Track & Field Opens 2022 Outdoor Season at Fred Hardy Invitational

Friday, March 18

Richmond, Va.

9:30 a.m.

University of Delaware

Fred Hardy Invitational

Track & Field Opens 2022 Outdoor Season at Fred Hardy Invitational

3/18/2022 8:00:00 PM | Track & Field

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Delaware track & field team used the momentum of their dominating performance at the ECAC Indoor Championships and carried it over to open the 2022 outdoor season at the Fred Hardy Invitational hosted by Richmond University Friday (Mar. 18). The Blue Hens won seven events at the invitational led by Marie-Frederique Poulin and Megan Albamonti. Poulin won the 400m hurdles, posting a new school record time of 59.79, which ranks eighth in the NCAA East Region and 14th nationally. Albamonti won the javelin with a throw of 47.03m (154-03), a mark that ranks 12th in the NCAA East Region and 25th in the country.

Halima Scott won the 200m with a time of 24.50 while Shylehn Ebuenga-Smith (25.63) and Kamylin Padgham (25.77) took fifth and sixth place, respectively.

Katie Hally won the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 11:40.66 while Samantha Side followed in second with a time of 11:42.30.

The Blue Hen 4x100 relay team of Trinity Tapper, Padgham, Ebuenga-Smith and Aja Davis crossed the finish line first with a time of 46.87.

Destiny DeBlock headlined the Blue & Gold in the high jump, leaping 1.60m (5'3") to earn a first-place finish. Alicia Lehman shined in the long jump with a 5.76m (18' 10.75") to win the event, moving her mark tied for fourth on the UD all-time performers list.

NOTABLE BLUE HEN PERFORMANCES

Track Events

Field Events

100 meters finals
Daja Merritt (13.06, sixth place), Joana Opong-Duah (13.41, 10th place), Danielle Rochester (13.67, 12th place)
200 meter finals
Scott (24.50, first place), Ebuenga-Smith (25.63, fifth place), Padgham (25.77, sixth), Lehman (26.21, 13th place), Merritt (27.17, 20th place), DeBlock (27.20, 21st place), Melady Brown (27.25, 22nd place), Makiyah Cannon-Price (28.30, 24th place), Mayson Light (28.67, 26th place)
400 meters finals
Alyssa Armor (1:00.09, 10th place), Brown (1:03.74, 20th place)
1500 meters finals
Danielle Eshelman (4:48.02, 14th place), Carolyn Coletti (4:49.45, 17th place), Nicole Schneider (4:54.27, 28th place), Sarah Kimak (4:57.78, 34th place), Marissa Dailey (5:02.02, 39th place), Alicia Lenoir (5:19.48, 51st place)
5000 meters finals
Sarah Daniels (17:36.59, second place)
100 hurdles
Lehman (15.80, fourth place), DeBlock (16.25, eighth place), Light (18.09, 12th place), Cannon-Price (18.29, 16th place)
400 hurdles
Poulin (59.79, first place), Carly Schmidt (1:04.33, fourth place)
4x400 Relay
Poulin, Armor, Schmidt, Coletti (3:57.07, third place)

Pole Vault
Cierra Crane (3.65m 11' 11.75", seventh place), Meredith Krieger (3.35m, 10' 11.75", 11th place) Sarah Megivern (3.05m 10' 0", 15th place)
Long Jump
Lehman (5.76m, 18' 10.75", first place), Danielle Rochester (5.10m, 16' 8.75", t-13th place) Light (4.96m, 16' 3.25", 19th place), DeBlock (4.93m, 16' 2.25", 20th place)
Triple Jump
Ruby Mullen (11.19m 36' 8.5, eighth place), Biola Adeleye (10.71m, 35' 1.75", 11th place)
Shot Put
Kosie Nkwonta (12.73m, 41' 9.25", fourth place)
Discus Throw
Gabrielle Holliday (43.19m, 141' 8", second), Bethany Clement (38.10m, 125' 0", sixth place)
Hammer Throw
Chioma Njoku (53.57m, 175' 9", third place), Clement (48.98m, 160' 8", sixth place), Mackenzie Stephens (45.65m, 149' 9", eighth place)

WHAT'S NEXT
The Blue Hens will return to action for a three-day meet starting Thursday (Mar. 24) at the Raleigh Relays, hosted by NC State in Raleigh, N.C.

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