Nine Cougars past and present scheduled to compete in elite women’s 800, mile and 3,000 events, which will crown new champions at JDL Fast Track; Huntington’s Wiley and new North Carolina State roster addition Tyynismaa entered in mile
By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
BYU is ready to take on JDL.
After remarkable indoor performances in recent years in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, Texas and Washington, several Brigham Young women’s distance runners past and present will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., to compete for the first time Saturday at the 11th annual Camel City Elite showcase at the JDL Fast Track facility.
Led by mile entry and adidas professional Anna Camp-Bennett, the 2021 NCAA Division 1 outdoor 1,500-meter champion representing the Cougars, BYU women’s coach Diljeet Taylor is scheduled to have both professional and college athletes competing in the elite 800, mile and 3,000 meters, as the elite section is scheduled to begin at 2:02 p.m. EST Saturday.
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“I have never been to this track before, so I always love to race at new places, so I’m excited about that and have heard so many good things about this meet,” said Camp-Bennett, who is also representing Taylor Made Elite.
“I’m super happy to be with Coach Taylor and the BYU women because that sisterhood of support is always so strong. And it’s always so helpful to have Coach Taylor and her incredible coaching voice at meets.”
JDL Fast Track is offering $75,000 in prize money for competitors who place in the top eight of the elite races, with $6,000 awarded to winners, $4,000 for second-place finishers, $2,000 to third-place athletes and $1,000 earned by fourth-place performers. Time and record bonuses are also available as well.
Camp-Bennett is scheduled to be joined by BYU athletes Carmen Alder, Alissa Fielding and Heather Hanson in the mile, a race that is also expected to be paced by 2019 Division 1 800-meter winner Jazmine Fray of Under Armour Mission Run as well as including former Cincinnati standout and Under Armour Baltimore Distance professional Ellie Leather, who took third in last year’s elite competition is and the top returning entry this year.
Two of the most intriguing competitors in the mile field are freshman Addy Wiley of Huntington University, the NAIA runner-up in cross country who ran the fastest…
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