University of North Carolina Athletics
Shippee, Trainor Pick Up ACC Honors
April 12, 2022 | Track & Field
Two Tar Heels have earned Atlantic Coast Conference weekly honors for track & field, the league announced on Tuesday. Sophomore Sarah Trainor was named Women's Track Performer of the Week and graduate student Jill Shippee shares honors as Women's Field Performer of the Week.
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Trainor, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y, won the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the Duke Invitational last Friday. Her time of 10:09.07 was a personal best and also set a meet record. She now owns the fastest steeplechase time in the ACC this season and the 10th-fastest in the NCAA.
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Shippee, from Clifton Park, N.Y., won the women's hammer throw at Duke, also on Friday. Her distance of 68.43m (224-6) led a field of 30 competitors and is the seventh-longest in the NCAA so far this season. She already holds the school record in the event with a throw of 227-9 last season.
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Shippee shares this week's field honor with Virginia's Maria Deaviz.
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Trainor, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y, won the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the Duke Invitational last Friday. Her time of 10:09.07 was a personal best and also set a meet record. She now owns the fastest steeplechase time in the ACC this season and the 10th-fastest in the NCAA.
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Shippee, from Clifton Park, N.Y., won the women's hammer throw at Duke, also on Friday. Her distance of 68.43m (224-6) led a field of 30 competitors and is the seventh-longest in the NCAA so far this season. She already holds the school record in the event with a throw of 227-9 last season.
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Shippee shares this week's field honor with Virginia's Maria Deaviz.
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