March 19, 2008

Wake Forest Open Fan Program

Tenative Schedule of Events

Kentner Stadium Records

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Beginning on Friday, March 21, the Demon Deacon Track & Field team will host the 2008 Wake Forest Open, an event featuring over 1400 athletes from 60 different schools and organizations.

Top student-athletes from around the nation will get to compete head-to-head with several unattached standouts, including 2004 Olympic Trials Finalist Brian Chaput (Javelin) and Ghana Olympian sprinter Tanko Braimah. Lela V. Nelson, who recently finished 11th in the Long Jump event at the World Indoor Championships, along with internationally ranked heptathletes Chris Helwick and Chris Boyles will also participate at Wake Forest Open events.

Three teams that finished in last year's Division I Top 25 Outdoor Rankings (USTFCCCA) will be competing this weekend, including North Carolina, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. There will also be top Division II competition, including Findlay and Indiana University of Pennsylvania who both finished in the Top 25 at the end of the 2007 Outdoor season.

All events will take place at Kentner Stadium on the Wake Forest campus. Results will be posted on WakeForestSports.com.

Participation List/Abbreviation Key

APPS Appalachian State
ARMY  Army
BLOM Bloomsburg
CTFC Carolina T&FC
CAC Carrboro AC
CONC Concord
CORN Cornell
DETC Deacon TC
DUKE Duke
ECU East Carolina
ELON Elon
EC Erskine College
FIND Findlay
FRED Fredonia State
GT Georgia Tech
HAMP Hampton
HPU High Point
HOW Howard
IUP Indiana U of Pen
IWU Indiana Wesleyan
JMU James Madison
JCSU Johnson C. Smith
LMC Lees-McRae LIU Long Island
MALO Malone College
MAR Marietta College
MTC Marion Track Club
UMES Maryland Eastern Shore
MAE Mid Atlantic Elite
MRST Morgan State
MSMU Mount St. Mary's
NIKE Nike
NSU Norfolk State
NORF Norfolk State
UNC North Carolina
NCAT North Carolina A&T
NDSU North Dakota State
OHIO Ohio
PENN Pennsylvania
RAD Radford
RLTC Red Line Athletics
REEB Reebok
RICH Richmond
RMU Robert Morris
ROWA Rowan
SHAW Shawnee State
SHOR Shore AC
SCSW Southern Conn St
TGR Team Good River
UNA Unattached
UNCG UNC Greensboro
NCCT UNC Club Track
USAF US Air Force
VCU Virginia Commonwealth
VT Virginia Tech
VWC Virginia Wesleyan
WF Wake Forest
WJU Wheeling Jesuit
WSSU Winston-Salem State
WSTC WSSU TC
WVWC WV Wesleyan
WVTC WVU TC

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