2024 CAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Head to North Carolina This Weekend

2024 CAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Head to North Carolina This Weekend

05/09/2024 10:30:00

Hunter Peters

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– The 2024 CAA Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships head to Elon, North Carolina, on Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11. The championships will be held at the Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Athletics Complex on the campus of Elon University.

The competition begins on Friday at 8am with the women’s 10,000m final, one of four running event champions crowned on the first day. The men’s 10,000m (8:45am), women’s 3,000m hurdles (7:25pm) and men’s 3,000m hurdles (7:45pm) will also be held as finals, while the preliminaries will begin 3 p.m.

Field events begin at 10 a.m. with the women’s hammer throw, the first of eight finals, awarding medals in the men’s javelin (11 a.m.), women’s javelin (12:30 p.m.), men’s hammer throw (1 p.m.), women’s long jump (2:00 p.m.), women’s pole vault (3:30 p.m.), men’s long jump (5:00 p.m.), men’s pole vault (6:00 p.m.) on Friday.

The championship fields expand with a team on both the men’s and women’s sides, welcoming Campbell to the mix. The Camel women finished third in the CAA Indoor Championships and the men placed fourth, with five CAA champions.

The newcomers had instant success at last year’s CAA Outdoor Championships when Hampton and Monmouth finished second in the men’s and women’s team races, while North Carolina A&T earned a top-four finish in both. However, it was the league’s title members who prevailed, with Elon winning its third consecutive women’s team title and Northeastern capturing its eighth consecutive men’s team title.

On the women’s side, Elon looks to win its fourth consecutive CAA title on its home track. It won’t be an easy task, as Northeastern defeated Phoenix at the 2024 Indoor Championship to claim its first team title since 2018 outdoors. Campbell will also be among the contenders after finishing third indoors – the Camels were runners-up at the Big South Outdoor Championships last season. You can also expect Hampton to challenge for the team trophy and improve on his second-place finish a year ago.

Eight women will look to defend their gold medal performances starting in 2023. Northeastern’s Dominique Biron, a two-time standout at the CAA Championships, looks to win her fourth straight title in the heptathlon after setting the meet record in the spring pass. Elon’s Leandra Lorenz and UNCW’s Courtney Lines have also won multiple league titles, as Lorenz won back-to-back in the 1,500 and 5,000, while Line earned back-to-back gold medals in the long jump, looking to become the first to win. three in a row in the event. Additionally, Charleston’s Luzy Lieger (pole vault), Elon’s Kaitlin McGoogan (hammer), Hampton’s Dejah Grant (400m), Towson’s Manie Mevo (triple jump) and William & Mary’s Arianna DeBoer (10,000m) look to defend their titles, while Elon and NC A&T attempt to compete consecutively in 4×1 and 4×4, respectively.

For the men, Northeastern looks to continue its reign of dominance. The Huskies have won eight consecutive outdoor championships and both indoor team titles. North Carolina A&T had an impressive indoor performance this winter, falling just eight points shy of the team title after finishing in third place indoors and outdoors last spring. Monmouth finished in the top three in all three of its CAA Championship appearances, including a second-place finish last outdoor season, and is a major threat to eliminate the Championships. Also, watch out for the Camels, who are looking to build on a fourth-place finish indoors and a second-place finish at the Big South Outdoor Championships last year.

Twelve men attempt to defend their CAA titles from last season. UNCW’s Josh Parks and Northeastern’s Nicholas Pisciotta are trying to win three consecutive gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles and hammer throw, respectively. Last season’s top athlete, Northeastern’s Ben Godish, attempts to defend his titles in the 1500 and 5000. Additionally, Hampton’s Dugion Blackman (800m) and Abraham Evans (long jump), Monmouth’s Evan Niedrowski (javelin), North Carolina’s Carlos A&T Alexander, Northeastern’s Ethan Exilhomme (110 mH), Noah Sweeney (100 m) and Kyle Sarney (steeplechase), Stony Brook’s Evan Brennan (10,000 m), as well as William & Mary’s Jason Nwosu (shot put) look to go consecutively.


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