BOSTON, Mass. - The Towson University track & field team completed its trip to Boston for the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Championship. Originally slated for two days, the competition was reduced to a single day due to impending inclement weather forecasted for Monday. Despite the last-minute change of events, the Tigers put up some impressive numbers, finishing in fourth place after accumulating 92 points.
Elon secured the championship title with 135 points, followed by Hampton in second place with 121.50 points. North Carolina A&T secured third place with 93 points, one point more than Towson's total.
"The team was challenged with showing me who they are," said head coach Consandria Walker-Hall. "Adversity doesn't build character – it reveals it. The standard didn't change because we're young. If anything, it rises! We definitely laid a solid foundation heading into the spring season after today."
Field Events
In the long jump, senior Leeann Redlo placed third overall with a PR 5.92m leap which ranks second all-time.
In the high jump, Redlo finished in second place at 1.78m, matching last year's meet record.
Redlo also competed in the pentathlon- winning the event. placing first or second in three of the five events. In the pentathlon high jump, the senior set a PR after a 1.82m leap – resetting Towson's record in the event. She also finished first in the long jump and second in the 60m hurdles. Redlo was sixth in shot put and 12th in the 800m - totaling 3,831 points to beat defending champion Lizzie Lopez (Elon) by 165 points.
In the pole vault, freshman Brunell Owusu placed fifth after clearing 3.85m, which ties for second all-time in program history in the event.
Three Tigers scored in the triple jump – Kiara Murray (3rd, 12.12m), Jaylynn Dorsey (4th, 12.05m) and Aniyah Toppin (6th, 11.90m). Murray's mark ranks third all-time, while Dorsey's and Toppin's ranks fourth and fifth, respectively.
Track Events
In the 60m hurdles finals, Redlo placed third after crossing the line in 8.63.
In the 60m finals, freshman Kadidja Ouattara placed seventh with a PR of 7.59, ranking seventh all-time.
Three Tigers finished within the top eight in the 400m – Spencer Settle (3rd, 55.25), Mydison Britton (5th, 55.86) and Qiora Rollins (6th, 55.93) added points for the Black & Gold. Settle's and Britton's times place them fifth and sixth respectively on the all-time list.
Dorsey placed eighth in the 200m after clocking 24.45, ranking seventh all-time.
Baara Stewart concluded her junior indoor campaign the same way she's approached most meets this season – by setting new records. Stewart reset her own program record in the event for the third time this season, clocking a PR of 2:07.27 to place first overall by over a second.
In the 4x800m, the combined relay team of Addison Mau, Jaayah Jenkins, Sophia Skinner and Rebekka Hillier posted a time of 9:33.66 to place eighth in the event and rank seventh all-time in program history.
In the DMR, Anna Amato, Settle, Layla James and Stewart came in fourth after clocking 11:50.52.
Rollins, Britton, Stewart and Settle closed out the meet in the 4x400m with another first place finish for the Tigers with a time of 3:42.23.
Meet Accolades
For the second consecutive year, Redlo earned the Meet's Most Outstanding Field Performer honors. Competing in nine events in a single day, including the five events in the pentathlon, and the 60m hurdles prelim, Redlo scored 30 points for the Tigers,which included a gold medal in the pentathlon (10 pts) ,a silver in the long jump (8 pts) and tw bronze medals (12 total pts) in the 60m hurdles and long jump. When the meet was condensed to one day, she was given the option to scratch an event - but chose to compete in all nine.
