406 ACC Student-Athletes Prepared for NCAA Track & Field First-Round Competitions

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – A total of 406 student-athletes from the Atlantic Coast Conference have qualified for the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships first round competitions. The competitions will begin on Wednesday, May 28, and run through Saturday, May 31.
 

The first-round competitions are scheduled for May 28 – 31. The University of North Florida, in Jacksonville, Florida, will host the East first round and Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas, will host the West first round. The qualifiers out of these two regions will compete in the NCAA DI men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championships, held June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.
 

All 35 ACC men’s and women’s track & field programs qualified at least one student-athlete for the national meet. The Virginia women led the way with 25 qualifiers, followed by the Virginia Tech men, who qualified 23 individuals. A total of 22 programs qualified at least 10 student-athletes for postseason competition.
 
Competition for the NCAA first-round competitions will both begin on Wednesday with the men’s hammer throw, with the East beginning at 10 a.m. ET, while the West will get underway at 11 a.m. ET.
 
The complete list of participants is available on the following website. All of the action from both sites will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
Fast Facts

• The Duke men’s and Virginia women’s teams won the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Saturday, May 17.
• The ACC will send 406 student-athletes to participate in the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships first-round competitions held Wednesday, May 28, through Saturday, May 31.
• Six ACC track & field programs were ranked heading into the NCAA first rounds. The Clemson women lead all ACC programs as the No. 16 team in the country. The Tigers were followed by No. 18 Louisville, No. 21 NC State and No. 24 Stanford. On the men’s side, Florida State enters the national championships at No. 19, while Virginia Tech is No. 21.
• California’s Mykolas Alekna broke the World, Collegiate and ACC records in the men’s discus throw on Sunday, April 13, with a throw of 75.56 meters (247-11).
• Louisville’s Jayden Ulrich broke the ACC women’s discus throw record on April 13, with a mark of 69.39 meters (227-8) at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational. Her mark ranks second in collegiate history.
• NC State’s Grace Hartman set the ACC record in the women’s 10,000-meter run on March 27 at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 31:20.60. Hartman also broke the ACC’s 5,000-meter run record at the Duke Twilight on May 4, clocking in at 14:58.11, which is the second-fastest time in collegiate history.
• North Carolina’s Parker Wolfe set the ACC 5,000-meter run record on May 17, with a time of 13:13.49 at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
• North Carolina’s Ethan Strand broke the ACC’s 1,500-meter run record at the Duke Twilight on May 4, with a time of 3:33.22.
• Florida State’s Micahi Danzy ran a 44.38 in the men’s 400-meters to set the ACC record at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
• Louisville’s Geoffrey Kirwa broke the ACC record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a world-leading time of 8:13.89 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.
• Stanford’s Alyssa Jones rewrote the ACC record book in the women’s long jump with a leap of 6.81 meters (22-4.25) on April 4. The mark broke a 31-year-old ACC record, the longest-standing ACC Women’s Track & Field record to begin the 2025 season.
• Virginia’s Margot Appleton broke the ACC record in the women’s 1,500-meter run on March 27, clocking a time of 4:05.68 at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Cal’s Mykolas Alekna, Louisville’s Geoffrey Kirwa and North Carolina’s Ethan Strand were named to The Bowerman’s Men’s Pre-Outdoor Conference Championships Watch List. North Carolina’s Parker Wolfe and Virginia’s Gary Martin also received votes. Louisville’s Jayden Ulrich was the ACC’s lone representative on The Bowerman’s Women’s Pre-Outdoor Conference Championships Watch List, announced on Wednesday, May 7. Notre Dame’s Jadin O’Brien and Virginia’s Margot Appleton also received votes.