Liberty Collegiate Invitational Results

Duke Invitational Results

ELON, N.C. – The Elon track and field team broke two records today in competition at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational and the Duke Invitational today, April 7.
 
Louise Prevoteau broke the three-year old school record in the heptathlon at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in Lynchburg, Va., on her way to first in the event with a point total of 4,854. The freshman took first in the long jump (18’3”), third in the javelin (94’4”) and first in the 800-meter run (2:19.06).
 
The 4x100-meter relay team, comprised of Dana Cataldo, Kayleigh Birks, Cara Hughes and Veronica Luedke, finished second with a time of 47.75.
 
In the 100-meter dash, Cataldo matched her school record with a time of 12.29 for fourth. Birks finished ninth in the event after posting a time of 12.75, while Hughes earned 14^th with a time of 13.15. Cataldo (25.62), Birks (26.15) and Hughes (27.22) claimed fifth, 11^th and 19^th in the 200m.
 
Abigail Steinsiek posted a 1:02.90 for 11^th in the 400-meter dash and took ninth in the 400-meter hurdles with a 1:09.36. Luedke claimed seventh in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.85. In the 800-meter run, Erin Macbeth earned 19^th after clocking a 2:33.05.
 
In the field events, Claire Smith took second in the pole vault after reaching a height of 10’11.75”. Jordan Lee reached 5’1.75” in the high jump for eighth. Alyssa Girvin (122’4”) and Charlise Morgan (92’4”) finished 14^th and 29^th, respectively, in the discus. In the shot put, Morgan hit a mark of 42’9.75” for sixth. Janelle McNeil earned 20^th in the long jump with a leap of 16’1.75 and 11^th in the triple jump with a mark of 35’9”.
 
At the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C., Bria Bell fell just short of her school record in the 200m with a time of 24.48 for fifth. Amy Salek finished right behind in sixth after posting a 24.71. Salek also earned fourth in the 400m with a time of 55.23.
  
Emily Tryon took fourth in the 3,000-meter stepplechase after clocking a time of 11:02.76. Allyson Oram posted a 10:08.23 for ninth in the 3,000-meter run, while Morgan Denecke claimed 15^th with a time of 10:27.19.
 
In the 800m developmental run, Christine Pacewicz posted the best time for the Phoenix with a 2:22.73 for sixth. Brennan McDavid followed in seventh with a 2:22.92 and Ellie Taff took ninth with a time of 2:23.56.
 
Elon will compete in the Kent Taylor – Joe Hilton UNC Invitational next Saturday, April 14, in Chapel Hill, N.C.