ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's track and field team splits for a pair of meets this upcoming weekend, April 22-23, at the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, Va., and at the Aggie Classic in Greensboro, N.C.
 
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• Updates of the 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 at the conclusion of the meets.
 
PHOENIX ENTRIES
• Elon is scheduled to have eight of its distance athletes compete at the Virginia Challenge and 28 other members of the squad at the Aggie Classic. Below is a list of events for the Phoenix athletes slated to compete at both meets this weekend.
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Virginia Challenge
 
Friday, April 22
4:10 PM: 3,000-meter steeplechase (Hannah Preeo)
4:55 PM: 1,500-meters (Jette Beermann, Leandra Lorenz, Anna Twomey)
5:20 PM: 5,000-meters (Beermann, Maggie Springer)
6:50 PM: 3,000-meter steeplechase Invite (Hannah Miller)
10:00 PM: 10,000-meters (Maria Ahm)
 
Saturday, April 23
3:00 PM: 800-meters (Stephanie Lair, Lorenz, Twomey)
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Aggie Classic
 
Friday, April 22
Field Events
2:00 PM: Long Jump (Alexa Mark, Blythe Hehmeyer, Hollie Thurgood)
4:00 PM: Discus (Kaitlin McGoogan, Lauryn Carlton, Kristine Strazdite)
6:30 PM: Pole Vault (Madison George, Jessica Anderson, Hehmeyer)
7:00 PM: Javelin (Grace Dieleman, Sofia Beljic, Thurgood)
 
Running events
5:50 PM: 200-meters (Piper Jons, Meghan Wilcox, Danielle Dyer)
6:40 PM: 400-meter hurdles (Riley Drometer, Tessa DiPierdomenico, Anna Kozlova, Lauren Willingham)
7:10 PM: 10,000-meters (Lizzie Vinci)
 
Saturday, April 23
Field Events
10:00 AM: Hammer Throw (McGoogan, Carlton, Strazdite)
10:00 AM: High Jump (Thurgood, Anderson, Kozlova)
12:00 PM: Shot Put (McGoogan, Carlton, Strazdite)
 
Running events
12:00 PM: 100-meter hurdles (Jordan Haywood, Thurgood)
1:00 PM: 800-meters (Sabrina Mannes, Arianna Sakoutis, Emily Alps, Alison Hodgson, Katy Haerbig, Taylor Haerbig)
1:50 PM: 400-meters (Aliya Barrows, Milly Heinbaugh)
2:30 PM: 100-meters (Wilcox, Haywood, , Heinbaugh, Dyer, Mark)
4:10 PM: 4x400-meter relay (A: Barrows, DiPierdomenico, Drometer, Piper Jons; B: Wilcox, Kozlova, Heinbaugh, Thurgood; C: Mannes, Sakoutis, Alps, Hodgson)
 
LAST TIME OUT
• The Phoenix competed last Saturday, April 16, at the Meet of Champions at High Point University. Elon was one of six teams at the meet which featured only conference champions from this past outdoor season.
• Elon saw 13 of its athletes set new personal-bests at the meet. Wilcox clocked the second-fastest time in school history in the 100-meters as the Sugar Land, Texas, native ran a personal-best time 11.88 and was ninth overall.
• Jons was Elon's leader in the 200-meters with her personal-best time of 24.25 in seventh – the second-best time in school history. Wilcox also moved into the program's top-10 performance list with her time of 24.51.
• In the 800-meters, Lair was third overall as she ran a new personal-best time of 2:09.49.
• Drometer, DiPierdomenico and Kozlova set new personal-bests in the 400-meter hurdles. Drometer was sixth with her time of 1:02.56 while DiPierdomenico was seventh at 1:03.51. Kozlova also added a program top-10 time in the race at 1:03.73 in ninth.
• McGoogan was second overall in the hammer throw with a toss of 56.06m. She also finished fourth overall in the discus at her best throw of 46.26m. Carlton threw a new personal-record in the discus with a heave of 45.43m and was fifth. Carlton was the Phoenix's leader in the shot put with a throw of 12.50m.
• In the javelin, Dieleman was sixth overall with her personal-best throw of 40.48m, third-best mark in school history.
 
ON DECK
Elon will have one more meet before the end of the regular season as the Phoenix travels to the Charlotte Invite on April 29-30.