2022-23 ODAC Outdoor Track & Field News

  • ODAC Stars Earn 10 All-American Honors, Set Two ODAC Records
    May 27, 2023
    The ODAC's contingent of 17 track & field stars earned 10 total All-American honors and set a pair of conference records following three days of competition at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by St. John Fisher University in Rochester, N.Y.
  • Seventeen ODAC Stars Qualify for NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
    May 19, 2023
    The ODAC saw sixteen stars compete at the indoor national championships. Increase that total by one as 17 conference standouts learned they will be competing at the 2023 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships next weekend in Rochester, N.Y., at the Polisseni Track & Field Complex at St. John Fisher University.
  • ODAC Announces 2023 All-ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Awards
    May 15, 2023
    ODAC teams and individual athletes are competing in last chance meets as they gear up for possible qualification in the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships. That all comes on the heels of a strong regular campaign that culminated in the ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and led to this year's All-ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Awards. In a vote of the league's head coaches, five individual honors per gender are recognized by the conference. Additionally, the ODAC's athletic communications personnel name the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athletes of the Year. This year's ODAC Field Athletes of the Meet from the ODAC outdoor championships are Eastern Mennonite University multi-event star Ray Ray Taylor and Bridgewater College record-breaking thrower Peter Fulton. The ODAC Track Athletes of the Meet are multiple All-American sprinter Adalia Coleman from Bridgewater and Roanoke College speedster Brady Fowler. The ODAC Rookies of the Year both hail from the University of Lynchburg in mid-distance standouts Hailey Smith and Chasen Hunt. Both earned the same honors during the indoor season, along with outdoor ODAC Women's Coach of the Year, Jim Sprecher. The outdoor ODAC Men's Coach of the Year is Brandon Uhl from Washington and Lee University. The league's athletic communications personnel identified two different stars from the indoor season as this year's ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Those distinctions belong to a pair of distance standouts in W&L's Carolyn Todd and EMU's Jansen Miller.
  • Lynchburg Completes Double-Sweep of ODAC Track & Field Titles
    May 01, 2023
    It's a different kind of double-double for the University of Lynchburg as the Hornets completed a full sweep of the ODAC indoor and outdoor track & field events with their men's and women's team titles at the ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Monday. Lynchburg has now won ODAC bests of 31 men's and 13 women's outdoor crowns.
  • Bridgewater Set to Host ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
    April 29, 2023
    It has been a banner season for ODAC track & field with event winners and All-Americans shining indoors and those athletes -- as well as others -- showing off their talent in the outdoor arena. The campaign comes to a head this weekend with the ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships kicking off what could be an outstanding run for league stars with national competition on the horizon. Bridgewater College and the Jopson Athletic Complex serve as the host and host venue for this year's conference championship event. This season's affair is set for Sunday and Monday, April 30-May 1. Competition for field events begins at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, with running events starting at 5:00 p.m. ET. On  Monday, field events commence at 11:00 a.m. ET with running events speeding into gear at 3:30 p.m. ET. Live video of action will be provided by the Bridgewater College athletic communications department. Live results are provided by Blue Ridge Timing.
  • ODAC Athletes of the Week | Outdoor Track & Field
    April 25, 2023
    Week 34 marks the final weekly report for track & field with the ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships set for this coming Sunday and Monday at Bridgewater College. Several league teams competed one final time before the conference event with continued strong results. Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field athletes of the Week for Tuesday, April 25, include (pictured, l-r, t-b): Quinlin Zunk and Evan Langhammer from Washington and Lee and Hailey Smith and Sam Llaneza from Lynchburg.
  • ODAC Athletes of the Week | Outdoor Track & Field
    April 18, 2023
    They say that records are meant to be broken. Well, ODAC track & field athletes were listening with two handfuls of school and conference records falling like the rain through Week 33 of action. Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field athletes of the Week for Tuesday, April 11, include (pictured, l-r, t-b): Sam Llaneza and Aniya Seward from Lynchburg men's and women's track & field, Ray Ray Taylor from Eastern Mennonite women's track & field, and Geni Roberts from Virginia Wesleyan men's track & field.
  • ODAC Athletes of the Week | Outdoor Track & Field
    April 11, 2023
    ODAC track & field athletes participated in a pair of meets hosted by conference members in Week 32. Records and personal-bests were again set despite the number of overall competitors reduced due to the holiday weekend. Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field athletes of the Week for Tuesday, April 11, include (pictured, l-r, t-b): Adalia Coleman from Bridgewater women's track & field, Luke Diemoz from Lynchburg men's track & field, Ashley D'Ambrosia from Washington and Lee women's track & field, and Peter Fulton from BC men's track & field.
  • ODAC Athletes of the Week | Outdoor Track & Field
    April 04, 2023
    Three ODAC records were matched or tied by conference track & field athletes as we continue Week 31 reporting. We are just three weeks into the outdoor season, so there is no telling just how good ODAC stars will be when conference championships and NCAA qualifying picks up in earnest at the end of the month. Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards for Tuesday, April 4, include (picture, l-r): Brady Fowler from Roanoke men's track & field, Peter Fulton and Adalia Coleman from Bridgewater women's track & field, and Kim Roden from RC women's track & field.
  • ODAC Athletes of the Week | Outdoor Track & Field
    March 28, 2023
    What a weekend for ODAC track & field stars! Schools records dropped from the sky and even an ODAC record features a new entry -- if not a new name -- as we continue Week 30 reporting with some very strong marks with high national rankings for the conference's track & field standouts.  Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards for Tuesday, March 28, include (picture, l-r): Peter Fulton from Bridgewater men's track & field, Kacey Kelly from Lynchburg women's track & field, Adalia Coleman from BC women's track & field, and Frank Csorba from LYN men's track & field.
  • ODAC Athletes of the Week | Outdoor Track & Field
    March 21, 2023
    Outdoor track & field started in earnest in Week 29 with nearly all schools competing in a handful of meets over the weekend. Some school records have already taken a tumble and, while it is still early, many ODAC stars are positioned well in the national rankings.  Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards for Tuesday, March 21, include (picture, l-r): Samuel Crawford from Roanoke, Kiara Felston from Shenandoah, Michael Smith from Bridgewater, and Betsy Mohnkern from Lynchburg.
  • Virginia Wesleyan's Hathaway Appointed to Division III SAAC
    January 27, 2023
    Division III Management Council approved the new members of the Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) during the annual NCAA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, on January 11-14. Virginia Wesleyan University first-year Julia Hathaway was appointed to represent the ODAC as well as Pennsylvania’s Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) in the SAAC’s partnership program.