Lehman-Woodyard Shines Bright as Track & Field Have Strong Outing at CAA Outdoor Championships

Friday, May 10

Elon, N.C.

8 AM

University of Delaware

CAA Outdoor Championships

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Lehman-Woodyard Shines Bright as Track & Field Have Strong Outing at CAA Outdoor Championships

5/11/2024 8:30:00 PM | Track & Field

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ELON, N.C. - The University of Delaware track & field team ventured to familiar territory at the Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Track and Field Complex on the campus of Elon University in Elon, N.C. as the Blue Hens headed down South to compete in the 2024 CAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 10-11. The Blue Hens finished the two-day championship in ninth place totaling 44 points while Northeastern was crowned champion after tallying 128.5 points. The Blue & Gold are returning to the First State with four bronze medals, headlined by impressive performances coming off the hands of Alicia Lehman-Woodyard, Halima Scott, Kadence Dumas and Jahnia Hodge.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS
The medalists

The quartet of bronze medalists in Lehman-Woodyard (heptathlon), Scott (400m), Dumas (800m) and Hodge (triple jump) teamed up to rack up 26 points with Lehman-Woodyard being responsible for eight.
Lehman-Woodyard set a new school record and five personal-best marks/times while competing in the heptathlon:
- 100mH, 14.64 (second place, seventh in school history); high jump (1.66, first place, sixth in school history); shot put (10.11m, fifth place); 200m (25.16, second place); 800m (2:29.18, fourth).
Lehman-Woodyard earned 99 more points to become the new school record holder in the heptathlon with 4,952 points, dethroning a 20-year record held by Blue Hen alum Mandy Stille (4,853 points, 2004).
Lehman-Woodyard also saw action in the long jump. She earned three more jumps courtesy of her third leap (5.77m) before her fifth attempt was marked for 5.84m. solidifying a seventh place finish.
Scott, a silver medalist in last year's outdoor 400m and back to familiar territory, posted a time of 54.54 in Friday's prelims to qualify for Saturday's finals. Scott then ran 53.38 in the finals to earn her eighth career medal.
The rookie in Dumas earned a spot in the 800m finals after running 2:13.02. Dumas followed the performance with a personal-best time of 2:08.90 to earn her first collegiate medal as her new time sits sixth in school history.
Hodge earned three more jumps thanks to her first leap of 12.13m. She then set new personal-best marks in attempt four and again at her final jump of 12.35m, also earning her first collegiate medal.

Key contributors

Sarah Daniels found her way into the school record books after competing in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m. Daniels crossed the 3000mS finish line in fourth place with a monster personal-best time of 10:24.16, a time that sits comfortably in second place. She followed her championship outing with a personal-best time of 16:51.06 (ninth place), which sits fourth in school history.
Mackenzie Stephens maintained her fifth place spot in the school's record books after competing in the hammer throw. Stephens found herself in the finals after throwing her first PR mark of 52.04m in her first attempt. Then she followed up with her fifth attempt flying through the air for a new PR mark of 52.05m to finish the event in eighth place.
The 4x400m relay squad, Lauren Leath, Dumas, Leah Clear and Scott, clocked a time of 3:44.49 to finish in fifth place, which now sits eighth in school history.
The 4x100m relay team, Victoria Henry, Taylor Johnson, Hodge and Scott, posting a sixth place time of 46.67, a time that is eighth in school history.

Adding to the team's scoring:

Javelin: Rachel Schmitt, 38.66m (sixth place)
Heptathlon: Destiny DeBlock, 4,195 points (seventh place)

Notable performances

3000m steeplechase: Carolyn Coletti, PR-11:36.77 (10th place)
Heptathlon Javelin: DeBlock, PR-29.10m (third place)
400m hurdles: Alexa Dougherty, PR-1:05.13 (ninth place)
100m: Henry, PR-11.98 (16th place)
200m: Johnson, PR -24.85 (16th place); Jacquelyn Rolle, PR-25.14 (21st place)
400m: Leath, PR-56.26 (12th place)
Triple jump: Sara Manson, PR-11.64m (12th place)
Heptathlon Shot Put: Sarah Sharp, PR-8.54m (14th place)
Heptathlon 200m: Sharp, 26.43 (seventh place)

GAME NOTES

The Blue Hens finished day one of competition in eighth place, totaling 11 points through six events.
This is the third-straight outdoor championships that saw a new school record set (Lehman-Woodyard in the heptathlon in 2024; Scott in the 400m in 2023; Megan Albamonti in the javelin in 2022)
Last time Lehman-Woodyard reached podium was at the 2022 CAA Outdoor Championships earning a silver medal in the long jump and a bronze medal with the 4x400m relay team bringing her collegiate medal count to three.
The four bronze medalist also earn All-CAA honors.
This was the first CAA outdoor championships for 14 Blue Hen athletes with 10 being freshmen.

Women's Team Standings

1. Northeastern	128.5 pts
2. Elon	111 pts
3. Hampton	105 pts
4. Campbell	92 pts
5. Towson	78 pts
6. William & Mary	60.5 pts
7. N.C. A&T	54 pts
8. Monmouth	53.5 pts
9. Delaware	44 pts
10. UNCW	36 pts
11. Stony Brook	24 pts
12. Charleston	23.5 pts
13. Hofstra	8 pt

Most Outstanding Track Performer: Dominique Biron, Northeastern
Most Outstanding Field Performer: Jaidyn Ramsey, Campbell

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens will await postseason berths to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships First Rounds in Lexington, Ky.

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