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Baker's Dozen of ODAC Stars Qualify for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

Baker's Dozen of ODAC Stars Qualify for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
Posted: Mar 09, 2022

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- Winston-Salem is the destination for a baker's dozen of the ODAC's best track & field stars as the NCAA announced the qualification fields for the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. JDL Fast Track will serve as hosts along with Visit Winston-Salem and the ODAC's own Guilford College for two days of competition on March 11-12.

Conference athletes have had plenty of opportunity to compete at JDL with the facility hosting several events in the region each season. We will see exactly how friendly the confines are with 13 overall competitors from league members heading to North Carolina.

The ODAC's representation list features eight men and five women's standouts. Eastern Mennonite University, University of Lynchburg, and Virginia Wesleyan University will each send two men to JDL. EMU's flag will be carried by sprinter Alijah Johnson and mid-distance runner Isaac Alderfer. Mid-distance runners Tor Hotung-Davidsen and Sam Llaneza don Lynchburg colors, while hurdler Landry Moffo and jumper Geni Roberts sport Marlins logos. Roanoke College hurdler Xavier O'Brien and Washington and Lee University pole vaulter Joe O'Connor round out the men's contingent.

In the women's ranks, Lynchburg sends two athletes to Winston-Salem in distance runner Stephanie Burnett and hurdler and jumper Aniya Seward. Bridewater College sprinter Adalia Coleman, Virginia Wesleyan jumper Jaylyn Lane, and Washington and Lee sprinter Katelyn Gamble complete the conference's representation.

RELATED: Men's Accepted Entries | Women's Accepted Entries | LIVE Championship Results

For reach individual event, the top-20 ranked athletes were accepted into the competition. Each relay event will feature the top-12 rated entries. The overall performance lists can be found at TFRRS.org with the accepted entries lists posted above.

Below is a breakdown of each of the ODAC's qualfiers. For more information, visit the websites of any of the participating schools or go to the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com. Don't forget to become a fan of the ODAC on Facebook and follow @odacathletics on Twitter and Instagram.

