The NC State men broke a pair of ACC meet records at the conference indoor track & field championships in Boston tonight. Kris Kornegay-Gober cleared 7'3.75" in the high jump, which also broke the NC State school record.

The distance medley relay team of Bobby Moldovan, Daniel Fretz, Vibushan Sivakumaran, and Ryan Hill ran 9:40.05 to take three seconds off the meet record (and school record) set last year by the Wolfpack. Hill received the baton for the 1600-meter anchor leg in fourth, over five seconds behind leader Virginia, but ran 3:57.34 (about 3:59.0 for a mile) to win by three-and-half seconds. Earlier this season Hill became the first Wolfpack runner to break four minutes in the mile, and two weeks ago ran the fastest indoor time ever by an American collegiate runner in the 3000 meters. (Yes, that's as impressive as it sounds.) He will try to defend his ACC title in the 3000 tomorrow.

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If there is anything we should have learned from Steven by now, it is that RPI is meaningless in actually evaluating basketball teams, and the Pomeroy ratings are the true measure of man. Is it true the ACC is really down this year? As we wind down the non-conference portion of the schedule, here's where we stand:

1. North Carolina (5)
2. Duke (8)
3. Virginia (29)
4. Virginia Tech (35)
5. Florida State (39)
6. Miami (57)
7. NC State (62)
8. Clemson (97)
9. Georgia Tech (103)
10. Maryland (160)
11. Wake Forest (164)
12. Boston College (255)

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