University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Thursday, February 27
South Bend, IN
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2020 ACC Indoor Championships
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ACC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Feb. 27-29 | Host: Notre Dame
South Bend, IN | Loftus Sports Center
PITTSBURGH – Twenty-nine members of the Pitt track and field team will compete at the 2020 ACC Indoor Championships, running from Thursday to Saturday at the Loftus Sports Center in South Bend, IN hosted by Notre Dame.
HOW TO FOLLOW
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
RANKING THE PANTHERS
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Feb. 27-29 | Host: Notre Dame
South Bend, IN | Loftus Sports Center
PITTSBURGH – Twenty-nine members of the Pitt track and field team will compete at the 2020 ACC Indoor Championships, running from Thursday to Saturday at the Loftus Sports Center in South Bend, IN hosted by Notre Dame.
HOW TO FOLLOW
- Live results will be available HERE
- A live stream on ACC Network Extra can be watched HERE on Friday from 2-8 pm and HERE on Saturday from noon until the conclusion of the meet.
- For all other information about the meet, visit the ACC's Championship Central.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- The Panthers' slate kicks off Thursday with the pentathlon at 11:00 a.m. followed by the heptathlon at 12:00 p.m. The men's distance medley relay will run at 7 p.m., followed by the women's at 7:30 p.m.
- Friday's events for Pitt will start with women's high jump at 12:00 p.m. and will run all day through the men's high jump at 6:15 p.m.
- Championships Saturday will begin with the men's 60 meter hurdles at 12:00 p.m. and conclude with the women's 4x400m relay at 3:50 p.m.
- The full schedule of events can be found at the ACC's Championship Central.
- The Florida State and Virginia Tech men enter this year's event as the defending ACC co-champions, while Miami is the reigning women's champion.
- After being ranked No. 1 nationally much of this season, the FSU men enter this week's meet holding the No. 9 spot in the latest USTFCCCA rankings to lead all ACC teams, while Virginia Tech is the highest ranked women's team at No 18. The Virginia Tech men are currently ranked No. 17 nationally, while Virginia holds the No. 20 spot. Notre Dame's women hold a No. 25 ranking.
- Three student-athletes enter this week's competition ranked No. 1 nationally in their respective events after setting ACC records in recent weeks.
RANKING THE PANTHERS
- Several Panthers rank in the top 10 among ACC performances entering the league championships:
- Greg Lauray, high jump (2nd, 2.23m)
- Noah Walker, weight throw (3rd, 19.84m)
- Shyheim Wright, 60m hurdles (3rd, 7.67)
- Lonzell Feagin, 400m (6th, 47.46)
- Drew Glick, 800m (7th, 1:50.75)
- Nick Wolk, 5000m (10th, 14:09.19)
- 4x400m relay (7th, 3:16.26)
- Distance medley relay (8th, 9:51.86)
- Eddita Pessima, 60m hurdles (2nd, 8.23)
- Taylor Middleton, long jump (5th, 6.06m)
- Nikki Scherer, 400m (8th, 53.80)
- 4x400m relay (4th, 3:41.15)
- The Panthers will vie for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships qualification, set for Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, at the Albuquerque Convection Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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