Irish Cap Off Record-Breaking Day at ACC Indoor Championships

Published by Notre Dame SID on February 26th, 2016

BOSTON — For Notre Dame, the second day of the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships at Boston’s Reggie Lewis Center was highlighted by the record-breaking performances of Molly Seidel and Anna Rohrer in the 5,000 meters, as well as a huge breakthrough performance for freshman Matt Birzer in the high jump.

Going into the second day of the heptathlon, Brent Swanberg was in fifth place with 2,959 points. The morning began with the 60 hurdles, where Swanberg ran 8.59 and placed sixth in the field. His time was enough to move him into fourth place in the overall standings. In the pole vault competition, Swanberg finished with a height of 4.45m (14-7.25) for fourth in the field and best his personal mark by five centimeters. In the last event, the 1,000 meters, Swanberg ran 2:44.88, just a second off his personal best. He finished with a career-high 5,364 points, good for third place overall.