The Basics
Event: 2026 ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Score: 12 points | 7^th of 11 teams
Location: Harrisonburg, Va. (Eastern Mennonite)

The Lead: The Hollins track & field team looked to end the 2026 outdoor season on a high note as they traveled to Harrisonburg to compete at the 2026 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The two-day championship meet was hosted by Eastern Mennonite and the Green and Gold looked to add to their record setting campaign after placing 7^th at the indoor championships in late February. The 7^th place finish and 28 points at the ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships were both the best in program history. The first day would see Hollins earn 12 points and finish the opening day in 7^th place out of the 11 competing conference schools.
 
Highlights & Notes   

Friday Events:

• 400m Prelims: The reigning 400m Outdoor Champions Jazmine Patterson took her first step in defending her crown by qualifying 5^th in the 400m with a season best time of 58.41. Patterson guaranteed points by earning a spot in tomorrow's final.
• 200m Prelims: Patterson set another season's best mark at 25.92, just missing a spot in the finals by .12 of a second. First-year Kamani Watkins posted a time of 28.54 in her first event at the championships.
• Long Jump: Arianna Gomez was 7^th leading a quartet of Hollins jumpers. Gomez finished at 5.22m with Madison Freideman posting a mark of 5.00m. Autumn Dale was next at 4.33m followed by Watkins at 4.26m.
• Shot Put: Sanaa Belton earned points with a 7^th place finish when she set a new Hollins program record at 11.30m. Ja'Nyla Green finished at 9.16m
• High Jump: Freideman tied for the best individual finish of the day securing 5^th place points at 1.52m, her personal best and just .03 off the school record.
• Hammer Throw: Belton added a 5^th place of her own with a distance of 42.71m.
• Javelin: Watkins finished 14^th with her season and personal best effort of 21.44m, the 5^th best mark in the Hollins record book.

Up Next: Hollins wraps up the 2025-26 T&F season tomorrow at Day Two of the ODAC Championships.