ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's track and field team is back in competition this weekend, Jan. 21-22, heading to Liberty University for the Brant Tolsma Invitational inside the Liberty Indoor Track 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.
 
Meet Info
• There are 13 teams scheduled to compete this weekend: Delaware State, Elon, Fayetteville State, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Southern, Hampton, High Point, James Madison, Kennesaw State, Liberty, Richmond, VCU and Western Carolina.
• This is the second annual Brant Tolsma Invitational. It is named for Brant Tolsma, who served as Liberty's head coach for 34 years (1986-2020).
 
Phoenix Entries
• Elon is scheduled to have 17 athletes compete on Saturday. Below is a list of events for the Phoenix athletes slated to compete:
 
Schedule of Events:
 
Friday, January 21
Field Events
4:00 PM: Women's Weight Throw (Kaitlin McGoogan, Lauryn Carlton, Kristine Strazdite, Meghan Coyne)
4:00 PM: Women's Long Jump (Alex Tudor, Alexa Mark, Meghan Wilcox)
5:00 PM: Women's Pole Vault (Blythe Hehmeyer, Jessica Anderson)
 
Running events
6:00 PM: Women's 200-meters (Wilcox, Jordan Haywood, Milly Heinbaugh)
 
Saturday, January 22
Field Events
11:00 AM: Women's Shot Put (Carlton, Kaitlin McGoogan)
11:30 AM: Women's Pole Vault (Madison George)
12:45 PM: Women's Triple Jump (Tudor)
 
Running events
11:00 AM: Women's 60-meter hurdles prelims (Alyssa Sandy, Haywood)
12:15 PM: Women's 60-meters prelims (Wilcox, Tudor, Haywood)
12:35 PM: 60-meter hurdles finals
1:10 PM: 60-meters finals
2:00 PM: Women's 400-meters (Piper Jons, Aliya Barrows, Riley Drometer, Tessa DiPierdomenico, Lauren Willingham)
4:20 PM: Women's 4x400
 
Last Time Out
• Elon returned to indoor competition last Saturday, Jan. 15, competing at the Mondo College Invitational at the JDL Fast Track Complex in Winston-Salem, N.C. Overall, the Phoenix had five event victories while seeing several individuals set school, personal and meet records.
• McGoogan headlined the Elon event winners as the junior set a school-record in the weight throw with a mark of 18.14m. Carlton was the runner-up in the event with her toss of 16.62m while Strazdite was eighth overall with a heave of 14.93m.
• In the pole vault, George posted a new personal-best and meet record as the junior cleared the bar at a height of 3.85m, taking the gold in the event. Hehmeyer and Anderson both cleared the bar at 3.25m, finishing seventh and eighth, respectively.
• Tudor was the winner of the long jump with her leap of 5.46m. DiPierdomenico took first in the unseeded 400-meter dash with her personal-record time of 58.09 and was second overall between the seeded and unseeded races. Barrows was the Phoenix leader in the seeded 400-meters with her time of 59.17 in third overall while Jons was fourth at her time of 59.31.
• The Phoenix's 4x400-meter relay team rounded out the Phoenix's event winners as the quartet of Barrows, DiPierdomenico, Drometer and Jons combined for a time of 3:59.08.
 
Up Next
• The Phoenix returns to the state of Virginia for the VMI Winter Relays on Jan. 28-29.