  • ISAAC ALDERFER | EASTERN MENNONITE
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's Mile Run
    • Event Seed: 4th - 4:08.43
    • Notes: Alderfer is one of two ODAC competitors in the men's mile with Lynchburg's Sam Llaneza; Alderfer set his EMU record time at the ODAC Championships, finishing second overall; his time would have set ODAC records if not for Llaneza's winning time (4:07.78)
    • Event Top Seed: Aidan Ryan, Williams College - 3:59.92
  • STEPHANIE BURNETT | LYNCHBURG
    • Event(s) Qualified: Women's 5,000-Meter Run
    • Event Seed: 9th - 17:09.73
    • Notes: Burnett, who has twice competed nationally in cross country, will be making her first appearance on the national stage in track & field; she twice reset Lynchburg's 5K record, the latter occasion this past weekend at the Tufts National Qualifying Meet; her seed time is less than 3-seconds off the longstanding ODAC record (17:06.99) set by Roanoke's Casey Smith in 2001; she won both the 3K (10:22.69) and 5K (18:43.93) at the ODAC Championships
    • Event Top Seed: Kassie Parker, Loras College - 16:05.97
  • ADALIA COLEMAN | BRIDGEWATER
    • Event(s) Qualified: Women's 60-Meter Dash
    • Event Seed: 3rd - 0:07.62
    • Notes: the fastest indoor woman in the conference after earning ODAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet honors following wins in the 60m and 200m dashes, Coleman's seed time in the shorter dash is the second-fastest in BC history; she won't be alone as ODAC runner-up Katelyn Gamble joins the 2-time outdoor All-American in the 60m field
    • Event Top Seed: Tia Jones, Ithaca College - 0:07.59
  • KATELYN GAMBLE | WASHINGTON AND LEE
    • Event(s) Qualified: Women's 60-Meter Dash
    • Event Seed: 5th - 0:07.63
    • Notes: Gamble set the Washington and Lee 60m dash record at 7.63 seconds three times this season; she is the first athlete in program history to qualify for nationals in the 60m dash; runner-up in the event at the ODAC Championships, she will have familiar company with ODAC champion Adalia Coleman from Bridgewater also in the field
    • Event Top Seed: Tia Jones, Ithaca College - 0:07.59
  • TOR HOTUNG-DAVIDSEN | LYNCHBURG
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's 800-Meter Run
    • Event Seed: 11th - 1:53.35
    • Notes: Hotung-Davidsen set the ODAC overall record in the 800-meter run twice during the season; his qualifying mark was established at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational; the ODAC champion (1:54.06) in the event will be making his first appearance on the national stage
    • Event Top Seed: Mike Jasa, Loras College - 1:50.13
  • ALIJAH JOHNSON | EASTERN MENNONITE
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's 200-Meter Dash
    • Event Seed: 13th - 0:21.96
    • Notes: Johnson's ODAC season-best and EMU record time was set at the Bucknell Tune Up; he finished as the runner-up at the ODAC championships (0:22.14)
    • Event Top Seed: Dallas Wright, Wartburg College - 0:21.62
  • JAYLYN LANE | VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
    • Event(s) Qualified: Women's Triple Jump
    • Event Seed: 9th - 11.90 meters (39-0.50)
    • Notes: Lane set the ODAC overall record, VWU standard, and her seed mark at the Finn Pincus Invitational in January; she also holds the VWU record in the long jump (5.41m); she earned ODAC Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet honors after winning both the long and triple jumps; she will have familiar company in the NCAA triple jump field with Lynchburg's Aniya Seward also set to compete
    • Event Top Seed: Isabel Maletich, University of Chicago - 12.71m (41-8.50)
  • SAM LLANEZA | LYNCHBURG
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's Mile Run
    • Event Seed: 3rd - 4:07.78
    • Notes: Llaneza blistered in the mile at the ODAC Championships to not only win the event, but set ODAC overall and championship records as well as Lynchburg's school record in the process; that earned him ODAC Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet laurels; the 2021 All-American in the outdoor 1,500-meter run will have company with EMU's Isaac Alderfer joining him in the field
    • Event Top Seed: Aidan Ryan, Williams College - 3:59.92
  • LANDRY MOFFO | VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
    • Event Seed: 7th - 0.08.09
    • Notes: Moffo gradually approached the ODAC record time throughout the season, eventually doing so twice; also the VWU record-holder, he won the ODAC title in the event by setting both the league overall and championships benchmarks; he will be joined in the field by ODAC runner-up Xavier O'Brien from Roanoke
    • Event Top Seed: Oliver Thomas, WPI - 0:07.82
  • XAVIER O'BRIEN | ROANOKE
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
    • Event Seed: 19th - 0:08.23
    • Notes: O'Brien reset is own Roanoke record five times this season with his seed time serving as the latest benchmark; he finished as the runner-up at the ODAC Championships behind VWU's Landry Moffo, who will be joining O'Brien in the national field
    • Event Top Seed: Oliver Thomas, WPI - 0:07.82
  • JOE O'CONNOR | WASHINGTON AND LEE
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's Pole Vault
    • Event Seed: 2nd - 5.10 meters (16-8.75)
    • Notes: O'Connor is the ODAC record holder in the indoor pole vault, a mark he established at the nationals site -- JDL Fast Track -- at the JDL DMR Invitational; his clearance is also better than the current league outdoor standard (5.02m); he finished 9th at the 2021 NCAA outdoor championships, coming up just short of All-American status
    • Event Top Seed: Ben Drummey, University of Southern Maine - 5.12m (16-9.75)
  • GENI ROBERTS | VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
    • Event(s) Qualified: Men's Long Jump, Men's Triple Jump
    • Long Jump Seed: 10th - 7.26m (23-10.00)
    • Triple Jump Seed: 13th - 14.63m (48-0.00)
    • Notes: Roberts, the ODAC Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet at the conference championships, won the ODAC titles in the long and triple jumps; his long jump mark at the championships is his season-best, while he posted his top distance in the triple jump at the Richard Drake Invitational; he is the VWU record-holder in both events with his seed marks representing those benchmarks
    • Long Jump Top Seed: Sam Blaskowski, Wisconson-La Crosse - 7.48m (24-6.50)
    • Triple Jump Top Seed: Jonathan Wilburn, UW-Oshkosh - 15.15m (49-8.50)
  • ANIYA SEWARD | LYNCHBURG
    • Event(s) Qualified: Women's 60-Meter Hurdles, Women's Triple Jump
    • 60-Meter Hurdles Seed: 10th - 0:08.79
    • Triple Jump Seed: 20th - 11.69m (38-4.25)
    • Notes: Seward is one of two ODAC athletes to qualify in a pair of events; she is the Lynchburg record-holder in both the 60m hurdles and triple jump; her hurdles time came this past weekend at the South Region Final Qualifier, while her triple jump mark was posted at the Bast-Cregger Invitational in December; she will be joined by VWU's Jaylyn Lane in the triple jump
    • 60-Meter Hurdles Top Seed: Kelsie Sealock, Bethel University - 0:08.56
    • Triple Jump Top Seed: Isabel Maletich, University of Chicago - 12.71m (41-8.50)