{"id":272031,"date":"2026-05-15T09:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/272031\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:28:19","slug":"blade-crowned-acc-champion-sets-meet-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/272031\/","title":{"rendered":"Blade Crowned ACC Champion, Sets Meet Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOUISVILLE, Ky.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Florida State track and field teams wrapped up opening day of the 2026 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Kentucky at Cardinal Stadium, highlighted by Rylee Blade<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

True\u00a0freshman Blade captured gold in the women’s\u00a010,000 meters\u00a0with a\u00a0new meet record time of 32:32.75. Blade\u00a0became the second person in program history to capture gold in the event and the first\u00a0freshman\u00a0in FSU history to be crowned\u00a010k\u00a0champion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alexa Schwartz<\/a> secured\u00a0four points for Florida State after placing fourth\u00a0in the women’s javelin throw\u00a0with a mark of 47.72 meters, marking the highest finish in the event since 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Florida State had\u00a0six\u00a0athletes\u00a0advance to Saturday’s final out of prelims, by finishing in the top nine of their respective events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shenese Walker<\/a> placed second in the women’s 200 with a time of 22.91, marking her fourth ACC final appearance in the event. Oludoyin Soremi<\/a> qualified for her first ACC final after finishing with the sixth-fastest qualifying time at 23.16. Lucy May Sleeman<\/a> took the seventh qualifying time at 23.19.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Neo Mosebi<\/a> led the men’s sprints finishing fourth with a new personal-best and qualifying time of 20.55. Durian Moss<\/a> qualified in sixth with a\u00a0career-best\u00a0time of 20.74.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Suus Altorf<\/a> secured a spot in the women’s 1,500 final after placing 11th with a time of 4:17.82. Nicole Dinan<\/a>\u00a0finished\u00a0her evening\u00a0in 15th\u00a0with a time of 4:18.91.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The women’s team sits in\u00a0sixth with 14 points, while the men’s team will begin scoring action tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Competition on Friday starts with the men’s shotput at 3:30 p.m.\u00a0All sessions will air on the ACC Network Extra, and live timing will be available on\u00a0Flash<\/a> Results.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

NOLE SUMMARY\u00a0<\/p>\n

-Women’s Javelin\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alexa Schwartz<\/a>|\u00a05th|\u00a047.72m\u00a0<\/p>\n

-Women’s 200-meters\u00a0prelims\u00a0<\/p>\n

*Shenese Walker<\/a>\u00a0|2nd|\u00a022.91\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

*Oludoyin Soremi<\/a>|\u00a06th\u00a0|\u00a023.16\u00a0<\/p>\n

*Lucy May Sleeman<\/a> | 7th | 23.19\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Liana Tyson<\/a> | 17th | 23.76\u00a0<\/p>\n

-Men’s 200-meters\u00a0prelims\u00a0<\/p>\n

*Neo Mosebi<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a04th\u00a0|\u00a020.55 (PB)\u00a0<\/p>\n

*Durian Moss<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|6th |\u00a0(PB)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amare Williams<\/a> | 14th | 21.07\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

-Women’s 1,500-meters\u00a0prelims\u00a0<\/p>\n

*Suus Altorf<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a011th|4:17.82\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nicole Dinan<\/a> | 15th | 4:18.91\u00a0<\/p>\n

-Women’s 10,000-meters\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rylee Blade<\/a>\u00a0|1st|32:35.72\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Follow Florida State cross country\u00a0and track and field\u00a0on X and Instagram (FSU_Track).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOUISVILLE, Ky.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Florida State track and field teams wrapped up opening day of the 2026 ACC Outdoor Track…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-272031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}