Track & Field Closes Out Indoor Regular-Season at David Hemery Valentine Invite

Friday, February 11

Boston, Mass.

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David Hemery Valentine Invite

Track & Field Closes Out Indoor Regular-Season at David Hemery Valentine Invite

2/13/2022 11:52:00 AM | Track & Field

BOSTON, Mass. – The University of Delaware track and field team closed out their indoor regular-season Friday (Feb. 11) at the David Hemery Valentine Invite hosted by Boston University inside BU's Track and Tennis Center.

"This was our best meet of the year as a team. There were so many great moments, but a couple performances especially stand out," said head coach Ryan Waite. "Obviously Chioma breaking her own school record was huge and it was really fun to see Trinity and Aja go 1-2 in the 60. Also Myrissa's shot put, Susanna's mile, Halima and Marie's 400, and the 4x4 were all highlights. But even outside those who recorded top-10 all-time marks or ECAC qualifiers, there was generally improvement across all event groups. That's really encouraging as we close out the regular season for indoors."

To capture a second-place finish, Njoku shattered her own school record in the weight throw with a toss of 19.02m (62' 5"). She beat her previous mark of 18.73m (61' 5.5"), a mark she set earlier this season at the MLK Day Invitational on Jan. 17, 2022. Myrissa McFolling-Young and Kosie Nkwonta both wrote their names in the history books after putting together shining performances in the shot put event. McFolling-Young's second place mark of 14.11m 46' 31/2 moved her into second place while Nkwonta's fourth-place mark of 13.26m 43' 6" moved her into sixth place in school history.

Trinity Tapper (7.61) and Aja Davis (7.62) claimed first and second place, respectively, in the 60 meter dash. Davis' mark moved her into the number four slot in the program's history books. Halima Scott led the Blue Hens in the 400 meters with a second-place finish (54.83) and in the 200 meters with a fifth-place finish (24.61). Marie-Frederique Poulin also made her appearance in the 400 meters with a fourth-place finish (55.46) sit in fourth place in program history.

Weir was the lone runner in the mile run with a time of 4:55.83 (62nd place), which was good enough to be the number six performer in the record books in the event. Alicia Lehman's second place finish in the long jump (5.69m 18' 8") moves her into the sixth slot in program history.

NOTABLE BLUE HEN PERFORMANCES

Track Events

Field Events

60 meter dash preliminaries
Davis (7.65Q, first place), Tapper (7.68q, fourth place), Shylehn Ebuenga-Smith (8.03, 20th place), Kamylin Padgham (8.18, 25th place)
400 meter dash
Scott (54.83, second place), Marie-Frederique Poulin (55.46, fourth place), Alyssa Armor (59.03, 70th place), Jalynn Sharp (59.19, 76th place), Mayson Light (1:02.53, 154th place)
Mile Run
Weir (4:55.83, 62nd place)
800 meter run
Jessica Harding (2:13.96, 46th place), Carolyn Coletti (2:19.39, 88th place), Roxanne Ramirez (2:19.84, 92nd place)
200 meter dash
Scott (24.61, fifth), Tapper (25.05, 21st place), Padgham (25.32, 35th place), Davis (25.74, 68th place), Ebuenga-Smith (25.96, 84th place), Roshelle Leaks (26.04, 89th place)
3000 meter run
Tina Capparell (9:50.04, 59th place), Sarah Daniels (10:03.65, 91st place)
5000 meter run unseeded
Katie Hally (18:17.72, 25th place)
4x400m Relay
Poulin, Scott, Sharp, Armor (3:47.52, sixth place)

High Jump
Destiny DeBlock (1.56m 5' 11/4, 23rd place)
Pole Vault
Cierra Crane (3.45m 11' 33/4, t-9th place), Meredith Krieger (3.30m, 10' 10", t-16th place, Sarah Megivern (3.30m 10' 10", t-16th place)
Long Jump
Lehman (5.69m 18' 8", second place), Leaks (5.26m 17' 31/4, 15th place), Danielle Rochester (4.64m 15' 23/4, 30th place)
Triple Jump
Ruby Mullen (11.19m 36' 81/2, 14th place)
Shot Put
McFolling-Young (14.11m 46' 31/2, second place), Nkwonta (13.26m 43' 6", fourth place)
Weight Throw
Njoku (19.02m 62' 5", second place), Bethany Clement (15.15m 49' 81/2, 12 place), Gabrielle Holliday (15.06m 49' 5", 14th place), Nkwonta (13.91m 45' 73/4, 21st place), Mackenzie Stephens (13.35m 43' 93/4, 23rd place)

WHAT'S NEXT
The Blue Hens will return to action for a two-day meet starting Saturday (Mar. 5) at the ECAC Championships in Boston, Mass.

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