Senior Bryanna Names loads up to throw her discus at the Phoenix Invitational hosted by Elon University on April 14 at Elon's track and field complex.
CORY WELLER IELON NEWS NETWORK
Women’s track and
field team competes
against 15
programs at home
Christian Galvano
Elon News Network | @Chrisgalvano
Looking back on the
season so far, the womens
track and field team has
succeeded in a number of
endeavors and has many
noteworthy competitors
who embody what it means
to be a Phoenix athlete.
Efofl’s all-star thrower
Senior Bryanna Hames
came off an outstanding
final season. She represent
ed the Phoenix for the first
time ever in the programs
history in the NCAA
Championship in Eugene,
Oregon. She ^rew an out
standing 154’ 9” (47.18m)
on her first attempt in dis
cus. Hames has been All-
CAA in throwing since her
freshman season.
In the recent Phoenix
Invitational, Hames placed
fourth in the hammer event
and second in shot put.
Now in her final sea
son, Hames is still doing
great things for the Phoe
nix. She set a new personal
record earlier this month,
breaking her own outdoor
school record in the shot
put. She had a heave of 51’
1.5” (15.58m) and finished
as the runner-up in the
event. But she still pushes
herself to improve.
“I feel like my results are
not where I want them to
be right now,” Hames said.
Accomplishments and
glory don’t come easily
for Hames. The discovery
of protruding discs in her
lower back stalled her from
training, and she knew this
season it would be a strug
gle to throw to her fullest
potential.
“Biggest struggle had to
be my back injury,” Hames
said. “I still have weeks to
prepare and fix it, but that
is definitely the biggest hur
dle that I have going on.”
Emily Dixon, the all-
around athlete
Competing is all en
compassing for senior
Emily Dixon. Since 2015,
the CAA has recognized
her accomplishments
in track and field five
times. Just last year, she
won the heptathlon title
for the third straight sea
son at the CAA Outdoor
Championship.
Dixon competed in
three events last Saturday
at the Phoenix Invitation
al and qualified for finals
in every event she par
ticipated in. She won the
100-meter hurdles with a
time of 14.94. On top of
that, she cleared the bar in
the high jump event with a
season-best jump of 5’ 5”
(1.65m) at the same event.
Regarding the hurdles,
Dixon said she was not
happy with her overall
performance because of
the weather.
“The time wasn’t that
great, but the conditions
aren’t that good because of
the wind,” Dixon said.
Despite the tough
weather conditions, she
persevered and earned sec
ond place in the finals.
Dixon jumped a sea
son personal record in the
long jump with her mark
of 17’ 11.75” (5.48m). She
attributed her personal re
cord to competing at the
Jerry and Jeanne Robert
son Track and Field Com
plex, the home field of
the Phoenix.
“I was pretty happy with
that,” Dixon said. “It was
nice to see familiar faces at
home cheering us on.”
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Sophomore Melody
Burke proved she could
keep up with her upper
classman teammates this
past weekend at the Phoe
nix Invitational.
Burke set a personal
record for herself in the
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long jump on Saturday
when she hopped an 18’
9” (5.71m) for second
place. She surpassed her
current teammate, Em
ily Dixon, and placed
third on the all-time top
five-performance list.
“I did my first three
and made finals. Then I
did my second three and
the last one I popped the
big one. Nice way to end
it. The measurement was
18 feet 9 inches, but if you
want the meters it was
5.71.” Burke said.
Looking forward
The Phoenix will split
up for the Virginia Chal
lenge and the Duke Invita
tional next Friday, April 20.
The meets will take place
at University of Virginia in
Charlottesville and Duke
University. Afterward, the
team will be on its way to
the Colonial Athletic As
sociation (CAA) outside
tournament, which will
be held in Williamsburg,
Virginia.
Baseball sweeps
conference rival
Hofstra
Fifteen total strikeouts by Elon
University led the Phoenix to sweep
the Hofstra Pride 3-0 in the series last
weekend. Sophomore Kyle Brnovich
keeps raising his Division I leading
stirkeout count, now at 97 on the year.
The series finale saw a 5-3 victory for
Elon when Zach Evers slung a home
run over the right field wall in the
bottom of the seventh. Evers finished
the day 2-for-4, while freshman Matt
Oldham went l-for-3 and scored a
pair of runs for Elon (20-16,7-5 CAA).
Phoenix pitchers tallied 47 strike
outs in the series, the most in a three-
game set this year. The Phoenix start
a six-game home stand with North
Carolina A&T April 18 at 6 p.m.
Heather Munro
steals the show for
women’s golf
Heather Munro shot a two-over
74 in the final round of the Colonial
Athletic Association (CAA) Women’s
Golf Championship to earn a top-five
individual finish and all-tournament
honors as the Elon University women’s
golf team finished fourth as a team.
Munro’s 74 on Sunday was
the lowest individual score of the
play as the Scotland native post
ed 12 pars and two birdies on the
day. She finished the tournament
with 31 pars and seven total birdies.
Softball falls to
Towson
The Elon University softball
team was swept by Towson in the
Colonial Athletic Association series
this past weekend at the Tiger Softball
Complex in Towson, Maryland. Junior
Tia Mitchell paved the way for the
Phoenix going 3-for-3 with a triple,
but it wasn’t enough to help pull off a
win, as Elon fell 5-3.
Elon will return home after an
eight-game absence to host James
Madison in a CAA three-game set this
weekend, April 21-22. The Phoenix
and the Dukes start the series with
a doubleheader on Saturday before
concluding with a Sunday afternoon
game.
Lacrosse falls twice
to top-ranked teams
Elon fell to No. 6 Towson University
on Friday night 10-4. Elon was kept
in the game by dominance in the
first half on draw controls and the
stellar play of senior goalkeeper Tori
Cipollone, who made a career-high
13 saves. This came after she had
another great showing against Hofstra
University when she made 10 saves in
a 12-8 win on the road. But that wasn’t
enough to help Elon past the Tigers.
Elon then faced No. 4 James Madison
University. They dropped the second
game of their second game of the
weekend 15-3.
The game was called off with 2:55
left to play because of severe weather.
Senior Stephanie Asher, for just the
second time this season, was held in
check without a point.