ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's track and field team is set for the 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Outdoor Championships, hosted at the campus of James Madison University, on April 30-May 1 at Sentara Park.
 
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• Updates of both meets 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 after the meet.
• The meet will be streamed on FloTrack via a paid subscription.
 
Schedule of Events
• Action at Sentara Park is scheduled to begin on Friday at 10 a.m. with the women's javelin throw. Friday's action will conclude with the women's 10,000-meters at 7:45 p.m. The first running event on the track will be the women's 1,500-meter trials at 1 p.m.
• Championship Saturday begins on the women's side with the heptathlon long jump at 11 a.m. The first field event on the women's side, the discus throw, is scheduled for a 12:30 p.m. start while the opening racing event on the day for the women, the 3,000-meter steeplechase, is slated for a 11:30 a.m. start time.
 
About the Meet
• This will be the first CAA Outdoor track and field championship meet in 727 days as last year's championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• On the women's side, Delaware goes into the meet as the defending league champion after capturing the CAA title in 2019. The Blue Hens became the fourth different champion over the previous four years.
• Hofstra will compete as a team for its first-ever outdoor championship meet on both the men's and women's side.
 
Ranking the Phoenix
• Going into the CAA Championships, the Phoenix has the top times in the follow events

• Melissa Anstasakis – 1,500-meters
• Scolasticah Kemei – 5,000-meters
• Maria Ahm – 10,000-meters

 
• Elon also has the athletes or relays in the top-five of the CAA in the events below.

• Piper Jons – 400-meters (2^nd)
• Leandra Lorenz – 5,000-meters (2^nd)
• Kayla Clark – 100-meter hurdles (2^nd)
• Scolasticah Kemei – 3,000-meter steeplechase (2^nd)
• Moira O'Malley – high jump (2^nd)
• 4x400-meter relay (2^nd)
• Hannah Preeo – 3,000-meter steeplechase (3^rd)
• Scolasticah Kemei – 1,500-meters (3^rd)
• Madison George – pole vault (3^rd)
• Kathleen Collins – discus (3^rd)
• Riley Drometer – 400-meter hurdles (5^th)
• Aliya Barrows – 400-meters (5^th)
• Stephanie Lair – 800-meters (5^th)
• Kristine Strazdite – discus (5^th)
• 4x100-meter relay (5^th)

Up Next
Elon will compete at a few last chance meets beginning next week at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier on Wednesday, May 5.