Cougars Head to Harrisonburg for CAA Track and Field Championships

Friday, April 30

Harrisonburg, VA.

College of Charleston

CAA Championships (Day 1)

Cougars Head to Harrisonburg for CAA Track and Field Championships

4/29/2021 12:54:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – A total of 22 College of Charleston athletes, including 12 who are in the school record book, will compete in the CAA Track and Field Championships beginning Friday at Sentara Park in Harrisonburg, Va.

The field events should provide several scoring opportunities for the Cougars. Luzy Lieger enters the meet ranked second in the conference in the pole vault with a school-record mark of 3.90m (12 feet, 9 ½ inches).

Chloe Christian is right behind Lieger in CofC history with a top performance of 3.80m (12-5 ½), a mark which placed her third at the 2019 conference meet.

Areyanna Scott sits atop the school record book and ranks fifth in the CAA this season with a long throw of 42.94m (140-14) in the javelin, and Haley Dempsey is fifth in school history and ninth in the CAA at 38.13m (125-1).

Stephanie Laudien is looking to score in the triple jump for the third time in her career after finishing seventh in 2018 and sixth the following year. Her mark of 11.82m (38-9 ½) is fourth in Cougar annals.

Kimbra Owens ranks eighth in school history in the discus (38.11m, 125-0), and Samantha Holbrook is ninth in the hammer (42.13m, 138-3).

The quintet of Tess Masselink, Cate Ambrose, Emily Dorony, Rhian Purves and Kaitlynn Bailey give CofC the best scoring chances in the track events.

Masselink is ranked in the Top 10 at three distances, including fourth in the 1500 (4:38.61) and 3000 steeplechase (10:50.17) and sixth in the 5000 (17:46.38). She scored in a pair of events at the 2018 CAA Meet with finishes of third in the steeplechase and seventh in the 5000.

Ambrose ranks third in the Cougar record book in the 1500 (4:38.03) and seventh in the 5000 (17:48.24). Dorony is eighth in the 800 (2:20.15), Purves is 10th in the 1500 (4:45.89) and Bailey is 10th in the 400 (59.77).