Trio of Blue Hens Add Their Names to Track & Field’s Record Books at Larry Ellis Invite

Friday, April 15

Princeton, N.J.

2 p.m.

University of Delaware

Larry Ellis Invite

Trio of Blue Hens Add Their Names to Track & Field’s Record Books at Larry Ellis Invite

4/16/2022 5:32:00 PM | Track & Field

PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Delaware track and field team headed up to Princeton, N.J. for the two-day Larry Ellis Invite, hosted by Princeton University (Apr. 15-16). The Blue Hens trio of Tina Capparell, Susanna Weir and Jessica Harding led the way by rewriting the program's history books in their respective events.

Capparell set a new school record in the 3000m steeplechase after running a personal best time of 10:31.97, which was good enough for fifth place at the invitational. Weir ran a PR time of 4:31.48 in the 1500m (25th place), a time that now sits seventh in program history. Harding finished the 800m run in a new personal best time of 2:11.07 (12th place), which now sits in eighth place in UD history.

Winning her heat that placed her fifth overall in the 100m with a time of 11.92 was Aja Davis while Alicia Lehman leaped 5.59m (18-4 ¼) to finish the long jump in sixth place for the Blue Hens.

The 4x100 relay team consisting of Trinity Tapper, Shylehn Ebuenga-Smith, Kamylin Padgham and Davis finished the race in 46.36 to place third in the event.

NOTABLE BLUE HEN PERFORMANCES

Track Events	Field Events
100 meters Ebuenga-Smith (12.58, 27th place) 200 meters Tapper (25.30, 13th place) 5000 meters final Julien Webster (18:00.05, 19th place) 5000 meters unseeded Hannah Lindgren (17:27.76, third place) 400 meters hurdles Lehman (1:09.54, 24th place)	Triple Jump Ruby Mullen (10.88, 14th place) Discus Throw Gabrielle Holliday (41.65, 12th place) Hammer Throw Bethany Clement (53.55, eighth place), Mackenzie Stephens (47.64, 13th place), Emily Eckard (45.50, 17th place)

WHAT'S NEXT
The Blue Hens will return to action next Friday for a two-day meet (Apr. 22-23) at the Virginia Challenge, hosted by UVA. UD will then head Baltimore, Md. to compete at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational, hosted by Johns Hopkins University on Saturday (Apr. 23).

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