New York, N.Y. – The Elon University Indoor Track & Field team will defend its 2023 CAA Indoor Track & Field Championship Thursday and Friday at Nike New York Armory in New York. Elon won the league's inaugural title a year ago in exciting fashion, edging out Hampton by eight points in the final standings.
 
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CAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THURSDAY
9:10 am – Pentathlon – 6. Hollie Thurgood, 7. Lizzie Lopez
11:30 am – Long jump – 9. Linn Hertz Saebboe, 12. Alexa Mark
1:15 pm – Mile trial – 2. Jette Beermann, 5. Abby Beville, 12. Quinn Smith, 19. Julia Bell, 22. Anna Twomey
2:00 pm – Weight throw – 1. Kaitlin McGoogan, 3. Lauryn Carlton, 18. Amelia Metz, 19. Adriana Clarke
2:20 pm – 60 hurdles trial – 7. Stavriana Adamou, 17. Ja'mia Johnson
3:00 pm – Pole vault – 11. Caden Cerminara
3:00 pm – 400 trial – 6. Piper Jons, 29. Hampton Turton
3:40 pm – 60 trial – 13. Meghan Wilcox
4:15 pm – 800 trial – 14. Arianna Sakoutis, 16. Emily Alps, 21. Sarah Petitjean
4:55 pm – 200 trial – 7. Piper Jons
6:05 pm – 5000 – 8. Maggie Springer, 9. Katie Blount, 12. Hattie Reynolds, 16. Kate Buerger, 19. Hannah Weber
7:00 pm – Distance medley relay – 9. Elon
 
FRIDAY
10:15 am – High jump – 6. Hannah Schonhoff, 12. Linn Hertz Saebboe, 19. Lizzie Lopez
11:00 am – Shot put – 16. Lauryn Carlton, 24. Tristin Oberg, 25. Adriana Clarke
11:00 am – Triple jump – 6. Linn Hertz Saebboe
12:10 pm – Mile
12:35 pm – 60 hurdles
12:55 pm – 400
1:10 pm – 60
1:5 pm – 800
1:40 pm – 200
2:05 pm – 3000 – 5. Jette Beermann, 7. Maggie Springer, 10. Katie Blount, 11. Hannah Miller, 12. Hattie Reynolds
2:45 pm – 3200 relay – 10. Elon
3:15 pm – 1600 relay – 8. Elon
 
WHAT WE'VE SEEN DURING THE REGULAR SEASON
Elon has positioned itself among the favorites for the CAA Championship this week in New York.
 
Redshirt senior Kaitlin McGoogan has twice broken the school record in the weight throw, doing so most recently a month ago with a CAA-best throw of 62-feet-10.75 (19.17m). Senior teammate Lauryn Carlton ranks third in the conference in the weight throw as well.
 
Junior Jette Beermann broke the school record in the 3,000, running 9:34.19 to break a mark that had stood for almost 10 years. She followed that up two weeks ago with personal bests in the 800 and the mile, an event she won at the CAA Championship a year ago. She ranks third in the CAA in the mile and fifth in the 3,000.
 
Senior Piper Jons ranks among the top seven in the league in both the 200 and 400, while senior Linn Hertz Saebboe factors into the top ten in the CAA in a pair of jumping events – long jump and triple jump.
 
Both Hollie Thurgood and Lizzie Lopez rank in the top eight in the pentathlon and Hannah Schonhoff is sixth in the high jump. Stavriana Adamou is seventh in the 60 hurdles and Maggie Springer ranks eighth in the 3,000.
 
#EVENTSQUAD
The fourth event squad rankings of the 2024 indoor season were released this week. The rankings compile the top four individuals for each school in an event for a national ranking. Elon ranks among the top 50 nationally in two events – the weight throw (No. 35) and the 5,000 (No. 48). Listed below are the events in which Elon ranks in the top 100 nationally.
 
Weight throw – 35. Kaitlin McGoogan, Lauryn Carlton, Amelia Metz, Adriana Clarke
5000 – 48. Madison Synowiec, Maggie Springer, Katie Blount, Hattie Reynolds
3,000 – 70. Jette Beermann, Maggie Springer, Katie Blount, Hannah Miller
High jump – 77. Hannah Schonhoff, Linn Hertz Saebboe, Lizzie Lopez, Hollie Thurgood
Mile – 83. Jette Beermann, Abby Beville, Hannah Miller, Hattie Reynolds
 
CONFERENCE RANKINGS
The USTFCCCA released its third conference-based rankings of the 2024 indoor track & field season this week. Elon, the defending CAA champion, is currently ranked fifth out of 13 CAA teams with 233.88 points. Northeastern is the current conference leader, followed by Hampton, Campbell and Monmouth. Elon sits just ahead of William & Mary, Towson and North Carolina A&T. UNC Wilmington, College of Charleston, Stony Brook, Delaware and Hofstra round out the CAA rankings.
 
