ATLANTA – Centre women's track & field kicked off the 2025 outdoor season as they competed in the Emory Spring Break Classic, facing a field of teams from multiple divisions, including some of the best in Division III. The event was not scored, but Centre turned in many fine performances and broke a pair of school records.
 
The first record to go down was in the 100m as All-American Madjo Doumbia surpassed her previous school record from her sophomore season with a time of 11.83 to finish second overall. All-American Chloe Hein took sixth place with a time of 12.16. In the 200m, Doumbia came close to another school record as she finished third with a time of 24.71, with Hein coming in sixth again.
 
In the 800m, Janea Bottinelli cracked the top ten as she finished ninth with a time of 2:22.36. Bottinelli later finished fifth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.70. The women's 1500m open race saw Kate Keller finish third with a time of 5:04.72, with Adelyn Shupert taking tenth place in 5:19.74.
 
Both 5k races were good ones for the Centre women. In the invitational, the Colonels posted a 1-2-3 finish as Sophie Bouldin won with a time of 18:02.59, followed by Gracie West in second and Erin Haugh in third. In the open, Maddie Riley finished fifth in 19:54.47, followed by Anna Yates in seventh and Sarah Pape in eighth.
 
After posting a pair of sixth place finishes in sprints, Hein finished with a mark of 19-5.25 (5.92m) to win the long jump and break her prior school record in the event by a quarter of an inch. In the pole vault, Lyla Bordwine posted a clear of 9-10 (3.00m) to take tenth place.
 
In the throwing events, Lindsay Jessie posted a mark of 122-1 (37.21m) to take seventh place in the discus. Rookie Zoey Shahid-Scott threw 38-10.25 (11.84m) in her first career outdoor shot put, only four feet shy of the school record.
 
NEXT UP
 
The Colonels will be back on the track on Mar. 29 as they compete in the Berea Invitational.