WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The App State women's track and field team opened the 2025-26 indoor season at the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-Off on Saturday. A new meet record, set by the 4x400-meter relay quartet of junior
Nicole Wells, seniors
Damyja Alejandro-Ortiz and
Daye Talley, and junior
Jayla Adams, punctuated the day's action.
"This was a great season opener for all event groups to knock the rust off from months ago. The athletes are really motivated to be back from break and start the season." said director of track & field/cross country
Damion McLean. "Expectations are high this season, so we have to stay motivated on an elite level to be competitive."
Wells, Alejandro-Ortiz, Talley, and Adams stopped the clock at 3:45.76 for a new meet record in the women's 4x400-meter relay. The previous meet record was 3:49.07, set in 2021 by Duke's Jenna Crean, Lauren Hoffman, Megan McGinnis, and Kiara Ekeigwe. The Mountaineers were two seconds shy of the App State school record of 3:43.85, which was set at the 2023 Sun Belt Indoor Championships. Earlier in the afternoon, Adams and Talley finished third (24.39) and fifth (24.77), respectively, in the women's seeded 200 meters. Adams remains third in the App State all-time list with her personal best of 24.22, which she set during the 2024 campaign. In the women's unseeded 200 meters, sophomore
Kaitlyn McLeod placed fifth with a time of 25.04.
In her collegiate indoor debut, freshman
Alana Braxton posted a pair of first place finishes in the women's triple jump (12.32m (40' 5")) and women's long jump (5.87m (19' 3.25")). Fellow freshman
Ashlynn Wimberly landed second with a leap of 12.14m (39' 10") and sophomore
Jahaila Wright placed sixth with a leap of 11.60m (38' 0.75") in the women's triple jump. With a leap of 5.31m (17' 5.25") freshman
Kelly MacBride rounded out the top 10 in the women's long jump.
Senior
Ava Studney placed first in the women's pole vault, recording a clearance of 3.95m (12' 11.5").
Junior
Kendall Johnson placed second with a time of 7.50 in the women's 60 meters, coming within 0.08 of her personal best and program record of 7.42, which she set at last season's SBC Indoor Championships. Wells rounded out the top 10 in the women's 60 meters with a time of 7.73.
With a time of 2:18.09, senior
Addison Ollendick-Smith placed fourth in the women's 800 meters. Ollendick-Smith, who stands second all-time in the program record book, was seven seconds shy of her personal best of 2:11.13, which she set last season.
With a personal best toss of 14.70m (48' 2.75"), junior
Dianna Boykin placed eighth in the women's weight throw. Sophomore
Emily Edwards placed eighth with a toss of 12.17m (39' 11.25") in the women's shot put and rounded out the top 10 in the women's weight throw with a mark of 14.03m (46' 0.5").
Up Next
The Mountaineers will resume the indoor track and field season with the UNC Asheville Collegiate Opener at Tryon International on Jan. 10.
