Davidson, Otto Take Gold in Final Day of CAA Championships

Saturday, May 1

Harrisonburg, Va.

James Madison University

CAA Championships

Davidson, Otto Take Gold in Final Day of CAA Championships

5/1/2021 7:28:00 PM | Track & Field

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Skyla Davidson and Jordan Otto of James Madison track & field led the way in the final day of competition at the 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Track and Field Championships by claiming gold medals on Saturday at Sentara Park.

As a team, JMU finished sixth with a total of 71 points. Elon took home the team title racking up a total of 191.5 points.

Davidson claimed the first gold medal for the Dukes as she landed in first place in the triple jump. On her final attempt, she recorded a distance of 12.26 meters which was .01 meters past the previous first place mark.

Otto competed in the high jump and cleared a season-best mark of 1.65m on her first attempt to claim the champion title. Her mark placed her seventh all-time in program history.

Bethany Biggi made a huge leap in the heptathlon as she climbed up from seventh place following the first day of events, to take the bronze medal in the event with a season-best point total of 4,351. With that performance, Biggi moved up to seventh all-time in program history.

Dominique Johnson earned a bronze medal in the discus throw as she recorded a throw of 44.59 meters. On the first day, Shelby Staib took home the bronze medal in the javelin throw with a distance of 43.94 meters.

Quoting Coach McCown
"I am extremely proud to be the Head Track & Field Coach at James Madison University," head coach Ron McCown said. "We put on a top-notch conference championship and thank you very much to the many people involved in making that happen."

"As a team, we enjoyed having two conference champions and multiple conference scorers. Congratulations to Skyla Davidson and Jordan Otto on their victories. This is a close-knit team made up of a great group of determined and hard-working student-athletes. We are a young team and I look forward to great years ahead! Go Dukes!"