April 7, 2001

ATLANTA, GA-- The Wake Forest Outdoor Track & Field teams had another productive weekend posting good marks at the Yellow Jacket Invitational. Nathan Sisco won the 1,500-Meter Run with a time that provisionally qualifies him for the NCAA Championships and Carol Meritt broke three school records in the 200-Meter Dash, 400-Meter Dash and the 4x400 Relay

Sisco, a redshirt freshman from Lebanon, NJ, was the 1,500-Meter Run champion with a NCAA Provisional Qualifying time of 3:44.75. Alan Susi won the Javelin Throw for the third meet in a row, this instance with a distance of 19111. DaVaughn Mellerson was the runner-up in the Shot Put with a toss of 49:11 and the runner-up in the Discus Throw with a throw of 1480, the Deacs best so far this season. Cliff Neal was the runner-up in the Hammer Throw, reaching 1776ä Branston Williams ran a season best time in the 400-Meter Hurdles, finishing ninth with a 55.19. The mens 4x400 Meter Relay team took fifth place with a time of >3:18.86. J.T. Kuretich cleared 141 ¹ä in the pole vault for his best mark of the season and T.J. Thompson set a career best in the triple jump, taking sixth place with a leap of 451ä.

On the womens side, Carol Merritt broke a decade-old school record in the 400-Meter Dash with a time of 55.90, shaved a few seconds off her own school record in the 200-Meter Dash with a time of 24:36 and then and then the freshman from Raleigh, NC, led Wake Forest to a first place finish in the 4x400-Meter Relay with a school record breaking time of 3:47.31. Nikeya Green, Kelly Brady and Shauna Danos all finished in the top five in the 800-Meter Run. Britton Stackhouse improved her time in the 5,000-Meter Run by almost an entire minute and Catherine Fortin-Major ran a season best time in the 3,000-Meter Steeplechase, taking fourth place with a 11:43.34. Rachel Burns tied for third place in the high jump with a teams best height of 52 ¹ä. Liz Washam took third place in the Pole Vault, clearing 910 ¸ä. Sandra Jenkins placed fifth in the Shot Put with a toss of 4110.75ä and sixth in the Discus Throw with a throw of 1215ä

Meanwhile at the Duke Invitational in Durham, NC, Paul Singleton ran a career best time in the 800-Meter Run, finishing sixth with a time of 1:50.15. Chris Estwanik and Sean Nagorny represented Wake Forest in the Mens 5,000-Meter Run, placing 11th and 12th respectively, while Denise Hefferin was the lone Deacon in the Womens 5,000-Meter Run, taking 13th place with a time of 18:01.96.

The Demon Deacons will return to action next weekend when they travel to Charlotte, NC, to compete in the Charlotte Invitational April 14. Complete results of the Yellow Jacket Invitational are available at www.ramblingwreck.com and complete results from the Duke Invitational are available at www.goduke.com.