Bragging rights

The Atlantic Coast Conference's track and field championship started yesterday at the University of Miami. My son, Thomas, is a junior at Wake Forest University and is competing.

Boy, is he competing!

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Junior Thomas Sensing bettered his school-record in the javelin on his way to a second place finish to lead the Wake Forest track & field on the opening day of the 2009 ACC Outdoor Championships at the Cobb Track and Field Facility on the campus of the University of Miami.

Sensing came into the meet with the second-best mark in the conference after he set the school-record of 208-07 at the Auburn Tiger Classic two weeks ago.

On his first attempt on Thursday, he turned in a mark of 222-10 which shattered his previous mark and improved his regional standing. Sensing would finish second in the event behind Matthias Treff of Virginia Tech, who turned in a mark of 239-10 on his final attempt of the event.

This was the first All-ACC honors for Sensing, who also earned points in the shot put last season and in the discus at the 2007 outdoor championships.

"Thomas had a really good performance today," said Wake Forest assistant coach Scott Hall. "He has started to get his technique down the last few weeks and he is throwing with a lot of confidence."

Stephen Castillejo, Jason Raggi and Trey Blanton also competed in the javelin and all three competitors posted solid marks. Castillejo finished 11th with a throw of 172-09, Blanton with 13th at 158-11 and Raggi was right behind him in 14th at 150-10.

Shotput today, discus tomorrow. Thomas did not compete in javelin until this year, which explains why the school's web writers don't have a file photo of him throwing javelin. This is a shot of Thomas throwing discus last year.

Update, 4/18: Discus was today, Thomas placed sixth with a PR of 170 ft, 6 inches. That throw qualified him for the NCAA Regionals, so he'll compete in the Regionals in both javelin and discus.