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Outdoor Track & Field

ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Report: Week 5

It was a busy and supremely successful week for ODAC outdoor & track field athletes as they closed the regular season with a bang ahead of this coming weekend's ODAC Championships hosted by EMU. Lynchburg started the buzz early by setting five ODAC records at the ultra-competitive Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific University. Chasen Hunt set the all-time Division III record in the 5K, while Tor Hotung-Davidsen set new league marks in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter runs. Cooper Hurst established a new league benchmark in the 3K Steeplechase. Allison Dell took down the longest-standing (2001) women's track record in resetting the 10K standard.

Success continued into the weekend more school-records and top-times established as league programs competed seven meets overall. Randolph hosted its annual WildCat Invitational that included Bridgewater, EMU, Hampden-Sydney, Hollins, Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Sweet Briar. N.C. State welcome EMU, Ferrum, and Guilford to the Aggie Invitational, while Lynchburg, Randolph, and Roanoke athletes headed to UVA for the Virginia Challenge. Still more EMU athletes went to the Shippensburg Mid-Week PR Bonanza, while Virginia Wesleyan stayed close to home at the CNU Captains Invitational and Washington and Lee emerged from finals week to compete at the Hopkins-Loyola Invitational.

  • Aggie Invitational (Results): EMU, FC, GC
  • Bryan Clay Invitational (Results): LYN
  • CNU Captains Invitational (Results): VWU
  • Hopkins-Loyola Invitational (Results): WLU
  • Shippensburg Mid-Week PR Bonanza (Results): EMU
  • Virginia Challenge (Results): LYN, RAND, RC
  • WildCat Invitational (Results): BC, EMU, H-SC, HU, LYN, RAND, RC, SBC

  
Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field weekly awards include:

  • Men's Field AOW: Mike Smith, BC
  • Women's Field AOW: Ashley D'Ambrosia, WLU
  • Men's Track AOW: Chasen Hunt, LYN
  • Women's Track AOW: Allison Dell, LYN

 
Resources: ODAC Top Marks by TFRRS | Division III Top Marks by TFRRS | South Region Top Marks by TFRRS

  • ASHLEY D'AMBROSIA | WASHINGTON AND LEE | SR. | POLE VAULT/SPRINTS | HENRICO, VA.
    D'Ambrosia, a senior pole vaulter and sprinter from Henrico, Va., collects her second straight ODAC outdoor weekly award after a trio of strong showings that included resetting her own Washington and Lee record in the pole vault at the Hopkins-Loyola Invitational. D'Ambrosia won the event by clearing 3.81 meters (12-6.00) to reset her Generals record by 0.01 meters. She remains atop both the ODAC and South Region charts in the event and is slotted 15th in the country. D'Ambrosia also competed twice on the track. She set a personal-best time in the 200-meter dash, finishing 13th overall at 0:25.84. She ran the opening leg of WLU's sixth-place 4x100-meter relay squad. D'Ambrosia, Lilly Versen, Olivia D'Ambrosia, and Ana Hodneland posted a time of 0:49.73.

  • ALLISON DELL | LYNCHBURG | SR. | DISTANCE | WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
    Dell, a senior distance runner from Winston-Salem, N.C., was spectacular in resetting the oldest remaining ODAC track record as one of five Lynchburg competitors in the 5,000-plus athlete three-day showcase at the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific University. Dell finished seventh overall in her heat of the 10K run, crossing the line in 34:57.06. That was an improvement of 1:27 on her previous career-best in the event. She is the first runner in ODAC and Lynchburg history to crack 35 minutes. Her time snapped the record of former Roanoke College All-American Casey Smith, who posted a time of 35:05.63 in 2001. Dell's new mark tops both the ODAC and South Region charts by nearly two minutes. She is slotted sixth on the Division III performance chart.

  • MIKE SMITH | BRIDGEWATER | SR. | THROWS | WAYNESBORO, VA.
    Smith, a senior thrower from Waynesboro, Va., capped his regular season with two strong performances at the WildCat Invitational hosted by Randolph College. Smith won both the discus and hammer throw events. He tossed the disc 46.81 meters (153-7.00) to increase to stand atop the ODAC chart and rank seventh in the South Region. In the hammer, Smith heaved the apparatus 55.02 meters (180-6.00). He previously achieved 55.57 meters in the hammer earlier this year, which slots first in the ODAC, second in the region, and 27th in Division III. His most recent throw ranks just behind that previous mark on the ODAC and region lists and 34th nationally.

  • CHASEN HUNT | LYNCHBURG | JR. | DISTANCE | FOREST, VA.
    Hunt, a junior distance-runner from Forest, Va., was simply outstanding among an ultra-competitive field of runners at the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific University. Hunt competed twice in the 1,500-meter and 5K races. It was in the 5K that he immortalized himself in the Division III record book with the best time ever run by a Division III athlete in the event at 13:41.96. That time placed 8th overall in his heat and is 14.83-seconds faster than the next closest runner on the national chart. In the 1,500-meter run, Hunt was one of three Hornets that competed. Teammates Tor Hotung-Davidsen (3:42.12) and Sam Llaneza (3:42.97) both eclipsed Llaneza's previous ODAC and Lynchburg record time (3:43.69) and sit first and second in the country, respectively. Hunt was also impressive, posting a time of 3:45.07. That ranks seventh in Division III.

    • ALLISON BOBST | Lynchburg
      • at WildCat Invitational
        • Pole Vault: 1st at 3.50m (2nd ODAC, 2nd South)
    • CLAUDIA DISBROW | Roanoke
      • at WildCat Invitational
        • Javelin: 2nd at 34.16m (3rd ODAC, 10th South)
        • Discus: 6th at 33.92m
    • OLIVIA VIERS | Roanoke
      • at WildCat Invitational
        • 100m Hurdles: 1st at 0:15.03
        • Long Jump: 8th at 4.88m
    • AMANDA ROMANO | Washington and Lee
      • at Hopkins-Loyola Invitational
        • 400m Hurdles: 1st at 1:01.94 (PB) (1st ODAC, 1st South, 8th D3)
        • 100m Hurdles: 2nd at 0:14.94
    • JACKSON HERNDON | Hampden-Sydney
      • at WildCat Invitational
        • 800m Run: 6th at 1:57.54 (PB) (H-SC Record)
    • JACOB HODNETT | Lynchburg
      • at WildCat Invitational
        • Javelin: 2nd at 49.95m (PB) (2nd ODAC, 6th South)
    • ELIAS AMMON | Roanoke
      • at WildCat Invitational
        • 1500m Run: 1st at 3:57.26 (PB) (RC Record)
    • AIDAN VIGUS | Roanoke
      • at WildCat Invitational
        • Shot Put: 5th at 11.77m
        • Hammer: 5th at 37.53m (PB)
        • Javelin: 10th at 36.89m
    • WILL KNIGHT | Washington and Lee
      • at Hopkins-Loyola Invitational
        • Shot Put: 2nd at 14.36m (2nd ODAC, 10th South)
        • Discus: 5th at 40.49m
    • RYAN McKENNA | Washington and Lee
      • at Hopkins-Loyola Invitational
        • 400m Hurdles: 1st at 0:54.27 (PB) (2nd ODAC, 3rd South, 32nd D3)
Chasen Hunt
Allison Dell
Mike Smith
Ashley D'Ambrosia