FAIRFAX, Va. – The University of Dayton track and field team broke three school records at the 2021 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted at George Mason Stadium.
The Flyers finished seventh in the team standings with 53.5 points. VCU won the women's team championship with 149 points. Rhode Island won the men's team championship with 184 points.

"Our Flyers had a great weekend competing at the Atlantic 10 Championships across all event groups. While our upperclassmen really led the way for us, we had a great showing by our younger student-athletes," said head coach Jason Ordway. "Any time you have freshmen coming in and breaking school records, you know you've got something good going. We are very excited for our future and proud of overcoming the last year's adversity."

Sunday Highlights

• Corey Rinella broke the Dayton school record in the heptathlon with 4847 points, surpassing the previous record of 4769 points set by Sarah Sepanski in 2016. Rinella earned a bronze medal in the event. She took seven seconds off her previous 800-meter PR in the final event to secure third place in the heptathlon.
• Freshman Christierra "Cici" Williams broke the UD triple jump record with her mark of 11.98m. She broke the previous mark of 11.91m set by Maddi Schmidt.
• Lainey Studebaker finished fifth and Emily Sreenan was seventh in the 5000-meter run. Earlier in the day Sreenan also placed seventh in the 1500-meter run in a PR time of 4:31.57, just missing out on a UD Top5 time (fifth is 4:30.95).

Saturday Highlights

• Casey Bogues won the javelin throw with a mark of 51.28m which is a Dayton record, as well as the Atlantic 10 Championships meet record. Her mark is currently 13th best in the NCAA East Region.
• Taylor Robertson took second place in the pole vault with a personal best height of 3.86m, which is fifth-best all-time at UD.
• Lainey Studebaker placed third in the 10,000-meter run in a time of 35:25.06, which is third-best all-time at Dayton.
   

Sunday, May 2
Heptathlon
3. Corey Rinella – 4847 pts  PR –  UD SCHOOL RECORD
Sunday, May 2
1. Javelin – 37.38m  (617 pts)
4. Long Jump – 5.43m (680 pts)
6. 800m – 2:30.83  PR (683 pts)
Saturday, May 1
4. 100H – 14.84  PR (863 pts)
3. High Jump – 1.55m  (678 pts)
2. Shot Put – 11.50m PR (628 pts)
7. 200m – 27.17 (698 pts)

4x100 Relay
4. Dayton (Malana Johnson, Rayana Burns, Jahmia Bridges-Butler, Gabbie Johnson) 47.04 – PR  4^TH BEST ALL-TIME AT DAYTON

5000m
5. Lainey Studebaker – 17:20.52
7. Emily Sreenan – 17:25.99
24. Melissa Weidner – 18:57.71
26. Reilly Madsen – 19:31.98

Triple Jump
6. Christierra CiCi Williams – 11.98m  PR – UD SCHOOL RECORD

Shot Put
6. Taylor Flight – 13.96m
10. Grace Homan – 12.20m   

1500m
7. Emily Sreenan – 4:31.57  PR 
13. Abby Carter – 4:46.80
23. Aileen Hull – 5:03.50

Discus
8. Grace Homan – 40.90m  PR

4x800 Relay
9. Dayton (Victoria Angelopoulos, Abby Carter, Angela Braga, Emily Sreenan) – 9:44.75  

High Jump
10. Rayana Burns – 1.56m

4x400 Relay
10. Dayton (Malana Johnson, Rayana Burns, Gabbie Johnson, Julia DiLoreto) – 3:59.60

Saturday, May 1
Javelin
1. Casey Bogues – 51.28  PR  UD SCHOOL RECORD | A-10 MEET RECORD
6. Corey Rinella – 36.38m

Pole Vault
2. Taylor Robertson – 3.86m  PR  5^TH BEST ALL-TIME AT DAYTON
8. Carolyn Bakx – 3.41m
14. Katherine Santangelo – 3.26m  PR

10,000m Run
3. Lainey Studebaker – 35:25.06  PR  3^rd BEST ALL-TIME AT DAYTON
14. Melissa Weidner – 38:09.90  PR
20. Ellie Tighe – 39:09.97  PR
23. Kate Lechowicz – 39:49.64  PR

Hammer
9. Hannah Lindenman – 48.95m
15. Grace Homan – 39.45m

3000m Steeplechase
9. Kelly Wilker – 11:19.60
12. Zoe Chappelle – 11:27.35  PR
15. Jenna Eggleston – 11:39.81 PR
17. Liz Lechowicz – 12:47.53

200-Meter Dash
10. Gabbie Johnson – 25.06  PR
17. Malana Johnson – 25.74  PR

800-Meter Run
13. Victoria Angelopoulos – 2:16.20

Long Jump
13. Taylor Robertson – 5.47m
21. Christierra CiCi Williams – 5.20m

400-Meter Dash
14. Malana Johnson – 59.29  PR
23. Julia DiLoreto – 1:04.21

100-Meter Dash
15. Gabbie Johnson – 12.42
19. Rayana Burns – 12.50


Up Next
The NCAA East Preliminary Championships are May 26-29 in Jacksonville, Fla. The top 48 student-athletes per individual event in the NCAA East Region qualify: TFFRS 2021 NCAA Division I East Outdoor Qualifying