ELON, N.C. – After a successful weekend last Friday and Saturday, the Elon University women’s track and field team is back in action this Thursday, Feb. 8, to compete at the JDL Team Challenge inside the JDL Fast Track Complex.
Events for the meet is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
Follow the Phoenix
Follow the Phoenix during the meet and throughout the season on the program’s Twitter page at @EU_XCTF. Other updates will also be provided on Twitter at the handle @elonscores. Live results of the meet will be available on the program’s schedule page.
Last Time Out
Elon is coming off a successful weekend at the Camel City Invitational and at the Darius Dixon Invitational. The Phoenix saw a couple of school-records fall at the two meets and a few athletes set personal-marks while qualifying for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championships.
On Friday, Feb. 2, at the Darius Dixon Invitational, the Phoenix’s distance medley set a new school-record at the meet as the quartet of Chelsea Smith, Emily Smith, Natacha Savioz and newcomer Gabriela Varisco de Oliveira broke the previous program-best mark of 12:07.82 from last season as the group clocked a time of 12:03.27. That was good for fourth overall as the group qualified for the ECACs.
A day later, Feb. 3, at the Camel City Invitational, senior Bryanna Hames took the top spot in the indoor shot put as the Charlotte, N.C., native had a toss of 49′ 7.75″ (15.13m) – breaking Charlise Morgan’s four-year record of 48′ 6″ (14.78m) – and was third overall in the event. Hames also qualified for the ECACs. Hames also had set a new personal-record in the weight throw with her mark of 50′ 4.75″ (15.36m) – tying for fifth on the program’s all-time performance list. She finished 15th overall.
At the Darius Dixon Invitational at Liberty University, junior Katie Arbogast had a top-10 finish in the 400-meters with her personal-best time of 57.95. Melody Burke also set a new personal-record in the triple jump with her leap of 38′ 3.50″ (11.67m) – finishing seventh overall.
On Deck
The Phoenix is back for indoor action later this Saturday, Feb. 10, as Elon heads to the Liberty Invitational at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.