ELON, N.C. – Competing in its first meet since Feb. 27, the Elon University women's track and field team is set for the Wendy's Navy Seahawk Invitational, hosted by UNCW, this Saturday, March 13 at the Harold Greene Track & Field Complex.
 
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• Updates of the meet will be posted on the team's social media pages on Twitter and Instagram at the handle, @ElonXCTF.
• Live results will be provided and can be found on the program's schedule page at elonphoenix.com along with a recap and results at the conclusion of the meet.
 
About the Meet and Field
• Elon is one of seven teams set to compete at the meet on Saturday along with Appalachian State, Howard, Morgan State, St. Andrews, UNCG and host UNCW.
• The meet will open at 8 a.m. with the women's hammer throw and conclude with the 4x400-meter relay at 4 p.m.
• No fans will be allowed at the meet due to COVID-19 protocols.
 
Last Time Out
• The Phoenix opened its 2021 outdoor campaign at the Perry Palooza Early Bird hosted by High Point University on Feb. 27.
• The Phoenix won the meet title with 202 points, overtaking High Point (172), Campbell (35), Pfeiffer (19) and Wake Forest (18) in the team standings. Elon as a whole won 10 event titles.
• Charlotte Bradsher closed out the Phoenix's event winners in the field events as the senior won the hammer throw. Bradsher threw a mark of 50.62m, setting a personal-best.
• Kathleen Collins won the discus throw with a toss of 45.33m, while teammate Lauryn Carlton was third overall with a heave of 44.55m. Kristine Strazdite was fifth with her throw of 43.56m.
• Moira O'Malley was the victor in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.58m. In the pole vault, Madison George came away with individual medalist honors as she moved into the program's top-10 list with her mark of 3.50m.
• Elon went one-two in the long jump with Alyssa Zee and Elyse King taking the top two spots, respectively. Zee had a leap of 5.35m to win the event while King was the runner-up at 5.21m. King would take gold in the triple jump after she won on a mark of 11.07m.
• Zee won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.53, helping the maroon and gold sweep the podium in the event. Rookies Milly Heinbaugh and Danielle Dyer came in second and third with times of 12.94 and 13.59, respectively.
• Gabriela Varisco de Oliveira was the winner of the 800-meters after the Porto Alegre, Brazil, native came across the line with a time of 2:18.43. Zee won her third event of the day with her victory in the 200-meter dash at a time of 25.61.
• The meet ended with Elon's 4x400-meter relay team of Piper Jons, Heinbaugh, O'Malley and Riley Drometer taking gold with the quartet's time of 4:04.59.
 
Up Next
The Phoenix will split for a pair of meets next week, traveling to the Charlotte 49er Classic and the High Point Invitational on March 19-20.