Dalton and Briggs Capture ODAC Championships; Women Finish Third

Dalton and Briggs Capture ODAC Championships; Women Finish Third

The Basics

Meet: ODAC Championships
Date: April 21-22
Location: Washington and Lee University | Lexington, Va.

The Lead: Kerri Dalton and Mara Briggs each won individual ODAC Championships while the women's team finished third and the men in eighth.

Highlights:

  • Briggs opened the meet Friday with a high jump mark of 1.63 to capture the ODAC crown.
  • Dalton won the 10,000m race with a time of 38:13.67, a full 20 seconds better than the second-place runner. In that same race, Ellen Bauer placed fourth overall with a time of 40:56.02. Dalton also finished fourth in the 500m with a time of 18:21.90
  • Claire Aurand finished third in the 100m with a time of 12.88, then finished second in the 200m with a time of 26.36. Brynn MacDougall was fourth in 200m, clocking in at 26.82 and was second in the 400m with a time of 59.18.
  • Claire Brooks (12:04.24) and Caity Ashley (12:04.79) were third and fourth, respectively in the 3000m steeplechase, while Brittany Mallette was six in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:12.15.
  • Paige Olausen was second in the javelin with a throw of 34.63m and Jayna Jean-Jules was fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 38.61m.
  • On the men's side, Mykal Dawkins placed sixth in the 400m with a time of 51.25 and was sixth in the 400m hurdles (59.88) after setting a personal best in the prelims.
  • Howard Daniels ran the 10,000m in a time of 33:44.74 which was good for sixth-place overall.
  • Dillon Kopec was second in the pole vault with a mark of 4.00m, while David Flowers (41.08m) and Lucas Jones (36.60m) were fifth and eighth, respectively in the hammer throw.  

Up Next: Roanoke will return to action on April 28-29 at the Highlander Invitational at Radford.