(via hokiesports.com) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia Tech men’s track & field team won its first ever outdoor Atlantic Coast Conference championship as it held off seven-time defending champion Florida State as competition concluded Saturday at the 2012 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Lannigan Field on the campus of the University of Virginia.
“This is really special. Florida State has such a great program, great athletes and great coaches and they set the standard very high for this conference,” said Tech director of track & field and cross country Dave Cianelli. “To be able to win an outdoor conference championship for the first time is definitely special for our program.”
The Hokies won the ACC title with 153.5 points, 4.5 points clear of second place FSU (149). Virginia (113) was third, followed by North Carolina (94.5), Clemson (78), Duke (59), NC State (58), Maryland (31), Wake Forest (28), Georgia Tech (26), Miami (22) and Boston College (4).
For more on the Hokies’ victory and the Hokie women’s fourth-place finish, visit the following link at hokiesports.com:
Hokie men capture first ever ACC Outdoor Championship
Congrats! Running faster, jumping higher, and throwing farther!
Nice to see other programs at Tech doing well.
VT Highjumper Ronnie Black, was NCAA All American but did not finish in top ten in this?
WooooHoooo
and we did it at UVA ! !
Bill Brill continues to spin in his grave – no disrespect directed at his death but rather his hatred of my beloved university.
Fantastic….I was a track and cross country runner back when we were in the Southern Conference…….we have come a long way baby…….congratulations to all the Tech athletes. VT – 64
We are ACC Champs!