Albamonti Tabbed as Most Outstanding Field Athlete as Track & Field Captures Second-Place at CAA Championships

Friday, May 6

Dedham, Mass.

10:00 AM

University of Delaware

CAA Championships

Albamonti Tabbed as Most Outstanding Field Athlete as Track & Field Captures Second-Place at CAA Championships

5/7/2022 7:52:00 PM | Track & Field

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DEDHAM, Mass. – All sights were set at Solomon Outdoor Track in Dedham, Mass. as the University of Delaware track and field team headed up North to compete in the 2022 CAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Northeastern University May 6-7. Already an improvement from last year's third place performance with 130 points, the Blue Hens shined through and through the entire meet finishing in second place with 154 points. The Blue and Gold racked up 15 medals -- four gold, nine silver and two bronze medals, headlined by impressive performances by the meet's Most Outstanding Field Athlete Megan Albamonti along with Tina Capparell, Halima Scott and the 4x100 relay team.

"I'm so proud of the team for what they did this weekend," said head coach Ryan Waite. "The meet projections had us finishing fourth with 127 points, so to find 27 additional points and finish runner-up was incredible. The student-athletes worked so hard all season to prepare and executed so well this weekend. I'm very grateful to work with this group of athletes and coaches."

The Blue Hens opened Championship Friday with a dominating performance in the javelin throw. Defending her title, Albamonti entered the event with a mark of 50.64m and obliterated the mark with a personal-, meet- and new program record of 55.78m to capture gold for the Blue Hens, surpassing UNCW's Ann Raynor 2006 mark of 170-01. Currently, Albamonti's mark is ranked fifth among the NCAA leaders.

"I wouldn't have been able to perform the way I did this weekend without the support from my coaches, especially Coach Melanie Heslop, and from my teammates" said Albamonti. "This took hard work and persistence and I'm excited to see what's to come at NCAA Regionals."

Capparell came into Championship Saturday with one goal in mind heading into the 3000m Steeplechase race. She became the Blue Hens' first champion in the event in program history after setting a new shiny PR and new school record of 10:22.95. Capparell eclipsed the previous time of 10:31.97 that she set earlier this season. Capparell also competed in the 5000m, where she finished in sixth place with a time of 16:59.31.

Scott also put together an dominating championship run as she competed in the 200m, 400m and ran the first leg of the 4x400 relay for the Blue & Gold. Scott was crowned champion in the 400m with a time of 54.19. She earned the silver hardware in the 200m with a time of 24.41 and bronze with the 4x400m relay team (Alicia Lehman, Jessica Harding and Alyssa Armor) with a time of 3:49.30.

Rounding out the Blue Hens gold medal trophy case was the 4x100 relay team consisting of Trinity Tapper, Kamylin Padgham, Shylehn Ebuenga-Smith and Aja Davis. The relay team won the race with a school record time of 45.68.

The Blue Hens silver medalist include:
Chioma Njoku breaking her own school record in the hammer throw with a 57.63m mark. Alicia Lehman leaped 5.86m in the long jump. Destiny DeBlock set a personal-best mark of 4,382 points in the heptathlon, which now sits fifth in school history and capped her day in the high jump by leaping J-1.60m. Davis ran a new PB time of 11.83 in the 100m that now sits second in the program's record books. Harding ran the 800m in 2:12.56 while Carly Schmidt ran the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.47, which is 10th in program history. Susanna Weir led the Blue Hens in the 5000m with a time of 16:39.85.

The Blue Hens bronze medalist:
Sarah Daniels captured bronze for the Blue Hens after running the 10,000m in 35:26.85. Daniels' time now ranks fifth in school history.

Women's Team Standings
1. Elon	195 points
2. Delaware	154 points
3. Towson	148 points
4. William & Mary	115 points
5. Northeastern	107.5 points
6. UNCW	65.5 points
7. Charleston	25 points
8. Hofstra	8 points

Gallery: (5-6-2022) TF at 2022 CAA Championships

WHATS NEXT?
The Blue Hens is set to return to action next weekend, May 14-15 for the ECAC Outdoor Championships, hosted by William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

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