Blue Hens Take Home CAA Championship

Friday, May 3

Elon, NC

University of Delaware

CAA Outdoor Championships

Photo by: CAA

5/4/2019 7:00:00 PM | Track & Field

Final Results

ELON, N.C. – All year long, head coach Wendy McFarlane-Smith talked about the energy and camaraderie around this year's University of Delaware track & field team.

That surely was on display this weekend with 24 different student-athletes scoring points for a total team effort that brought the Blue Hens their first CAA Championship since 2014, second overall CAA Championship and fifth all-time conference championship.

"It's hard to put things into words right now. I woke up two days ago with a gut feeling about this group and to see the efforts put forth all weekend, it was incredible," McFarlane-Smith said.

Seniors Alexis Lipnicky (javelin) and Jeanette Bendolph (800m), along with freshman Halima Scott (200m) all took home individual gold for the Blue Hens. In total, Delaware claimed 16 different medals, three gold, six silver and seven bronze.

"From day one, this team was all in and pushing each other every single day. Today, we saw the benefits of that hard work and that mentality and leadership. When you're working for something bigger than yourself, that's what it really is all about," McFarlane-Smith added.

Lipnicky got things started on Friday night, unleashing a personal-best throw of 143' 1" to win the javelin by exactly one centimeter.

On Saturday, Bendolph blistered the track for a meet record in the 800m, clipping the line in 2:08.69, it's the fourth-fastest time in school history and nearly two seconds better than her previous personal best.

Scott had an incredible debut meet for the Blue Hens, starting with a second-place finish in the 400m with a time of 54.08. With just a few events left and her team ahead narrowly, the freshman stepped to the track and won the 200m to help clinch the team title.

The point scorers for Delaware included:

100m
Roshelle Leaks – 5^th– 12.20 (4)

200m
Halima Scott – 1^st– 23.99 (10)
Roshelle Leaks – 6^th– 24.67 (3)

400m
Halima Scott – 2^nd– 54.08 (8)
Sydni Stovall – 6^th– 56.27 (3)

800m
Jeanette Bendolph – 1^st– 2:08.69 (meet record) (10)
Michaela Meyer – 3^rd– 2:09.36 (6)

1500m
Valerie Romero – 4^th– 4:38.86 (5)

5000m
Diana Dunn – 5^th– 17:47.06 (4)
Mackenzie Jones – 7^th– 18:01.36 (2)
Roxanne Ramirez – 8^th– 18:53.25 (1)

10000m
Stephanie Bazan – 3^rd– 37:30.95 (6)

100m hurdles
Olivia Goncerz – 3^rd– 14.28 (6)
Carlyn McGrath – 4^th– 14.41 (5)

400m hurdles
Taliah Cintron – 2^nd– 1:000.09 (8)
Carly Pettipaw – 7^th– 2:04.49 (2)

3000m steeple
Susanna Weir – 2^nd– 10:51.39 (8)
Analise Kaminski – 3^rd– 10:55.25 (6)
Roxanne Raimrez – 4^th– 10:59.64 – (5)
Lauren Zodl – 5^th– 11:03.08 (4)

4x100
Rochester/Pinkney/Leaks/Scott – 45.93 – 2^nd (8)

4x400
Khoury/Stovall/Armor/Meyer – 3:43.29 – 3^rd(6)

Pole Vault
Ashley Bailey – 2^nd– 4.10m, 13' 5 ¼" (8)

Long Jump
Roshelle Leaks – 3^rd– 19' 5 ½" (6)

Triple Jump
Halimah Roberson – 2^nd– 40' 9 ¾" (8)
Ruby Mullen – 5^th– 39' ¼" (4)

Discus
Myrissa McFolling-Young – 151' 3" – 4^th(5)

Javelin
Alexis Lipnicky – 1^st– 143' 1", 43.62m (10)

Heptathlon
Carlyn McGrath – 3^rd– 4499 (6)
Sofia Janotti – 4^th– 4451 (5)