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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech pole vaulter Martina Schultze was named ACC Women’s Field Performer of the year while Virginia Tech thrower Tomas Kruzliak was named the ACC Men’s Field Performer of the Year after stellar outdoor track & field seasons as announced by the ACC office on Friday afternoon.

This season, Schultze earned first-team All-America honors after finishing with the bronze medal in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 14-3.25 (4.35m). Schultze is now a six-time All-American in the pole vault. The Uhingen, Germany, native won her fifth ACC pole vault championship (2012 Outdoor, 2013 Indoor, 2013 Outdoor, 2014 Indoor, 2014 Outdoor) with a mark of 14-4.25 (4.38m) in April’s ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Schultze became only the second woman in ACC track and field history to win three straight outdoor titles.

Kruzliak, a sophomore from Nitra, Slovakia, notched first-team All-America honors and a top-five finish for the second straight season in the hammer throw with a fifth-place toss of 69.47m (227-11) in the NCAA finals. In just two years with the Hokies, Kruzliak has been named an All-American three times. The 2013 NCAA champion and ACC Freshman of the Year repeated as ACC Field Performer of the Year following a season in which he placed third in the East Regional Preliminaries with a throw of 225-6 and took the gold medal in the ACC Championships with a throw of 214-4.

2014 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Season Honors

Men’s Track Performer of the Year – Dentarius Locke, Florida State

Men’s Field Performer of the Year – Tomas Kruzliak, Virginia Tech

Men’s Freshman of the Year - Filip Mihaljevic, Virginia

Men’s Coach of the Year – Bob Braman, Florida State

Women’s Track Performer of the Year – Juliet Bottorff, Duke

Women’s Field Performer of the Year – Martina Schultze, Virginia Tech

Women’s Freshman of the Year – Shakima Wimbley, Miami

Women’s Coach of the Year – Joe Piane, Notre Dame

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