Day 1 Results

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Three Captains captured individual conference titles, while two others set new league records as the Christopher Newport track & field teams capped off a strong showing on the first day of the Capital Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at Pomoco Stadium.

During the afternoon of action, Dominique Torres, Richard Roethel and Jennifer Westerholm all walked away with league titles, while Enuma Ezenwa and Leah Richardson both broke a CAC record in the preliminaries to highlight the first day of the meet. Overall, the men currently lead the way with 58 points, while Salisbury sits second with 32. The Sea Gulls stand atop the women's side with 48 points, and the Captains are just six back in second.

Torres and Westerholm headlined CNU's efforts after the sophomore standouts both won titles in the triple jump. Torres won the men's crown with a 14.65-meter effort, which not only marked a PR and moved him to ninth on the program's all-time list, but it also bumped him to sixth in the nation entering the weekend.

On the women's side, Westerholm nabbed the top spot and led a strong CNU contingent with an 11.06-meter jump. Danielle Crowley also came in second with a 10.77-meter showing, while Caitlin Miller also scored with a fifth-place performance after landing a 10.37-meter effort.

Roethel also collected a conference title after winning the javelin with a 58.08-meter heave. Robert Graham and Brian Strickland also notched top-five finishes after placing third and fifth, respectively. Graham unleashed a 51.94-meter throw, which moved him to fourth on the program's all-time list, while Strickland notched CNU's sixth-longest toss after firing the javelin 50.97 meters.

Along with the victors, Ezenwa and Richardson also excelled on Saturday. In the women's 100-hurdles, Ezenwa blistered the field with a time of 14.69, which set a new conference record and moved her to seventh on CNU's all-time list. Richardson also established a new CAC Championship mark in the women's 200 after winning the preliminaries with a time of 25.08.

In other track events on Saturday, both the men and women had a pair of runners score in the 10,000. The women were led by Emmie Schmitt, who finished second in 39:36.04, which ranks fourth on CNU's all-time list. Julie Machamer was close behind in third, crossing the line in 39:41.12, which stands fifth in program history.

On the men's side, Charles Pruitt led the way with a third-place effort after completing the 10,000 in 33:41.29. Aaron Zook also scored in fifth after crossing in 34:26.13.

Christopher Newport also had a slew of all-time efforts in field events on Saturday. Madison Bloxom placed second in the javelin after hurling a 35.57-meter throw, which set a new PR by 10-feet and placed her fourth all-time at CNU. Kendrick McMinn also moved to fourth all-time in the men's hammer with a 45.76-meter toss, which placed him third in the field on Saturday. Graham also came in fourth and moved to sixth all-time in program history with a 45.51-meter heave.

Rounding out the all-time efforts, Rayna Rossini cleared 2.65-meters in the women's pole vault, which placed her eighth in the field and ninth in program history. On the men's side, Christopher Comeau cleared 4.21 meters, which was good enough for third in the meet, while Alexander Hurd and Roethel came in fifth and sixth, respectively.

The CAC Track & Field Championships will conclude tomorrow with action beginning at 10:30 a.m.

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