Track and Field Meet Preview: Great Dane Invitational

Friday, January 28

Staten Island, N.Y.

12 PM

University of Delaware

Great Dane Invitational

Track and Field Meet Preview: Great Dane Invitational

1/27/2022 12:00:00 PM | Track & Field

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
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» Head coach Ryan Waite will take 38 Blue Hen athletes with him and will head back to Staten Island, N.Y. Friday to compete in the Great Dane Invitational hosted by UAlbany inside Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.

» Delaware opened the 2022 calendar year with a strong start at the MLK Day Invitational on Jan. 17. Chioma Njoku, Tina Capparell and Kosie Nkwonta headlined the Blue & Gold with outstanding performances in their respective events.

» To capture a first-place finish, Njoku shattered her own school record in the weight throw with a toss of 18.73m (61' 5.5"). She beat her previous mark of 18.35m (60' 2.5") set on Feb. 27, 2021.

» In the mile run event, Capparell became the ninth-fastest performer in school history after earning first place with a personal-best time of 4:58.64. Nkwonta's fourth-place finish in the shot put (13.09m (42' 11.5")) placed her name in the record books earning the ninth slot.

» Delaware will enter Friday's meet slated to compete in 14 events starting at 12 p.m.

THE BLUEPRINT
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Friday, Jan. 28, 12 p.m.
at Great Dane Invitational hosted by UAlbany (Staten Island, N.Y., Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex)

Blue Hens competing
Alyssa Armor, Melady Brown, Makiyah Cannon-Price, Capparell, Bethany Clement, Alana Cohen, Carolyn Coletti, Sarah Daniels, Aja Davis, Shylehn Ebuenga-Smith, Katie Hally, Jessica Harding, Gabrielle Holliday, Meredith Krieger, Roshelle Leaks, Alicia Lehman, Mayson Light, Hannah Lindgren, Myrissa McFolling-Young, Sarah Megivern, Ruby Mullen, Njoku, Nkwonta, Kamylin Padgham, Jessica Pidgeon, Marie-Frederique Poulin, Roxanne Ramirez, Kate Rathman, Carly Schmidt, Nicole Schneider, Halima Scott, Jalynn Sharp, Mackenzie Stephens, Trinity Tapper, Julien Webster and Susanna Weir

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Order of Events – All events are Women followed by men fast to slow except where noted
TENTATIVE MEET SCHEDULE – may be updated after entries/scratches
Track 12:00 pm start ** (All events - women/men) Meet will run on schedule through 5,000m
12:00 pm 60m HH Qualifying (seeds above #24) (Top 8 advance)
12:20 pm 60m Qualifying (seeds above #24) (Top 8 Advance)
12:50 pm 60m HH Men followed by Women Prelims – Top 24 seeds + top 8 from qualifying
1:20 pm 60m Prelims – Top 24 seeds + top 8 from qualifying
1:40 pm 60m HH Women followed by Men Finals –Top 8 from Prelims
1:50 pm 60m Finals –Top 8 from Prelims
2:00 pm 5,000m Final – One Section each (Top 25 entries)
Running Schedule - One Mile Run, 400m, 500m, 800m, 1,000m, 200m, 3,000m, 4x400m relay

Field Events (women then men except for High Jump, Long Jump, & Triple Jump)
12:00 pm Women's Weight Throw (men – 30 minutes upon completion of women)
12:00 pm Women's Pole Vault (men – 1 hour after Women's Pole Vault)
12:00 pm Both Men's & Women's Long Jump (dual pits) (Men are on the sprint/hurdle side pit, Women are on the track side pit) Both Men's & Women's Triple Jump (dual pits) (30 minutes after Long Jump) (Men are on the sprint/hurdle side pit, Women are on the track side pit) Women's Shot Put (women followed by men) (30 minutes after men's Weight)
5:00 pm Both Men's & Women's High Jump (dual pits)
**All times are approximate

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