ELON – The Elon women's track & field team will look to win its second straight outdoor title this weekend as it plays host to the 2026 CAA Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The two-day championship meet gets underway Friday morning and extends through Saturday afternoon at the Robertson Track & Field Complex.
 
The Phoenix will see 34 student-athletes compete across the two days of events. Six different Phoenix enter the championship meet as the No. 1 ranked athlete in their respective events, including Abby Beville (1500m), Katie Blount (10,000m), Duna Viñals (400m Hurdles), Isabella Johnson (discus), Adriana Clarke (hammer) and Jaqueline Zacharias (javelin).
 
CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – INFORMATION

• Date: May 15-16, 2026
• Location: Elon, North Carolina | Jerry & Jeanne Robertson Track & Field Complex
• Event Schedule: CAASports.com
• Live Results: CAASports.com

 
ELON SCHEDULED ENTRIES (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Friday, May 15
Combined Events

• Heptathlon 100m Hurdles (9:45 a.m.) – Lizzie Lopez, Greta Urbonaviciute
• Heptathlon High Jump (10:30 a.m.) – Lopez, Urbonaviciute
• Heptathlon Shot Put (12:30 p.m.) – Lopez, Urbonaviciute
• Heptathlon 200m (2:15 p.m.) – Lopez, Urbonaviciute

Field Events

• Hammer Throw (10 a.m.) – Adriana Clarke, Isabella Johnson, Grace Wager
• Javelin Throw (11 a.m.) – Jaqueline Zacharias, Urbonaviciute, Johnson

Track Events

• 1,500m Trials (3 p.m.) – Abby Beville, Julia Bell, Quinn Smith, Sarah Petitjean
• 100m Hurdles Trials (3:45 p.m.) – Mia Stimpson, Ja'mia Johnson
• 400m Trials (4:25 p.m.) – Teri Pridgen, Mary Sollars
• 100m Trials (5 p.m.) – Amelie Meier, Mya Lee
• 800m Trials (5:30 p.m.) – Jenna Gilman, Gabi Walker, Grace Lavelle
• 400m Hurdles Trials (6:10 p.m.) – Duna Viñals, Carolina Frada
• 200m Trials (6:50 p.m.) – Meier, Sollars
• 3,000m Steeplechase Final (7:25 p.m.) – Alicen Ashley, Winter Oaster, Amelia Summers
• 10,000m Final (8:10 p.m.) – Katie Blount, Hannah Weber, Jasmine Young, Cami Glebocki, Madison Galindo

 
Saturday, May 16
Combined Events

• Heptathlon Long Jump (9:30 a.m.) – Lopez, Urbonaviciute
• Heptathlon Javelin Throw (11:30 a.m.) – Lopez, Urbonaviciute
• Heptathlon 800m (1:30 p.m.) – Lopez, Urbonaviciute

Field Events

• High Jump (9:45 a.m.) – Hannah Schonhoff, Eloise Mulready
• Shot Put (10 a.m.) – Tristin Oberg, Allison Mateyak, Johnson, Clarke
• Discus (12:30 p.m.) – Johnson, Mateyak, Oberg, Wager
• Triple Jump (2 p.m.) – Stimpson

Track Events

• 4x100m Relay (1 p.m.) – Lee, Pridgen, Stimpson, Meier
• 1,500m Final (1:20 p.m.)
• 100m Hurdles Final (1:45 p.m.)
• 400m Final (2:10 p.m.)
• 100m Final (2:30 p.m.)
• 800m Final (2:50 p.m.)
• 400m Hurdles Final (3:15 p.m.)
• 200m Final (3:40 p.m.)
• 5,000m Final (4 p.m.) – Emilia Smith, Weber, Glebocki, Blount, Young
• 4x400m Relay (4:40 p.m.) – Viñals, Sollars, Pridgen, Gilman

 
AMONG THE RANKINGS (CAA)
Here's how Elon's competing athletes rank among the CAA's top 25 in respective events heading into the championships.

• 100m: 16. Meier (11.92), 25. Lee (12.03)
• 200m: 16. Meier (24.55), 24. Sollars (24.72)
• 400m: 9. Pridgen (56.01), 11. Sollars (56.04)
• 800m: 2. Gilman (2:06.08), 7. Walker (2:08.90), 22. Lavelle (2:13.03)
• 1500m: 1. Beville (4:19.75), 2. Bell (4:20.19), 4. Smith (4:22.11), 10. Petitjean (4:26.70)
• 5000m: 2. Weber (16:12.84), 3. Young (16:34.99), 9. Glebocki (16:57.93)
• 10000m: 1. Blount (33:31.63), 2. Weber (33:53.07), 3. Young (34:55.77)
• 100m Hurdles: 3. Stimpson (13.70), 12. J. Johnson (14.23)
• 400m Hurdles: 1. Viñals (58.52), 23. Frada (1:05.75)
• 3000m Steeplechase: 4. Ashley (10:44.68), 6. Oaster (11:11.49), 12. Summers (11:36.41)
• High Jump: 9. Schonhoff (1.70m/5'7"), 12. Mulready (1.67m/5'5.75"), 14. Urbonaviciute (1.66m/5'5.25"), 19. Lopez (1.63m/5'4.25")
• Long Jump: 22. Lopez (5.53m/18'1.75")
• Triple Jump: 4. Stimpson (12.22m/40'1.25")
• Shot Put: 6. I. Johnson (14.41m/'47'3.5"), 11. Clarke (13.37m/43'10.5"), 13. Oberg (12.94m/42'5.5"), 16. Mateyak (12.04m/39'6")
• Discus: 1. I. Johnson (50.58m/165'11"), 10. Mateyak (44.68m/146'7"), 12. Oberg (44.15m/144'10"), 14. Wager (42.44m/139'3")
• Hammer: 1. Clarke (60.27m/197'9"), 2. Johnson (60.05m/197'0"), 13. Wager (47.94m/157'3")
• Javelin: 1. Zacharias (46.75m/153'4"), 6. Urbonaviciute (38.19m/125'3"), 8. I. Johnson (35.67m/117'0"), 15. Lopez (28.05m/92'0")

 
ELON AT THE CAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Elon has won six CAA women's outdoor championship titles – 2015, '16, '21 '22, '23, '25 – the most of any team since it joined the conference in 2015.
• Elon won the 2025 CAA outdoor title by scoring 147 points to outpace Hampton (122) and North Carolina A&T (102). Four Phoenix were individual champions in 2025, three of which are back to defend their titles in Adriana Clarke (hammer throw), Lizzie Lopez (heptathlon) and Quinn Smith (1,500m). Mikayla Jones also won the 5,000m.
• The Phoenix is seeking the 2025-26 triple crown, having already won the CAA women's cross country and indoor track & field titles earlier this year. Elon previously won the women's triple crown in 2023.
• Seven Phoenix earned at least a share of the CAA's weekly track or field athlete of the week accolades this season, including Jenna Gilman (May 5), Jaqueline Zacharias (March 17, April 28), Mia Stimpson (April 28), Abby Beville (April 21), Adriana Clarke (April 21), Isabella Johnson (April 7) and Katie Blount (March 31).

 
ELITE UNDER ELLISTON

• Elon Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Mark Elliston is in his 20th season at the helm of the Phoenix.
• Under his guidance, Elon has captured a combined eight CAA titles in indoor and outdoor track & field, along with four runner-up finishes.
• A six-time CAA Women's Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year, Elliston and his staff led the Phoenix to the 2025 CAA outdoor title – the program's fourth in the past five seasons – and saw 10 athletes collect All-CAA accolades.

 
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