Meet Scheduled for Friday at Liberty University’s Tolsma Indoor Track Center

Forest, Va. --- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) is scheduled to host its Indoor Track Championships at Liberty University’s Tolsma Indoor Track Center on Friday, February 23. Competition in the field events begins at noon with the track events starting at 3pm. The championship runs through Friday evening and concludes with the awards ceremony scheduled for approximately 9:30pm.

Lynchburg College won the 2012 men’s championship with a meet-best 141 points led by Rookie of the Year Jared Bloomquist. Bloomquist captured the high jump competition with a final mark of 2.00 meters. The title marked the Hornets 15^th conference indoor track championship. He returns in 2013 entering the championship with the league’s top mark in the high jump at 6-6.75.

Other 2013 season highlights on the men’s side include - Virginia Wesleyan junior Randy Lott headlines the top sprint events leading the conference times in the 60 (6.98) and 200 (22.86) meters. Bridgewater’s sophomore Luke Sohl leads all conference marks in the mile at 4:20.48 and in the 5000 meters at 15:05.16. In the field events,  Lynchburg dominates the top marks in the shot put and weight led by junior Greg Wilson’s performances in the shot put (49-11.25) and the weight (52-3.75). Virginia Wesleyan’s sophomore Ethan Fowlkes holds a narrow lead in the long jump (22-0.75) over Bridgewater freshman Pete Monteleone (21-11.75).

Roanoke College won its seventh women’s ODAC title edging Washington and Lee by 18.5 points. The Maroons were led by Athlete of the Meet Carmen Graves who won both the 400-meter dash (58.78) and the 800-meter run, setting a new championship meet record in the latter event with a time of 2:20.18.  She and teammates Hope Flomo, Toni Duvall and Sarah Witt won the 4x400-meter relay (4:02.53).  Graves also ran a leg of RC's fourth place distance medley team (14:04.48), placed second in the triple jump (11.05 meters = 36' 3.00") and marked third in the long jump (5.21 meters = 17' 1.25"). Graves returns to this year’s championship leading the conference in the 800 meters with the top entering mark of 2:11.49. She also is the top qualifier in the mile with a recorded league best of 4:58.17 and the 3,000 meters at 10:15.98.

Additional 2013 headliners on the women’s side include – Bridgewater freshman Kristin Trice who holds the top conference mark in the triple (35-4.25) and high (5-1) jumps as of February 18. She ranks fifth in the long jump registering 16-0.25. The women’s 60 meters is led by Lynchburg sophomore Aleshia Washington’s 8.06 mark. Roanoke’s Alexis Janney is a front runner in the 60 and 200 meters registering 8.13 (3^rd) and 26.75 (1^st) respectively, while teammate Alease Kinney is tops in the 400 meters (59.74) and second in the 200 meters at 27.01. Eastern Mennonite freshman Hannah Chappell-Dick is a contender in the mile and 3000 meters holding the third best time in the 3000 and second ranked time in the mile. Shenandoah and Lynchburg appear to have a firm hold on the shot and weight throw making up the top three marks in both categories. Shenandoah's Amanda Theall ranks first in the weight with a mark of 50-8 and second in the shot (37-10.5), while Lynchburg’s Kori Penick is tops in the shot at 42-0.

A full schedule of events for the championship can be found here. For additional information on past results, 2013 top times and championship location visit the conference indoor track championship website link here.