University of Delaware Athletics
Wednesday, February 22
Virginia Beach, Va.
9:00 AM
University of Delaware
vs
CAA Indoor Championships
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Track & Field Set To Compete At The First-Ever CAA Indoor Championships Wednesday
2/21/2023 4:00:00 PM | Track & Field
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Looking to hoist the first-ever Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship of its kind, the University of Delaware track & field team is prepared to compete in the 2023 CAA Indoor Championships Feb. 22-23 inside the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va.
First-year head coach Kenyetta Iyevbele will take 32 Blue Hen athletes down to Virginia with the momentum trending upward after concluding the regular season in such a dominant fashion at the Big Apple Invitational on Feb. 11.
The Blue Hens have seen stellar performances from Aja Davis and Chioma Njoku, both who have broken the school record multiple times during the indoor season. Davis will headline the 60m dash and 200m for the Blue & Gold. She will enter the 60m with a program record and second place seed time of 7.48. In the 200m, Davis is seeded fourth with her fourth all-time record time of 24.37. Njoku will lead the way for the Blue Hens in the weight throw after tossing a program record and second place seed mark of 20.15m, a showing that earned her CAA Field Athlete of the Week (Feb.14).
Distance runners Autumn Sands and Nina Sgambelluri will look to put together a strong outing in the 5000m and mile races, coming in with third and seventh place seed times of 17:00.16 and 4:56.10, respectively.
Cierra Crane, a pole vault vet, enters the championship with a fourth place seed mark of 3.68m. Destiny DeBlock (high jump, 1.65m), Jahnia Hodge (triple jump, 11.57m) and Kosie Nkwonta (shot put, 13.70m) will look to put the Blue Hens in scoring position after being seeded ninth in their respective events.
The quest to be crowned the CAA indoor champ begins at 9 a.m. on Wednesday with men's weight throw and heptathlon 60m dash. Additionally, field event champions will be crowned in the pentathlon (9:10 a.m.), women's pole vault (11:30 a.m.), men's long jump (11:30 a.m.), women's weight throw (12:30 p.m.), women's long jump (2:30 p.m.) and men's pole vault (4 p.m.). Running prelims start at 12:30 p.m., with the last four events of the day – women's 5000m (5:50 p.m.), men's 5000m (6:10 p.m.), women's distance medley relay (6:30 p.m.) and men's distance medley relay (6:45 p.m.) – awarding points and medals as finals.
Championship Thursday begins with the resumption of the heptathlon starting at 9 a.m. along with the remaining field events: men's shot put (10 a.m.), men's triple jump (10 a.m.), women's high jump (10 a.m.), women's shot put (12:30 p.m.), women's triple jump (1 p.m.) and men's high jump (1:30 p.m.). The women's mile race kicks off the running finals slate at 12 p.m. and men's 4x400 relay final concludes the inaugural indoor championship.
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First-year head coach Kenyetta Iyevbele will take 32 Blue Hen athletes down to Virginia with the momentum trending upward after concluding the regular season in such a dominant fashion at the Big Apple Invitational on Feb. 11.
The Blue Hens have seen stellar performances from Aja Davis and Chioma Njoku, both who have broken the school record multiple times during the indoor season. Davis will headline the 60m dash and 200m for the Blue & Gold. She will enter the 60m with a program record and second place seed time of 7.48. In the 200m, Davis is seeded fourth with her fourth all-time record time of 24.37. Njoku will lead the way for the Blue Hens in the weight throw after tossing a program record and second place seed mark of 20.15m, a showing that earned her CAA Field Athlete of the Week (Feb.14).
Distance runners Autumn Sands and Nina Sgambelluri will look to put together a strong outing in the 5000m and mile races, coming in with third and seventh place seed times of 17:00.16 and 4:56.10, respectively.
Cierra Crane, a pole vault vet, enters the championship with a fourth place seed mark of 3.68m. Destiny DeBlock (high jump, 1.65m), Jahnia Hodge (triple jump, 11.57m) and Kosie Nkwonta (shot put, 13.70m) will look to put the Blue Hens in scoring position after being seeded ninth in their respective events.
The quest to be crowned the CAA indoor champ begins at 9 a.m. on Wednesday with men's weight throw and heptathlon 60m dash. Additionally, field event champions will be crowned in the pentathlon (9:10 a.m.), women's pole vault (11:30 a.m.), men's long jump (11:30 a.m.), women's weight throw (12:30 p.m.), women's long jump (2:30 p.m.) and men's pole vault (4 p.m.). Running prelims start at 12:30 p.m., with the last four events of the day – women's 5000m (5:50 p.m.), men's 5000m (6:10 p.m.), women's distance medley relay (6:30 p.m.) and men's distance medley relay (6:45 p.m.) – awarding points and medals as finals.
Championship Thursday begins with the resumption of the heptathlon starting at 9 a.m. along with the remaining field events: men's shot put (10 a.m.), men's triple jump (10 a.m.), women's high jump (10 a.m.), women's shot put (12:30 p.m.), women's triple jump (1 p.m.) and men's high jump (1:30 p.m.). The women's mile race kicks off the running finals slate at 12 p.m. and men's 4x400 relay final concludes the inaugural indoor championship.
How to Follow
Live Stats | Meet Schedule | Tickets | Championship Central
Wednesday: Performance List | Meet Program
Thursday: Performance List | Meet Program
BLUE HENS on SOCIAL MEDIA
For the latest on University of Delaware Cross Country/Track and Field, follow the Blue Hens via social media on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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