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ACC Indoors:

Men qualified a finalist in the 200M, did not do that last year.

1 point in the women's 5k, that's up from 0 last year.

15 for the men in the 5k, down 1 from last year.

Women did not score in the DMR, down 4.

6th for the men in the DMR is down 5.

Men lost 5 points on the weight throw.

Men gained 1 point on the pole vault.

Men gained 3.5 in the high jump.

Women got 5 in the weight throw, up from 3 last year.

Overall:

Women -1 from last year's 9th place 37 points performance (34 would stay 9th)

Men -7.5 from last year's 4th place 54 point performance (46.5 would be 5th)
 
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Colton Sands won the ACC Title in the 5K, dropping a meet record and beating UVA's champ Gary Martin in the process. This bodes well for the NCAA's, though he may focus on the 3K there.

 
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Looks like Flash Results has added a feature that shows the team scores if every event the rest of the way went by each athlete's SB.

Working off of those, right now the women are projected for a 7th place 44 point finish.

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The men a 47.5 point 7th place finish.

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Paige qualifies for the 800M Finals, DMR had a good run going but Sjoberg didn't have enough in the tank at the end and finished 9th.

Sands picked up 4 points with a 5th place 5k finish.
 
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TAHeel said:
Paige qualifies for the 800M Finals, DMR had a good run going but Sjoberg didn't have enough in the tank at the end and finished 9th.

Sands picked up 4 points with a 5th place 5k finish.
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That DMR looked promising but Sjoberg is not known for her kick in shorter races. Funny race in that is almost always comes down to who has strong runners in the last leg; the other three barely matter.
 
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It depends. If the first leg gets a big enough lead then it will not matter who runs the last leg. In the last Olympics my statement came true. We had one of our strongest runners to run the first leg. She got a big lead and the other teams could not make up the distance because the gap was to big. We won by a land slide.
 
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Tough day for runs, no one ever seemed like they had the juice. Paige 7th, Sjoberg 6th, Sands 10th.
 
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We lost a lot last year. Fatima was a big loss along with some of the field event ladies. If coach can continue to recruit at a high level from the high school ranks plus add on some top tier talent from the portal I think this program will be fine. I just wished that Sjoberg could have been on the team with Fatima and Brynn. We would have had three top 10 runners on the team. Hopefully our freshman and sophomores can get stronger and better during the off season. We need them to make a huge jump like Sands did. By the way, who do we have coming in from high school that is suppose to be really good for both the men's and women's teams in cross country, etc?
 
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NCAA RECORD for UNC

North Carolina runs 10:36.82 in the Distance Medley Relays to win the Penn Relays Wheel. Anchored by a Vera Sjoberg 4:26.15 anchor leg - UNC narrowly outran Stanford for the title.

Relay Legs
1200m - Sydney Masciarelli - 3:16.35
400m - Delea Martins - 53.91
800m - Makayla Paige - 2:00.43
1600m - Vera Sjoberg - 4:26.15



 
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3397char said:
NCAA RECORD for UNC

North Carolina runs 10:36.82 in the Distance Medley Relays to win the Penn Relays Wheel. Anchored by a Vera Sjoberg 4:26.15 anchor leg - UNC narrowly outran Stanford for the title.

Relay Legs
1200m - Sydney Masciarelli - 3:16.35
400m - Delea Martins - 53.91
800m - Makayla Paige - 2:00.43
1600m - Vera Sjoberg - 4:26.15



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Awesome. Saw this on social media a lot which is always nice!
 
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Yeah, but did you not see how much ground MP had to make up to get VS a chance to beat the girl from Stanford at the end. That was a very impressive 3rd leg she ran. The race itself was one of those wow moments. Way to go young ladies. Go Heels!
 
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Wow, very impressive. Thanks for sharing. I am glad she decided to become a Tarheel.
 
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2027 recruit Alesia Potts of Southern Pines, NC is a Heel:



2026 NC 8A indoor champ in the 1000 & 1600, 2026 State 8A indoor MVP. Her 2:50.17 in the 1000 broke the NC HS record that stood for 11 years.

finished 8th in the 8A Cross Country championships earning HM All-State
 
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The ACC Outdoor T&F Championships start tomorrow, It will be the last opportunity for qualifying scores for the NCAA Regionals:

These lists show where we stand currently:
Women:
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TFRRS | 2026 NCAA Div. I East Outdoor List

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Men:
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TFRRS | 2026 NCAA Div. I East Outdoor List

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The rankings shown are national, not regional.

Individuals have to score top 48 in the region in event to qualify for regionals, finish top 12 in teh region to the Championship. and then finish top 8 to be an All-American and score team points.

The women are on track to score some points this year, the men have some serious work to do.
 
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For the ACC Meet, here is where we currently stand in ACC ranks:

Men:
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Women:
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Again, it is top 8 to score team points. There is no one event where we are poised to score significant points, so we will likely be relying on a slow build to a meaningful score,. The women look to be much better positioned for a competitive showing. Onn paper this looks like maybe the worst showing for the men in many years.
 

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Spencer Young scores first for the women in Javelin: 6th place is good for 3 points and All-ACC

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3 points scored for the women in Pole Vault, Maddy Kelly earns All-ACC. That also was a season best and should qualify her for NCAA regionals.

 
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Tomer Tarragano scores 6 points for the men with a 3rd place finish in the 10K last night



Those were our only points on day one.
 
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Vera Sjoberg scores 6 points for the women with a 3rd place finish in the 10K last night



The Heels tally 15 points on day one; not a bad tally, but days 2 & 3 look less promising.
 
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