LANCASTER, Pa. – Thirteen-time defending champion Johns Hopkins has been chosen as the favorite in the 2024 Centennial Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll. The Blue Jays secured all nine possible first-place votes and totaled 81 points in voting among CC head coaches.
Dickinson was projected to finish second with 73 points and the remaining first-place vote. Swarthmore landed in third place with 63 points, followed by Ursinus (56) and Haverford (49) in the top five. Gettysburg (43), McDaniel (28), Muhlenberg (25), Franklin & Marshall (23) and Bryn Mawr (9) rounded out the votng.
Several CC teams begin their spring campaigns this weekend, with the majority set to start competition in late March. The Centennial Outdoor Championship meet is set for May 3-5 at Muhlenberg.
2024 Centennial Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
| Rank | Institution (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1. Johns Hopkins (9) |
81 |
| 2. Dickinson (1) |
73 |
| 3. Swarthmore |
63 |
| 4. Ursinus |
56 |
| 5. Haverford |
49 |
| 6. Gettysburg |
43 |
| 7. McDaniel |
28 |
| 8. Muhlenberg |
25 |
| 9. Franklin & Marshall |
23 |
| 10. Bryn Mawr |
9 |
2024 Schedule | 2024 Championship | 2023 Championship Results | 2023 All-Centennial Team | Record Book
Last spring was one of the most impressive years of women's outdoor track & field in Centennial history, with three individual national champions, five broken conference records and six shattered championship records. At the CC championship, Hopkins added to its conference-record streak with its 13th consecutive team crown. The Blue Jays totaled 276 points, the third most team points in CC outdoor history, to run away with title.
At the NCAA meet, JHU's Victoria Kadiri repeated as national champion in the long jump and triple jump while Swarthmore's Adria Retter took home gold in the discus to highlight Centennial performances. Those account for three of the eight individual national titles in the Centennial's 31-year history. A total of six CC athletes captured All-America honors at nationals with top-eight finishes, led by Kadiri and Retter. In the team standings, Hopkins placed eighth with 26 points while Swarthmore (T-21st, 10 pts), Gettysburg (T-55th, 4 pts) and Ursinus (T-60th, 3 pts) also earned team points.
Retter has graduated, but Kadiri, JHU's Lauren Phillips and Gettysburg's Holly Ferrara are returning All-Americans to the CC this spring. Phillips placed fourth in the 400 meters while Ferrara earned her second straight All-America honor in the javelin with a fifth-place finish.
Kadiri and Phillips swept all of the major conference honors last spring, earning Most Outstanding Performer laurels at the Centennial championship meet before being named the Athletes of the Year the following week based on performances from the entire regular season and conference championship. In addition to their honors on the national stage, the standout Hopkins duo combined for three conference records, four championship meet records, six individual golds at the CC championship meet, and several marks that ranked at or near the top of the Division III performance list.
Kadiri enters her final spring campaign with four individual titles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships along with four at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Her eight individual national championships are the most by any woman in Centennial or Johns Hopkins history.
Returning All-Americans (3)
Holly Ferrara, Gettysburg, Sr. (2023-Javelin; 2022-Javelin)
Victoria Kadiri, Johns Hopkins, Sr. (2023-Triple Jump*, Long Jump*; 2022-Triple Jump*, Long Jump*; 2021-Long Jump)
Lauren Phillips, Johns Hopkins, Jr. (2023-400m)
* Denotes national champion
Returning All-Region (28)
Darya Mikusova, Dickinson, Sr. (2023-4x400, 400m, 400H; 2022-4x400, 400H; 2021-4x400, 4x100)
Mariana Penuela, Dickinson, Sr. (2023-4x400; 2022-4x400; 2021-4x100, 100m)
Sara Penuela, Dickinson, Sr. (2023-4x400, 200m; 2022-4x400; 2021-LJ, 400m, 4x100)
Emerlee Simons, Dickinson, Sr. (2023-4x400; 2022-4x400; 2021-4x100, 4x400)
Amiyah Priebe, Dickinson, Jr. (2023-Steeple)
Holly Ferrara, Gettysburg, Sr. (2023-Javelin; 2022-Javelin)
Isabel Thornberry, Haverford, Sr. (2023-4x400)
Olivia D'Aulerio, Haverford, So. (2023-4x400)
Victoria Kadiri, Johns Hopkins, Jr. (2023-4x100, 100m, 100H, LJ, TJ, Hep; 2022-4x100, 100m, LJ, TJ, Hep; 2021-LJ, HJ)
Lauren Phillips, Johns Hopkins, Jr. (2023-4x400, 4x100, 100m, 200m, 400m; 2022-4x400, 4x100, 200m, 400m)
Sara Stephenson, Johns Hopkins, Gr. (2023-5000m, Steeple; 2022-5000m, Steeple)
Abigail Gerdes, Johns Hopkins, Gr. (2023-4x100; 2022-4x100)
Harrinee Senthilkumar, Johns Hopkins, Jr. (2023-4x400, 1500m)
Mackenzie Setton, Johns Hopkins, So. (2023-1500m)
Lianne Saussy, Johns Hopkins, So. (2023-4x400)
Anna Zaeske, Johns Hopkins, Sr. (2023-4x400; 2022-4x400)
Sara Bartlett, Johns Hopkins, Jr. (2023-TJ)
Cooper Brotherton, Johns Hopkins, So. (2023-Steeple)
Triya Roy, Johns Hopkins, Sr. (2023-5000m)
Sarah-Caulley Soto, Johns Hopkins, So. (2023-PV)
Eleni Alvarez, Johns Hopkins, Jr. (2022-Steeple)
Kat Morgan, McDaniel, Sr. (2022-400m)
Avery McNulty, Muhlenberg, So. (2023-HJ)
Hannah Swale, Swarthmore, So. (2023-Heptathlon)
Trelstad T, Swarthmore, Jr. (2023-HJ; 2022-HJ)
Rainah Dunham, Ursinus, Sr. (2023-LJ, TJ)
Katya Galkowski, Ursinus, Jr. (2023-Javelin)
Ryann Wauthier, Ursinus, Jr. (2022-10,000m)
