Final Men's Results // Final Women's Results
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- The Christopher Newport track & field teams punctuated the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic with several historic efforts on Saturday afternoon as the Captains shined during the final day of the competition at Lynchburg's Shellenberger Field and Dr. Jack M. Toms Track.
Headlining Saturday's action,
Ellie Nuckols won the 400 in 58.33. Later, she came back with a time of 1:05.28 in the 400-hurdles. That placed her second in the field and marked the 10th-fastest clocking in school history. It also was the top effort by a Captain since former All-American Enuma Ezenwa threw down a 1:03.66 mark in 2015.
Later in the meet,
Katie Stevens also climbed up the program's all-time performance list in the discus. The junior standout won the event with a 43.60-meter heave, which was the second-longest throw in school history and the finest mark since Sarah Johnson set the record with a 43.94-meter toss in 2019.
In other events on the women's side,
Ashley Eley finished seventh in the 100-hurdles (15.94),
Sydney Trussell was eighth in the 200 (25.93), and
Didi Dasilva completed the 800 in 2:27.64.
Elizabeth Lacombe,
Alex Guzman,
Ainsley Miller, and
Jessica Hendricks also teamed up for a time of 57.34 in the 4x100-relay, which placed them 10th in the field.
Along with their work on the relay, Guzman landed a distance of 10.57 meters in the triple jump, while Hendricks cleared 1.30 meters in the high jump. Meanwhile, in other throwing events, Stevens was fourth in the shot put (11.58 meters), and
Annabelle Dreher placed 10th in the hammer (38.33 meters).
On the men's side,
Daniel Fox came in fourth in both the 100 (10.76) and 200 (21.86). He also teamed up with
David Ajayi,
Marshall Mattison, and
Eli Wilson on a 10th-place showing in the 4x100-relay (43.37).
In other top-10 efforts for the men,
Leo Brennan was sixth in the 400-hurdles (59.57),
Daniel Ferrante came in ninth in the 800 (1:54.09), and
Logan Pena-Bandalo finished 10th in the 110-hurdles (17.22).
David Keroack also added a time of 52.20 in the 400.
Leading the way in field events, three Captains placed in the top-five in the triple jump.
CJ Reeders won the competition with a distance of 14.17 meters, while
Brandon Peterson was the runner-up (13.77 meters), and
Mikael Gessesse finished fifth (13.12 meters).
Wade Dunkelberger also chipped in with a fifth-place showcase in the high jump after topping 1.95 meters.
Rounding out the team's top performers,
Ben Varner came in fourth in the discus (42.71 meters), and
Daniel Young was third in the shot put with a 13.93-meter launch.
Christopher Newport will return to action on April 19 with the start of the two-day New Captains Classic at TowneBank Stadium.
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