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Indoor Track & Field

Lynchburg and Washington and Lee Split ODAC Indoor Titles for Second Straight Season

Hornets Claim Men's Trophy, Generals Secure Women's Prize

SALEM, Va. — One streak ended last season, but maybe we are seeing the start to a new run…this time with split championships.

For the second time in as many seasons, the ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championship titles went to two separate squads with the University of Lynchburg repeating as the men's champion and Washington and Lee University securing its second straight women's trophy. Before last season, it had been since 2020 that two different schools had taken home conference hardware from Roanoke College's Cregger Center.

Lynchburg is now the owner of five consecutive and 33 overall men's indoor championships. For Washington and Lee, it had been since 2009 that the Generals had claimed an ODAC women's indoor title before 2025. Now winner of two straight, WLU has now topped the women's indoor points table three times.

A total of 10 records were set over the two-day affair in Salem, split evenly between the men's and women's ranks. In addition to the new standards set by Lynchburg's Alex Jordan and Lamont Victoria that we explained in our day one recap, six more benchmarks feature new entries from Sunday alone. In the women's competition, Bridgewater College thrower Abby Mikolay reset her own ODAC overall record set earlier this season in the shot put. Her new mark of 13.63 meters also reset the oldest championship record remaining in the conference books, eclipsing the mark set by EMU's Crystal Campbell in 1995.

WLU's Jesma Evans reset her own 400-meter dash championship record set last season. She posted a time of 0:27.00 on day two to supplant her 0:27.30 showing from last year. Teammate Mad McMurphy is the new championship record-holder in the pole vault. She cleared 3.63 meters to take over the record-book entry from former BC standout Christina Rhodes, who achieved a 3.61-meter clearance in 2010.

Roanoke College took over for the 2013 version of Maroons that set the 4x400-meter relay championship record at 3:59.58. RC's team of Olivia Ladner, Mae Kaufman, Maryrose Molina-Shuman, and Lindsey Hobin posted a new meet-best time of 3:58.49.

WLU first-year Macky Gartley set two records in the 60-meter hurdles. Last week, he tied for Virginia Wesleyan University star Landry Moffo's overall record of 0:08.09. Gartley left no doubt on Sunday, taking over both the overall and championship records from Moffo by posting a time of 0:08.05.

Gartley would have been involved in a third record had it not been for Roanoke College in the 4x400-meter relay. Both schools eclipsed the 2025 championship record of 3:21.79. The Maroons' unit of Max Cardwell, Elias Ammon, Brandon Heffinger, and Lorenzo Camobreco won the event at 3:20.55. The Generals' squad of John Daniels, Connor LaCour, Gartley, and DJ McDonough finished second at 3:21.75.

In the sections below, we highlight the full team standings, note any records achieved, and identify each of the event winners through the first day of competition.

  • WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS
    RANKSCHOOLPTS. RANKSCHOOLPTS.
    1Washington and Lee195.50 1Lynchburg187.50
    2Lynchburg113.00 2Washington and Lee120.00
    3Bridgewater92.00 3Bridgewater90.00
    4Roanoke88.00 4Roanoke82.00
    5Shenandoah45.00 5Randolph50.00
    6Virginia Wesleyan37.00 6EMU43.00
    7Hollins25.50 7Virginia Wesleyan26.00
    8Randolph10.00 8Shenandoah18.
    9Sweet Briar9.0 9Hampden-Sydney6.00
    10EMU1.0 10Guilford1.00
    11Averett0.0 --AverettNTS
    • 5,000m Run: Lynchburg's Alex Jordan has now reset both the ODAC overall (during the regular season) and ODAC championship records in the 5K; his time on Friday of 14:30.30 eclipsed the previous record of 14:37.58 set by former Lynchburg star Frank Csorba in 2023.
    • High Jump: Lynchburg's Lamont Victoria has set the ODAC high jump overall and championship records in back-to-back weeks; he cleared 2.10 meters (6-10.75) on Friday to snap the champs record of 2.05 meters set by former EMU standout Jordan King in 2014; Victoria reset the ODAC overall record last weekend at 2.15m (7-0.50).
    • 60m Hurdles: WLU's Macky Gartley put his name next to the ODAC's 60-meter hurdles entry for the second straight week; last week he tied former VWU standout Landry Moffo for the overall record at 0:08.09; on Sunday, he claimed both the ODAC overall and championships records for himself with a time of 0:08.04.
    • 4x400m Relay: Roanoke's team of Max Cardwell, Elias Ammon, Brandon Heffinger, and Lorenzo Camobreco posted a time of 3:20.55 to snap the championship record of 3:21.79 set by Randolph College in 2025; Washington and Lee's squad of J Daniels, C LaCour, Macky Gartley, and DJ McDonough also eclipsed last year's record with a time of 3:21.75.
    • Pole Vault: WLU's Madeline McMurphy cleared 3.63 meters (11-10.75) on Saturday to eclipse the championship record of 3.61 meters (11-10.00) set in 2010 by former Bridgewater standout Christina Rhodes.
    • Shot Put: Bridgewater's Abby Mikolay reset her own ODAC overall record (13.51m) that she established early this season and took over the oldest standing ODAC championship benchmark from former EMU star Crystal Campbell, who posted a throw of 13.36m in 1995; Mikolay's new mark is 13.63m (44-8.75).
    • 400m Dash: WLU's Jesma Evans broke her own ODAC championship record (0:57.30) set last season with a new meet-best time of 0:57.00.
    • 4x400m Relay: Roanoke's team of Olivia Ladner, Mae Kaufman, Maryrose Molina-Shuman, and Lindsey Hobin reset the championship record set in 2013 by RC at 3:59.58 with a new benchmark of 3:58.49.

  • Listed below is a chart of event champions from the 2026 ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. For full meet results, visit the timing page provided by official ODAC timers Blue Ridge Timing.

    EVENTWOMEN'S
    CHAMP    		TIMECRORMEN'S
    CHAMP    		TIMECROR
    60m DashJade Buckles, BC0:07.71  Lamont Victoria, LYN0:06.79  
    200m DashLindsey Hobin, RC0:25.23  Lamont Victoria, LYN0:22.08  
    400m DashJesma Evans, WLU0:57.00X Lorenzo Camobreco, RC0:49.50  
    800m RunHannah Edwards, LYN2:21.02  DJ McDonough, WLU1:54.21  
    Mile RunOlivia Warr, WLU   Chasen Hunt, LYN4:19.80  
    3K RunOlivia Warr, WLU10:10.51  Chasen Hunt, LYN8:33.94  
    5K RunEster Zar, VWU18:05.27  Alex Jordan, LYN14:30.30X 
    60m HurdlesOphelia Ladner, RC0:08.905*  Macky Gartley, WLU0:08.04XX
    4x400m Relay    Roanoke ^
    Cardwell, Ammon
    Heffinger, Camobreco    		3:20.55X 
    DMRLynchburg
    Baker, Ruiz
    Bunting, Edwards    		12:45.48  Lynchburg
    Mantooth, Henson
    Diemoz, Hunt    		10:31.32  
    High JumpCamille Gillum, WLU1.65m (5-5.00)  Lamont Victoria, LYN2.10m (6-10.75)X 
    Pole VaultMadeline McMurphy, WLU3.63m (11-10.75)X Evan Langhammer, WLU4.73m (15-6.25)  
    Long JumpSummer Wallace, BC5.52m (18-1.50)  Jordan Hall, VWU7.09m (23-3.25)  
    Triple JumpKacey Kelly, LYN11.76m (38-7.00)  Demetri Hinton, LYN14.41m (47-3.50)  
    Shot PutAbby Mikolay, BC13.63m (44-8.75)XXJesus Flores, BC15.75m (51-8.25)  
    Weight ThrowBailey Hedgemon, WLU17.35m (56-11.25)  Jesus Flores, BC17.58m (57-8.25)  

    Table Legend: CR = Championship Record; OR = Overall Record

    * Ophelia Ladner (RC) won the women's 60m hurdles by 0.004 seconds over teammate Olivia Viers
    ^ Roanoke and 2nd-place Washington and Lee both eclipsed the previous championship record