April 21, 2012
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Each of Wake Forest's women's relay squads posted top-10 finishes at the University of Virginia's Lannigan Field on Saturday afternoon during the final day of the 2012 ACC Outdoor Championships.
The 4x100m team of Anneve Waithe, Myesha Barr, Montasia Golden and Mytoia Gathings battled their way to a seventh-place finish with a time of 46.69, a slightly better time than the team posted three weeks ago at the Winston-Salem State Invitational and the best time by any squad in the event this season.
Gathings and Barr pulled double duty in the relays, pairing with Brianna Dekine and Molly Binder in the 4x400m event and posting a ninth-place run. Their time of 3:49.47 was by far the best of any Wake Forest combination in the event this year, besting their closest competitors by more than seven seconds.
The women's team finished 12th overall in the final standings with 14 points. Clemson dominated the final day of competition and earned 143 of their 180 total points during Saturday's events to emerge as the champions. Host Virginia took second with 100 points and Florida State earned third place with 75.
The Deacs are currently scheduled to be back in action beginning next Friday at the Highlander Invitational in Radford, Va., at the Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium.
Following is an event-by-event recap of Wake Forest's action from the final day of the 2012 ACC Outdoor Championships.
1,500m Run (Finals)
After advancing to the finals with a pair of superb performances on Friday, Caitlin Crawford and Casey Fowler finished sixth and 11th, respectively, in the 1,500m run on Saturday. Crawford finished in 4:33.36 while Fowler posted a time of 4:35.59.
5,000m Run
Melanie Powers and Kaitlyn Oliver, two of Wake's best distance specialists, led the Deacs in the 5,000m run. Powers finished 18th after a run of 17:32.04 and Oliver took 22nd in 17:40.51. Each of those times represents new personal-bests for the duo.
4x100m Relay
Anneve Waithe, Myesha Barr, Montasia Golden and Mytoia Gathings finished the course in 46.69 and landed a seventh-place finish.
4x400m Relay
Brianna Dekine, Molly Binder, Mytoia Gathings and Myesha Barr sped through the 1,600m relay and grabbed ninth place overall with a final time of 3:49.47.
High Jump
Nyki Caldwell, who has had a strong freshman season for Wake Forest, jumped to a height of 5-5 (1.65m) to match her personal-best mark in the event and finish 11th overall.
Triple Jump
Montasia Golden came very close to toppling Erin Brooks's school record in the triple jump with a leap of 40-11.75 (12.49m) to earn tenth place. Her jump was more than two feet further than her previous personal-best in the event.
