March 28, 2004

RALEIGH, N.C.-- The Wake Forest track and field team split up and competed at two different meets on Friday and Saturday. Most of the team traveled to NC State for the Raleigh Relays while six athletes made the cross country trip to Palo Alto, Calif. for the Stanford Invitational. Mike Loyd, Anna Sherman and Anne Bersagel each recorded regional qualifying times in their event over the weekend.

Loyd took home an 11th place finish in the 110m hurdles with a regional qualifying time of 14.35 at the Raleigh Relays. Sherman also competed in Raleigh and placed second overall in the 800m event with a time of 2:09.53. Bersagel was one of the six Deacs who traveled to Stanford where she took home a fifth-place finish in the 5,000m with a qualifying time of 16:24.57.

Other Deacons turning in impressive performances over the weekend included Diane Anderson who placed fifth in the 200m and tenth in the 400m at Raleigh. Cassy Richards finished seventh in the women's long jump and Caitlin Dempsey placed fourth with a time of 18:15.81 in the unseeded 5,000m run.

Four Wake Forest relay teams also recorded top-ten finishes. The women's 4x800m team placed third while the 4x1500m team came in fifth. On the men's side, the Deacs' 4x800m squad recorded a third-place finish and the 4x100m team came in ninth overall at Raleigh.

The Demon Deacons return to action Saturday, April 3 when they travel to Atlanta for the Yellow Jacket Invitational.