Six Records Reset on Day One at ODAC Indoor Championships

Feb 25, 2023

FOREST, Va. --- We said records were in jeopardy prior to the start of day one at the ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. The record book has indeed been impacted.

Shenandoah thrower Kiara Felston and University of Lynchburg hurdler and jumper Aniya Seward each took down two records as part of a half-dozen new benchmarks set at the Kerr-Cregger Fieldhouse at Roanoke College on Saturday. Felston's teammate Tucker Kindig gave SU a second event winner and record-breaker, while Frank Csorba did the same for Lynchburg.

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Felston snapped her own ODAC overall record in the weight throw, which she established earlier this season. Her toss of 17.11 meters clipped her previous overall mark by 0.02 meters. It took down the previous championship record by much more with the 15.98-meter heave by Whitney Fitzwater from Roanoke in 2011 now serving as the second longest in meet history.

Seward, who won the long jump (5.46 meters) in her first field event of the championships, set her records in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries. She is the top qualifier heading into Sunday's finals after posting a time of 8.67 seconds. Former Bridgewater College speedster Emily Valle was the previous record-holder with her championship (8.89) and overall (8.69) marks from 2019 falling to Seward's new time.

Kindig along with Bridgewater's Michael Smith both would have broken the previous championship record in the weight throw set by Kindig in 2022 (17.64m). Smith heaved the apparatus 18.07 meters, but Tucker won the event at 18.91 meters. He now owns both the ODAC overall and championship marks in the event.

Csorba is the new championship record-holder in the men's 5,000-meter run. His time of 14:37.58 eclipsed the 14:54.53 time established by Bridgewater's Jamie Hiegel in 2019.

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Three additional events crowned champions on Saturday. Virginia Wesleyan University jumpers Terrian Smith and Geni Roberts added high-point marks to the Marlins first day haul. Smith won the high jump on jumps over Lynchburg's Devin Teal after clearing 1.96 meters. Roberts, a multi All-American in the long and triple jumps, added another long jump crown at 7.13 meters.

Washington and Lee University athletes featured in the remaining two finalized events. Carolyn Todd won the women's 5,000-meter run at 17:38.81, exactly three seconds shy of the ODAC championship record set by BC's English Jackson (17:35.81) in 2020. Camille Gillum was even closer to resetting the ODAC championship high jump standard. She won the event by clearing 1.66 meters, which is 0.01 meters short of the record set by Vicki Osinga from Lynchburg in 2000.

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2023 ODAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS | EVENT WINNERS

60m

200m

400m

800m

Mile

3,000m

5,000m

60H

High Jump

Pole Vault

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Shot Put

Weight Throw

4x400m Relay

Distance Medley Relay

Event	Women's Winner	Mark	CR	OR	Men's Winner	Mark	CR	OR
60m	Adalia Coleman, BC	0:07.54			Brady Fowler, RC	0:06.84
200m	Adalia Coleman, BC	0:25.15			Miles Moore, SU	0:22.02	X
400m	Ray Ray Taylor, EMU	0:59.11			Samuel Crawford, RC	0:49.63
800m	Hailey Smith, LYN	2:16.51	X		Tor Hotung Davidsen, LYN	1:55.16
Mile	Parker Hawk, W&L	5:11.14			Sam Llaneza, LYN	4:10.04
3,000m	Carolyn Todd, W&L	10:13.21			Frank Csorba, LYN	8:27.80	X
5,000m	Carolyn Todd, W&L	17:38.81			Frank Csorba, LYN	14:37.58	X
60H	Aniya Seward, LYN	0:08.70	!	!	Ja'marri Henderson, VWU	0:08.54
High Jump	Camille Gillum, W&L	1.66m			Terrian Smith, VWU	1.96m
Pole Vault	Lauren Anderson, LYN	3.50m			Evan Langhammer, W&L	4.55m
Long Jump	Aniya Seward, LYN	5.46m			Geni Roberts, VWU	7.13m
Triple Jump	Aniya Seward, LYN	11.95m	X	X	Geni Roberts, VWU	15.05m	X
Shot Put	Grace Fowler, RC	12.36m			Michael Smith, BC	14.83m
Weight Throw	Kiara Felston, SU	17.11m	X	X	Tucker Kindig, SU	18.91m	X
4x400m Relay	Lynchburg	4:02.84			Roanoke	3:24.94
Distance Medley Relay	Lynchburg	12:49.03			Lynchburg	10:21.58

CR - Championship Record
OR - Overall Record
X - Record Set
! - See Notes Section (likely record set in prelims heat)

Results Notes

In the women's weight throw, Kiara Felston (SU) reset her own ODAC overall record (prev. 17.09m) and broke the ODAC championship record (15.98m) set by Roanoke's Whitney Fitzwater in 2011.
In the women's high jump, Camille Gillum (W&L) came up 0.01 meters show of tying the ODAC championship record.
In the men's weight throw, both event champion Tucker Kindig (SU) and runner-up Michael Smith (BC - 18.07m) eclipsed the previous ODAC championship record of 17.64m by Kindig last season.
In the men's 5K, Frank Csorba (LYN) broke the championship record of 14:54.53 set by Bridgewater's Jamie Hiegel in 2019.
In the women's 60-meter hurdles preliminaries, Aniya Seward (LYN) snapped the ODAC overall (8.69) and championship (8.89) records set by Bridgewater's Emily Valle in 2019; Seward's time was 8.67 seconds in the prelims.
In the women's triple jump, Aniya Seward (LYN) second her third and fourth records of the meet with the overall and championship marks at 11.95m; VWU's Jalyn Lane set the champs record (11.69m) in 2020 and the overall standard (11.90m) last year.
In the men's triple jump, Geni Roberts (VWU) set the ODAC champs record at 15.05 meters, breaking the record of 14.82 meters set by BC's Darin Council in 2017.
In the women's 800m run, Hailey Smith (LYN) broke the ODAC champs record with a time of 2:16.51, snapping the former mark (2:16.77) set by Marissa Coombs from VWU in 2017.
In the men's 200m dash, event-winner Miles Moore (SU - 22.02) along with runner-up Samuel Crawford (RC - 22.10) eclipsed the previous championship record of 0:22.13 set by Alex Shadkhoo (LYN) last season.
In the men's 3K, Frank Csorba (LYN) snapped the championship record of 8:31.70 set by former teammate Max Sparks last season.