a mark of 59-10 1/2 (18.25 meters). McArthur is now a five-time All-ACC competitor in the men's shot put between indoor and outdoor competition. Dixon, also a junior from Mooresville, N.C., and Pedersen, a senior from Apex, N.C., both cleared 15-7 ¾ (4.77 meters) to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place in the men's pole vault competition.

"Both Drew and Liam did a great job today," head coach Harlis Meaders said. "Those guys competed well indoors and I was really excited to see Drew to come out and earn All-ACC in his final season of eligibility. Fortunately, we'll have Liam back next year and he'll continue to improve. I know Daniel is a little disappointed about finishing fourth. He had such a fantastic indoor season and unfortunately, we've been a little banged up this outdoor season. Hopefully we can get healthier and get ready to make a charge at the NCAA prelims in hopes of getting to Texas."

The North Carolina women extended their team score to 25 points with sophomore Emerson Porter's (Charlotte, N.C.) seventh-place finish in the women's pole vault while the three All-ACC performances on Friday gave the Tar Heel men nine points.

Heading into the last day of competition, the Tar Heels have advanced seven student-athletes to event finals. On Friday, sophomores Isaiah Palmer (Plano, Texas) and Ryan Saint-Germain (Jacksonville, Fla.) advanced to the men's 400-meter final, sophomore Anna Keefer (St. Michael Albertville, Minn.) earned a championship-final appearance in the women's 100 and freshman Maiah Walker (Lake Wales, Fla.) advanced to the women's 400-meter final. On Thursday, junior Cameron Douglas (Loganville, Ga.) advanced to the men's 200-meter final while two juniors — Alex Milligan (State College, Pa.) and Brandon Tubby (Hillsborough, N.J.) — qualified for the 1,500-meter final.

"I'm really excited to see our student-athletes advance," Meaders said. "I think it's an excellent opportunity to contribute some more points to our team score tomorrow. Across the board, our kids performed really well. When you look at the final results, you'll see that most of them have either lifetime bests, collegiate bests or season bests. It's great to see them handling the pressure so well and competing at the level they're capable of performing. Maiah Walker qualifying for the women's 400 as a true freshman is an outstanding accomplishment. Emerson Porter in the women's pole vault has continued to excel and had a lifetime best here at the conference championships which is a sign of good things to come from her. I was really happy to see some of our seniors do well, too. Blake Dodge was not with us in the fall, but she came back in the spring and she's starting to run well late in the season."

In addition to the seven advancing finalists, Carolina continues competition on Saturday with athletes in four field events, both 5,000-meter races and three relays. Due to the threat of heavy rain on Saturday, the final and deciding session of the Championships will begin three and a half hours earlier than originally scheduled.

Competition is now scheduled to open at 10 a.m. with the men's discus followed by the men's and women's triple jump at 11 a.m., women's high jump at 11:30 a.m. and women's discus at 12:30 p.m. Relays will bookend the running events at 12:05 p.m. and 2:50 p.m. with finals for the 1,500 meters, 110-meter hurdles, 400 meters, 100 meters, 800 meters, 400-meter hurdles, 200 meters and 5,000 meters in between.

FRIDAY TAR HEEL HIGHLIGHTS
Men
• Isaiah Palmer, a sophomore from Plano, Texas, advanced to the finals of the men's 400-meter dash with his time of 46.64.
• Ryan Saint-Germain, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Fla., also advanced to the finals of the men's 400-meter dash with his time of 47.12.
• Onyedikachi Ohia-Enya, a freshman from Tarrytown, N.Y., set a new collegiate-best in the men's 400 meters with his time of 47.40.
• Ari Cogdell, a redshirt junior from Miami Gardens, Fla., ran a season-best time in the men's 400 meters with his time of 47.65 seconds.
• Saypadia DeSaussure II, a freshman from Apopka, Fla., ran a new collegiate-best time of 10.52 seconds in the men's 100-meter dash.
• Qhiyal Towns, a freshman from Newport News, Va., ran a new collegiate-best time of 10.55 seconds in the men's 100.

Women
• Anna Keefer, a sophomore from St. Michael Albertville, Minn., advanced to the women's 100-meter final with her prelim time of 11.52 seconds.
• Maiah Walker, a freshman from Lake Wales, Fla., advanced to the finals of the women's 400-meter dash with a new collegiate-best time of 53.62.
• Emerson Porter, a sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., cleared a lifetime-best height in the women's pole vault to finish seventh overall with her mark of 13-2 ¼ (4.02 meters).
• Erin Edmundson and Blake Dodge went 10th and 11th in the women's 800-meter prelims. Edmundson, a junior from Prospect, Ky., ran a new personal-record time of 2:08.22 with Dodge following in 2:08.91.

THURSDAY TAR HEEL HIGHLIGHTS
Men
• Cameron Douglas, a junior from Loganville, Ga., advanced to the finals of the men's 200-meter with his time of 21.07 seconds.
• Brandon Tubby, a junior from Hillsborough, N.J., won his heat to advance to the men's 1,500-meter final with his time of 3:53.18.
• Alex Milligan, a junior from State College, Pa., advanced to the men's 1500 final with his time of 3:48.78.
• Ryan Saint-Germain, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Fla., ran a personal-best wind-legal time of 21.21 seconds in the men's 200.
• Mitch Resor, a junior from Charlotte, N.C., ran a personal-record time of 3:50.94 in the men's 1,500.
• Jared Martin, a redshirt junior from Greensboro, N.C., finished 10th in the men's javelin with his mark of 197-3 (60.13 meters).
• Joey Souza, a redshirt-junior from Kingsburg, Calif., finished 13th in the men's long jump with his mark of 23-4½ (7.12 meters).

Women
• Alex Cooke, a graduate student from Lowgap, N.C., finished ninth in the women's hammer throw with the second-best mark of her career — 198-9 (60.59 meters).
• Nicole Barnes, a freshman from High Point, N.C., finished 14th in the women's long jump with a personal-best performance of 19-4 1/4 (5.90 meters).
• Emily Malone, a freshman from Missoula, Mont., finished ninth in the women's javelin with her mark of 148-0 (45.11 meters).
• Emmeline Fisher, a sophomore transfer from Morehead City, N.C., wrapped up her first season in a Carolina blue uniform and ran 4:35.66 in the women's 1,500 meters.

HOW TO FOLLOW
For those fans traveling to the Championships, there is no charge for admission.

Live Streaming
ACC Network Extra will again stream three hours of live action on the event's first night (Thursday, May 9), followed by four hours of coverage on Friday and Saturday evenings. 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.

ACC Network Extra will bring live action Thursday from 6 until 9 p.m. Friday's live coverage will air from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., followed by Saturday's finals from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.

Live Stream Links
Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Additional Information:
Live Results | Revised Schedule of Events | Meet Notes | ACC Championship Central

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