High Point, N.C. – The Elon University track and field team opened the 2023 outdoor season at High Point's Bill Webb/Bob Davidson Invitational Friday and Saturday. Elon won four events and junior Grace Dieleman broke the school record in the javelin.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Grace Dieleman wasted no time breaking Elon's school record in the javelin. Her first throw of the 2023 season went 146-feet-8 (44.71m) to shatter the previous school record of 142-9 (43.51m) set by Suzanne Martin in 2013.
• In fact, Dieleman's second throw bettered her previous personal best of 132-10 with a mark of 135-7. Two of her other four throws were also over 130 feet.
• Piper Jons won a pair of events, finishing first in the 200 and 400. In the 200, she edged out teammate Reese Webster by .03 seconds with a time of 24.64. In the 400, Jons ran 55.68 seconds.
• Webster, though, won the 100 in 11.83 seconds. She beat teammate Meghan Wilcox, who placed second with a time of 11.97 seconds. Webster's time was wind-aided or it would have been a new school record.
• Kalli'Ana Botelho was dominant in the heptathlon, placing first out of a field of 13 in five of the seven events. She ended with a career-best 4,866 points, second-most in Elon history. Botelho scored 915 points in the 200 with a time of 24.69 seconds and added 897 in the 100 hurdles at 14.59 seconds.

 
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• Chelsea Wallace finished fourth in the shot put at 44-feet-0.75 (13.43m), a distance that ranks seventh in school history.
• Lizzie Lopez scored 3,458 points in the pentathlon, eighth-highest in program history.
• Ja'mia Johnson moved into the top 10 in program history in the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.74 seconds.
• Kaitlin McGoogan placed second in the hammer throw at 192-1 (58.55m), less than two feet shy of her personal best. Teammate Lauryn Carlton set a PR at 176-1 (53.68m).
• Alice Roberts set a new personal best in the 1500 at 4:56.55.

 
UP NEXT

• Elon will compete in NC State's Raleigh Relays beginning Thursday. The Raleigh Relays are one of the largest meets in the country.

 
BILL WEBB/BOB DAVIDSON INVITATIONAL
Elon Results
100 – 1. Reese Webster 11.83, 2. Meghan Wilcox 11.97, 19. Danielle Dyer 12.85
200 – 1. Piper Jons 24.64, 2. Reese Webster 24.67, 7. Meghan Wilcox 25.34, 25. Danielle Dyer 26.78
400 – 1. Piper Jons 55.68
800 – 3. Aliya Barrows 2:18.46, 13. Sabrina Mannes 2:24.33, 14. Emily Alps 2:24.36, 16. Tatum Havemann 2:25.15, 17. Julia Bell 2:25.82, 22. Sarah Petitjean 2:26.38, 30. Sydney Swan 2:29.90
1500 – 5. Julia Bell 4:52.45, 9. Sarah Petitjean 4:55.14, 12. Alice Roberts 4:56.55, 13. Emily Alps 4:56.77, 16. Sydney Swan 5:01.15, 29. Braetan Peters 5:09.76
100 hurdles – 5. Ja'mia Johnson 14.74
400 hurdles – 3. Riley Drometer 1:03.80, 5. Anna Kozlova 1:07.81, 7. Ja'mia Johnson 1:10.92
High Jump – 2. Hannah Schonhoff 5-3 (1.60m)
Long Jump – 6. Linn Hertz Saebboe 18-2.25 (5.54m), 16. Alexa Mark 17-0 (5.18m)
Triple Jump – 2. Linn Hertz Saebboe 38-2 (11.63m)
Hammer Throw – 2. Kaitlin McGoogan 192-1 (58.55m), 7. Lauryn Carlton 176-1 (53.68m), 13. Chelsea Wallace 150-5 (45.86m), 14. Meghan Coyne 145-11 (44.49m), 39. Tristin Oberg 108-8 (33.12m)
Javelin – 2. Grace Dieleman 146-8 (44.71m), 16. Sofia Beljic 90-10 (27.69m)
Shot Put – 4. Chelsea Wallace 44-0.75 (13.43m), 5. Lauryn Carlton 43-3 (13.18m), 23. Tristin Oberg 33-4.75 (10.18m)
Discus elite – 4. Kaitlin McGoogan 157-7 (48.03m), 9. Lauryn Carlton 143-8 (43.80m), 12. Chelsea Wallace 128-0 (39.03m)
Discus – 8. Tristin Oberg 123-0 (37.51m)
Pole Vault – 6. Madison George 11-5.75 (3.50m)
 
Heptathlon
100 hurdles – 1. Kalli'Ana Botelho 14.59 (897 points), 9. Lizzie Lopez 18.37 (451 points)
High Jump – 1. Kalli'Ana Botelho 5-5.25 (1.66m) (806 points), 2. Lizzie Lopez 5-1.75 (1.57m) (701 points)
Shot Put – 3. Kalli'Ana Botelho 29-11.5 (9.13m) (473 points), 13. Lizzie Lopez 21-3.25 (6.48m) (302 points)
200 – 1. Kalli'Ana Botelho 24.69 (915 points), 7. Lizzie Lopez 27.98 (632 points)
Long Jump – 1. Kalli'Ana Botelho 18-1.5 (5.52m) (706 points), 4. Lizzie Lopez 15-10.5 (4.84m) (516 points)
Javelin – 3. Kalli'Ana Botelho 87-2 (26.57m) (412 points), 12. Lizzie Lopez 58-10 (17.93m) (251 points)
800 – 1. Kalli'Ana Botelho 2:32.88 (657 points), 2. Lizzie Lopez 2:37.26 (605 points)
Points – 1. Kalli'Ana Botelho 4,866, 6. Lizzie Lopez 3,458