GREENSBORO, N.C. – Bringing in some more hardware to their already stacked bookshelves, Virginia Tech's Jacory Patterson and Dave Cianelli were honored on Thursday as the ACC's Indoor Track Performer of the Year and Coach of the Year, as announced by the league office.
Patterson broke his own record in the men's 400 meters with his bronze medal time of 45.14 at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The time topped Patterson's earlier record of 45.24 set during the regular season. Patterson earned Most Valuable Men's Track Performer at the ACC Indoor Championships as he led the Hokies to the team title with a meet record 400 time of 45.28, and he also placed first in the 200 meters with a time of 20.62.
Cianelli was voted the ACC Men's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year for the fifth time and earned his 15th overall ACC coaching honor. The Hokies won the team title at the ACC Championships with 136 points for a 55-point margin of victory – the largest since the conference expanded to 15 teams in 2013-14. Virginia Tech had five men's event champions and claimed 11 first-team All-ACC honors, including Patterson's two while earning the Most Valuable Men's Track Performer award.
Tech begins its outdoor season this weekend, competing at three meets starting on Thursday.
