ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's track and field team is back in action this weekend, traveling to Durham, N.C., for the Duke Invitational on Friday-Saturday at the Morris Williams Stadium.
 
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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.
• The meet will be streamed on both days on the ACC Network Extra with coverage starting at 7 p.m. on Friday and at noon on Saturday.
 
PHOENIX ENTRIES
• Elon is scheduled to have 33 athletes compete at the Duke Invitational and will be one of 40 teams represented at the meet. Below is a list of events for the Phoenix athletes slated to compete:
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
 
Friday, April 8
Field Events
9:30 AM: Shot Put (Lauryn Carlton, Kaitlin McGoogan)
12:00 PM: Hammer Throw (Carlton, McGoogan)
2:00 PM: Pole Vault Section "B" (Jessica Anderson)
4:00 PM: Long Jump (Alexa Mark, Alex Tudor)
 
Multi-Events
2:00 PM: Heptathlon (Hollie Thurgood)
 
Running events
7:00 PM: 1,500-meters (Maggie Springer)
7:40 PM: 1,500-meters Invite (Anna Twomey, Jette Beermann, Leandra Lorenz)
8:00 PM: 3,000-meter Steeplechase (Hannah Miller, Hannah Preeo)
8:50 PM: 5,000-meters (Maria Ahm, Springer, Lizzie Vinci)
 
Saturday, April 9
Field Events
9:30 AM: Discus Throw (McGoogan, Carlton)
10:00 AM: High Jump (Thurgood)
2:00 PM: Javelin Throw (Grace Dieleman, Thurgood, Sofia Beljic)
3:00 PM: Pole Vault Section "A" (Madison George)
 
Running events
12:10 PM: 4x100-meter relay (Meghan Wilcox, Tudor, Piper Jons, Jordan Haywood)
12:40 PM: 100-meter hurdles (Alyssa Sandy)
1:15 PM: 400-meters (Jons, Aliya Barrows)
1:45 PM: 100-meters (Wilcox, Haywood, Milly Heinbaugh, Danielle Dyer)
2:30 PM: 400-meter hurdles (Riley Drometer, Tessa DiPierdomenico, Anna Kozlova, Lauren Willingham)
3:05 PM: 200-meters (Wilcox, Heinbaugh, Dyer)
3:55 PM: 800-meters (Stephanie Lair, Twomey, Beermann, Lorenz, Sabrina Mannes, Arianna Sakoutis, Emily Alps, Alison Hodgson)
4:35 PM: 4x400-meters (A: Barrows, DiPierdomenico, Drometer, Jons; B: Kozlova, Heinbaugh, Wilcox, Willingham; C: Sakoutis, Mannes, Alps, Hodgson)
 
LAST TIME OUT
• The Phoenix traveled to the VertKlasse Meeting last weekend, April 1-2, at High Point University in its most recent meet.
• Jons ran the second-fastest time in school history in the 400-meters, setting a new personal-best in the race at 54.34 and was second overall. Barrows set a new season-best time of 56.88 in the race and was ninth.
• Sandy was second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.64, a new season-best for the Brooklyn, N.Y., native.
• In the women's 800-meters, Mannes was fifth with a personal-best time of 2:14.77.
• Anderson set a new personal-best in the "B" pole vault as she cleared the bar at a mark of 3.50m and finished fourth in the event. She moves into the program's top-10 performance list.
 
JONS NAMED CAA TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
• Jons was selected as the Colonial Athletic Association's Track Athlete of the Week on the women's side on Tuesday, April 5, for her performance at the VertKlasse Meeting.
• The Ijamsville, Md., native ran the fastest time in the 400-meters on the CAA's performance list so far this year. Her time also ranks 32^nd overall in the NCAA East Region and is 52^nd overall in the country going into the Duke Invitational.
 
ON DECK
The Phoenix heads back to High Point for the Meet of Champions next Saturday, April 16.