MCGOOGAN NAMED CAA FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
After breaking her own school record in the weight throw, Kaitlin McGoogan was named the CAA Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 30. McGoogan threw a CAA-best 62-feet-10.75 (19.17m) to set a new standard at Elon.
 
WHERE CHAMPIONS RESIDE
Since 2019, Elon's women's cross country/track & field program has won nine CAA Championships. The Phoenix took home the triple crown a year ago (winning the CAA women's cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field titles) and earned the first leg again this year with a fifth straight cross country championship in the fall. Listed below are Elon's recent championships and closest competitors:
 
Outdoor Track & Field
2023 – Elon 185, Hampton 124, William & Mary 90
2022 – Elon 195, Delaware 154, Towson 148
2021 – Elon 191.5, Towson 174, Delaware 130
 
Indoor Track & Field
2023 – Elon 129.83, Hampton 121.33, Northeastern 93
 
Women's Cross Country
2023 – Elon 36, Stony Brook 55, Northeastern 78
2022 – Elon 30, Northeastern 49, Stony Brook 91
2021 – Elon 27, Notheastern 66, Delaware 66
2020 – Elon 35, Northeastern 66, James Madison 90
2019 – Elon 41, Delaware 62, William & Mary 68
 
AMONG THE RECORD HOLDERS
Listed below are current student-athletes who rank among Elon's all-time top 10 indoor records.
 
60 – 2. Meghan Wilcox 7.61, 7. Piper Jons, 7.81, 8. Mya Lee 7.85
200 – 1. Piper Jons 24.23, 6. Meghan Wilcox 24.87
300 – 1. Piper Jons 39.34
400 – 1. Piper Jons 54.28
500 – 7. Anna Kozlova 1:17.95, 8. Emily Alps 1:18.41, 10. Alison Hodgson 1:18.76
600 – 3. Emily Alps 1:36.70, 4. Alison Hodgson 1:38.58, 5. Arianna Sakoutis 1:38.74, 8. Anna Kozlova 1:40.24
800 – 4. Anna Twomey 2:12.46, 6. Alison Hodgson 2:13.17, Jette Beermann 2:14.48
1000 – 1. Anna Twomey 2:47.25, 5. Alison Hodgson 2:56.41, 6. Sarah Petitjean 2:57.13, 8. Jette Beermann 2:57.27, 10. Julia Bell 2:58.18
Mile – 2. Jette Beermann 4:43.87, 5. Anna Twomey 4:52.25, 8. Abby Beville 4:54.36
3000 – 1. Jette Beermann 9:34.19, 5. Anna Twomey 9:41.60, 8. Maggie Springer 9:43.21, 9. Katie Blount 9:44.97, 10. Hannah Miller 9:45.18
5000 – 5. Maggie Springer 16:47.73, 7. Katie Blount 17:04.19, 9. Madison Synowiec 17:13.96
60 hurdles – 5. Stavriana Adamou 8.76, 9. Ja'mia Johnson 8.99
1600 relay – 1. Piper Jons 3:43.57, 4. Meghan Wilcox, Piper Jons 3:47.92, 10. Piper Jons, Meghan Wilcox, Emily Alps, Arianna Sakoutis 3:54.45
3200 relay – 2. Anna Twomey 8:58.92, 3. Leandra Lorenz, Emily Alps, Alison Hodgson 9:03.52, 4. Anna Twomey 9:05.31, 5. Jette Beermann, Anna Twomey 9:10.29, 9. Anna Twomey 9:18.59
DMR – 1. Anna Twomey, Jette Beermann 11:35.14, 5. Anna Twomey 11:57.67, 6. Leandra Lorenz 12:02.52, 8. Sarah Petitjean, Jasmine Young 12:06.86
Long jump – 3. Linn Hertz Saebboe 5.83m (19-1.5), 7. Alexa Mark 5.63m (18-5.5)
Triple jump – 3. Linn Hertz Saebboe 12.06m (39-7)
High jump – 3. Hannah Schonhoff 1.69m (5-6.5)
Pole vault – 3. Caden Cerminara 3.60m (11-9.75), 9. Lizzie Lopez 3.15m (10-4)
Shot put – 4. Lauryn Carlton 14.14m (46-4.75)
Weight throw – 1. Kaitlin McGoogan 19.17m (62-10.75), 2. Lauryn Carlton 18.49m (60-8)
Pentathlon – 4. Hollie Thurgood 3,168, 6. Lizzie Lopez 3,074
 
ELON WINS INAUGURAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the first time in its history, the Colonial Athletic Association sponsored an indoor track & field championship in 2023. Elon scored 129.83 points to edge out Hampton (121.33) for the crown. Jette Beermann, in the mile, was Elon's lone event winner but the Phoenix flexed its depth, scoring points in all 18 events over the course of two days.
 
HE'S OUR COACH
Mark Elliston was named the inaugural CAA Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year in the spring of 2023 and earned CAA Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year honors for the third straight season (and fifth overall) following the 2023 campaign. He has now earned eight Coach of the Year accolades over 17 seasons at Elon.