Men's ACC CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

Florida State Wins Again!!!

The Florida State Seminoles continued their dominance over the ACC. The Seminoles were able to score all over the track from the sprints to distance from jumps to throws. A well balanced attacked by the Florida State men. The meet came down to the last event the men's 4x400 relay in which the Semionles were able to come away winners. The Seminoles were able to claim the title without defending outdoor NCAA Champion Charles Clark and long jump star Ngonidzashe Makusha.

*SPRINTS*

Without Charles Clark to lead the men's sprints core for Florida State, sophomore Maurice Mitchell had to step up and fill the void. Mitchell did that in a big way, doubling in the sprints claiming the 100 and 200 meter title. Mitchell's wind aided times were of 10.11 and 20.25 respectively. Teammate and fellow sophomore Kevin Borlee was able to continue the sprint championship tradition winning with a season's best 45.93.

Football Star Cory Nelms from the University of Miami was able to claim the men's 110 meter hurdles clocking in at 13.82. Senior Brent LaRue of Wake Forest was able claim the men's 400 hurdles title with a 50.85 performance.

The Relays were both won by Florida State, the 4x100 relay had a winning time of 39.77. The team consited of Maurice Mitchell, Brandon Byram, David Ambler and Madanha Chibudu. The Seminoles 4x400 relay consisted of Kevin Borlee, Pablo Navarette, Darrin Gibson and Maurice Mitchell.

*Distance

Indoor NCAA Champion freshman Robby Andrews was unable to carry that success at the conference meet, his teammate sophomnore Lance Roller was able to claim the title in 1:50.79 while Andrews clocked a 1:50.92 effort. Another teammate senior Sintayehu Taye was able to win the men's mile in 3:59.96, the only sub 4 minute performer of the meet. In the 3,000 meter steeplechase Virginia ran out of mid-distance luck Ryan McDermott a junior from Duke claimed the title in 8:56.01 while Virgina junior finished second with a time of 8:56.11.

In the long distance races true freshman Ryan Hill of NC State was able to claim the first distance title of the meet winning the men's 10,000 in 29:32.28. In the 5,000 meter race sophomore William Mulherin of Virginia Tech clocked in at 14:26.55 to claim the crown.

*Field

Missing from the field events was notable star long jumper Makusha from Florida State. However it did not stop the Seminoles as they were still able to go 1-2 in the long jump. Madanha Chibudu claimed the men's long jump title with a mark of 24-11.75, while teammate Marlon Woods was second with 24-7.75. Senior Alphonso Jordan of Georgia Tech was able to go out a champion with a leap of 54-6.50.

Donte Nall was able to leap beyond 6-11.75 to win the men's title for North Carolina, while Yavgeniy Olhovsky claimed the Pole Vault title for Virginia in 18-0.50.

Another senior from Georgia Tech was able to leave a winner, a throw of 62-5.25 was enough for Steve Marcelle to win it. Marcelle was not able to complete a double, finishing second in the men's discus while fellow senior Igor Misljenovic of Virginia Tech claimed the title in 182-02, Marcelle reach 180-08. The winning mark 225-0 for the Javelin Throw was made by junior John Austin of Duke. The highlight of the throwing events was the meet record set in the hammer throw by Marcel Lomnicky of Virginia Tech with a mark of 235-07.

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All around great peformances by the men in every event. Florida State should be an interesting team to watch come this post season and freshman Robby Andrews could rebound in the next major meet or has he met the freshman wall. Our next post will be a Penn Relays preview.