Lynchburg Sweeps ODAC Indoor Titles for Second Straight Season

Feb 26, 2023

SALEM, Va. --- Consecutive streaks are now active for both of the University of Lynchburg's indoor track & field programs as the Hornets captured both the ODAC men's and women's titles following two days of competition at the 2023 ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships at Roanoke College's Kerr-Cregger Fieldhouse.

Lynchburg's women's team donned its fourth straight league crown with 181.0 points. The Hornets out-paced second place Washington and Lee University (130.0) and third place Roanoke (106.50), both of which eclipsed 100 total points. Lynchburg's men made it two straight ODAC titles with 169.0 points. It was the lone school to crack the century mark with Bridgewater College posting 98.0 marks and W&L chiming in third with 95.50 tallies.

The Hornets have now won an ODAC-record 30 men's trophies. They also own the most women's championships with a baker's dozen (13) following this weekend's affair.

In addition to the team titles, the ODAC announced the winners of the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete awards. Washington and Lee standouts were the recipients of those awards with mid-distance runners Parker Hawk and Zach Moore collecting the plaques.

The ODAC's remaining slate of indoor track & field awards will be announced later this week following a vote of the league's head coaches.

RELATED: 2022 ODAC Final Results

A dozen new records were set in Salem. In addition to the six standards established on day one, six more went down on Sunday. Lynchburg's Hailey Smith set a new mark in the 800-meter run at 2:16.51, while teammate Aniya Seward collected her third and fourth records of the meet with a leap of 11.95 meters to reset both the overall and championship benchmarks in the triple jump.

Hornet teammate Frank Csorba added to his 5K championship record on Saturday with a new standard in the 3,000-meter run on Sunday at 8:27.80. Sprinter Miles Moore from Shenandoah University set a new championship record in the 200-meter dash at 22.02 seconds.

Virginia Wesleyan's Geni Roberts continued his impressive jumping legacy with a new championship record in the triple jump. He won the event at 15.05 meters.

Listed below is a full breakdown of event winners from the 2023 ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. 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.

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.