Track & Field Shines At Virginia Challenge and Hopkins/Loyola Invitational

Friday, April 22

Charlottesville, Va.

11:00 aM

University of Delaware

Virginia Challenge

Track & Field Shines At Virginia Challenge and Hopkins/Loyola Invitational

4/23/2022 9:00:00 PM | Track & Field

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. | BALITMORE, Md. – The University of Delaware track and field team had an eventful weekend competing at the Virginia Challenge, hosted by UVA (Apr. 21-23) and the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational, hosted by Johns Hopkins (Apr. 22-23). The Blue Hens set two new school records and 16 personal best times/marks.

Virginia Challenge
Chioma Njoku and Bethany Clement opened the weekend on Thursday competing in the hammer throw. Njoku launched a new program and personal record of 57.28m to finish eighth overall, eclipsing her previous mark of 55.17m, one that she set almost a month ago at Raleigh Relays. Clement followed with a mark of 50.80, which was good enough for 19th place.

Susanna Weir headlined the Blue Hens in the 5000m event to close out Friday's competition slate. Weir dominated by setting a new school and personal record with a time of 16:27.68 (ninth place overall). She dethroned the 2014 time of 16:48.18, which was set by former Blue Hen Lindsay Prettyman.

Megan Albamonti finished in third place in the javelin throw with a mark of 49.86m. In the 100m preliminaries, Aja Davis took second place in her heat, 15th overall with a time of 12.01 while Trinity Tapper finished in 12th place overall with a time of 11.93. Halima Scott led the way for the Blue Hens in the 400m with a season-best time of 54.75. Tina Capparell used a time of 10:33.02 to place 14th overall in the 3000m Steeplechase. Scott, Davis and Tapper competed in the 200m for the Blue & Gold. Scott (24.23, 10th place) and Davis (24.55, 17th place) both set season-best times while Tapper ran a 25.31 to place 41st. Jessica Harding ran a 2:11.61 in the 800m to round out the weekend for the Blue Hens at the Virginia Challenge.

Hopkins/Loyola Invitational
Kamylin Padgham (12.11) and Shylehn Ebuenga-Smith (12.26) earned third and fifth place, respectively in the 100m. Padgham and Ebuenga-Smith also shined in the 200m by setting personal-best times of 25.06 and 25.27 to place third and seventh, respectively.

Melady Brown set a PR time of 59.73 in the 400m to finish in seventh place and Alyssa Armor followed in eighth place with a time of 59.73.

Carolyn Coletti ran a 2:18.40 in the 800m, which was good enough for third place. Julien Webster and Marissa Dailey shined in the 1500m, where they both set personal best times of 4:48.39 and 4:49.39 to capture 10th and 11th place, respectively.

Anna Cleary placed eighth in the 5000m with a personal best time of 18:22.07. Makiyah Cannon-Price set a personal-best time of 16.91 in the 100m hurdles to cross the finish line first in her heat (19th overall).

Sarah Daniels won the 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 10:46.98 to rank as the No.3 performer in school history. Katie Hally (11:30.15, fourth place), Samantha Side (11:32.51, fifth place) and Alicia Lenoir, who set a personal best time of 11:55.73 (ninth place) all competed in the 3000m Steeplechase.

Destiny DeBlock leaped at a personal-best height of 5.46m to place eighth overall in the long jump. Biola Adeleye competed in the triple jump and also leaped a personal-best mark of 11.23m to finish in seventh place. Koise Nkwonta threw the hammer for a personal-best mark of 48.69m, which was good enough for second place, while Gabrielle Holliday placed eighth with a personal-best throw of 43.50m. Clement made an appearance in the discus throw, where she launched one for a personal-best mark of 43.13m to finish in second place. Emily Eckard set a PR in the discus throw as well with a 40.56m mark to finish in fourth place.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Blue Hens return to action to compete at Penn Relays hosted by Penn University starting Thursday, Apr. 28 through Saturday, Apr. 30.

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