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Outdoor Track & Field

Three Collect All-American Honors on Final Day of NCAA Track & Field

WLU's Hedgemon Resets Her Own ODAC Hammer Throw Record

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Action at the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships concluded on Saturday with seven ODAC stars among those in action at Memorial Veteran's Field Sports Complex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Washington and Lee thrower Bailey Hedgemon highlighted the league's contingent as she not only earned NCAA First Team All-American honors, but she reset her own ODAC record in the women's hammer throw. She flung the apparatus 53.82 meters (176-7.00) to place eighth overall. The mark is 0.01 meters further than her previous ODAC benchmark from earlier this season.

Three ODAC standouts brought home All-American awards on Saturday. University of Lynchburg jumper Kacey Kelly added to her already impressive résumé with a seventh-place showing in the women's triple. Her NCAA First Team All-American honor came via a bounding leap of 12.16 meters (39-10.75), which is 0.10 meters off her own ODAC record.

In the second-most populous individual event in ODAC history, Lynchburg senior Chasen Hunt capped his stellar career with a USTFCCCA Second Team All-American finish. He placed 14th at 14:37.80, leading a four-man ODAC contingent that also included teammate Alex Jordan (17th - 14:41.28) and WLU duo Keaton Rush (18th - 14:45.74) and Sam Daunt (20th - 15:02.11), who exceeded expectations given that he was added late to the event as an alternate.

Also in action from Lynchburg was jumper Demetri Hinton. He placed 20th in the men's triple jump at 14.11 meters (46-3.50).

Below are performance profiles from each of the ODAC's 16 competitors on this season's national stage.

    • ABBY MIKOLAY
      • Women's Shot Put
        • Finished 10th at 13.36m (43-10.00)
        • USTFCCCA 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • JAMARCUS BROWN
      • Men's High Jump
        • Finished 5th at 2.09m (2-10.25)
        • NCAA 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • DEMETRI HINTON
      • Men's Triple Jump
        • Finished 20th at 14.11m (46-3.5)
    • CHASEN HUNT
      • Men's 5K Run
        • Finished 14th at 14:37.80
        • USTFCCCA 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • ALEX JORDAN
      • Men's 10K Run
        • finished 4th overall with an ODAC record time of 29:19.10
        • NCAA 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • Men's 5K Run
        • Finished 17th at 14:41.28
    • KACEY KELLY
      • Women's Triple Jump
        • Finished 7th at 12.16m (39-10.75)
        • NCAA 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • MICAH LEECH
      • Men's Decathlon
        • 5th thru 10 events with 6,874 points
          • 100m Dash: 5th at 0:11.21 (day 1)
          • Long Jump: 11th at 6.64m (day 1)
          • Shot Put: 17th at 10.83m (day 1)
          • High Jump: 2nd at 1.89m (day 1)
          • 400m Dash: 20th at 0:52.83 (day 1)
          • 110m Hurdles: 4th at 0:15.24 (day 2)
          • Discus: 10th at 34.80m (day 2)
          • Pole Vault: 3rd at 4.45m (day 2)
          • Javelin: 2nd at 54.24m (day 2)
          • 1500m Run: 11th at 4:49.37 (day 2)
        • NCAA 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • LAMONT VICTORIA
      • Men's High Jump
        • Tied for 6th at 2.06m (6-9.00)
        • NCAA 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • Men's 100m Dash
        • Finished 10th at 0:10.48 (0:10.478) in the prelims
        • Did not qualify for finals
        • USTFCCCA 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • LORENZO CAMOBRECO
      • Men's 400m Dash
        • Finished 18th at 0:48.10 in the prelims
        • Did not qualify for finals
    • OPHELIA LADNER
      • Women's 400m Hurdles
        • 10th in the prelims at 1:01.56 (0.01 off her own ODAC record)
        • Did not qualify for finals
        • USTFCCCA 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • ROMAN BERNARD
      • Men's 400m Dash
        • Finished 19th at 0:48.28 in the prelims
        • Did not qualify for finals
    • SAM DAUNT
      • Men's 5K Run
        • Finished 20th at 15:02.11
    • MACKY GARTLEY
      • Men's 110m Hurdles
        • Finished 10th at 0:14.27 (0:14.270) in the prelims
        • Did not qualify for finals
        • USTFCCCA 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • BAILEY HEDGEMON
      • Women's Hammer Throw
        • Finished 8th at 53.82m (176-7.00)
        • ODAC Record
        • NCAA 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • KEATON RUSH
      • Men's 10K Run
        • finished 17th overall at 30:25.47
      • Men's 5K Run
        • Finished 18th at 14:45.74
    • OLIVIA WARR
      • Women's 10K Run
        • finished 9th overall at 34:58.88
        • USTFCCCA 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN