BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Johns Hopkins' Victoria Kadiri repeated as the national champion in the long jump and earned All-America honors in the pentathlon to lead Centennial Conference performances on day one of the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
Kadiri's long jump national title is the third in the history of the Centennial and second of her career. The junior recorded a mark of 5.93 meters, breaking her own CC record of 5.91m that she set en route to last year's national championship. Kadiri also placed fifth in the pentathlon with 3,516 points, which ranks second in conference history. The top-eight pentathlon finish earned her a second All-America honor on day one.
The JHU men's distance medley relay of Daniel Chen, Ahmed Elmogi, Arthur Beyer and Matthew Kleiman claimed the silver medal with a time of 9:48.43 to collect the other All-America nod of the day for the conference.
In Friday's prelims, JHU's Lauren Phillips advanced to the finals in both the 60-meter dash and 400. Phillips finished sixth in the 60 prelims (7.64) and fifth in the 400 prelims (56.51).
On the men's side, Swarthmore's Aidan Cantine placed eighth in the mile prelims at 4:08.04 to advance to Saturday's finals.