DURHAM, N.C. – Georgia Tech track & field competed at the final day of the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday. Yellow Jacket women turned in four podium performances courtesy of Nicole Fegans, Taylor Grimes, Shanty Papakosta and Lydia Troupe, securing All-ACC first team honors in the process.
The first All-ACC first team honor came by way of Grimes in the 100m hurdles. She qualified on Friday with a personal best of 13.37 and matched that time on Saturday to come in second. This is the second All-ACC performance for Grimes. She was All-ACC second team in the long jump during the 2020 indoor season.
Troupe was the next to step atop the podium when she came in third in the 400m hurdles. The performance was a personal best for Troupe. Her previous best came on Thursday during prelims when she ran a 1:00.14. Troupe proceeded to smash that personal best in finals clocking in at 58.90, improving her personal best by 1.24 seconds.
The now two-time All-ACC performer, Papakosta placed second in the high jump, setting a new personal best of 1.79m (5-10 ½) wile not missing a jump before the height she went out on. Papakosta narrowly missed the podium during indoor season, placing fourth. She stormed back with a vengeance to secure second at the outdoor championships.
As she has become all too accustomed to, Fegans notched yet another All-ACC first team performance on the night. She was at the front of the pack the whole race. Never dropping below the top three. Fegans would eventually settle into third place.