Track & Field Kicks Off Outdoor Season at Bob Davidson Team Challenge

Friday, March 20

High Point, N.C.

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James Madison University

Bob Davidson Team Challenge

Track & Field Kicks Off Outdoor Season at Bob Davidson Team Challenge

3/21/2026 10:05:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

HIGH POINT, N.C. – James Madison track & field opened the outdoor season on a high note, recording seven top-10 program performances at High Point's Bob Davidson Team Challenge this weekend at Vert Stadium.

Freshman highlighted the opener with a second-place effort in the long jump of 6.21m (20-4.5), making her No. 2 in the event in the JMU record book. Classmate Sky Bleu Tyson took third in the 400-meter hurdles of 1:01.55, placing her fourth in the event in the JMU record book.

In her first collegiate meet, Peyton Mermon produced a throw of 37.87m (124-3) in the javelin – good for seventh in program history. Meanwhile, classmate Mykenzie Britton moved into eighth all-time in the 400 meters, finishing in 55.31.

In the pole vault, Elizabeth Michael cleared 3.20m (10-6) to tie for ninth in school history, while Aidan Faith is now tied for 10th in the high jump at 1.65m (5-5). Lastly, JMU's 4x400-meter relay squad finished second in 3:44.95 to round out the top 10 in the program's record book.

How It Happened

The Dukes went 2-5-6-8 in the 800 meters, led by Bridget Koller (2:11.97), followed by Anna Lehman (2:14.97), Taylor Myers (2:16.76), and Grace Tate (2:17.60).
Elsewhere on the track, JMU dominated the 5,000-meter competition with four Dukes scoring: Madison Cole (2nd – 18:27.80), Sarah Cestare (4th – 18:49.04), Elizabeth Scarpa (5th – 18:49.71), and Elizabeth Rainey (6th – 19:12.13).
Grace Mimnaugh produced a seventh-place effort in the triple jump with a PR of 11.38m (37-4).