Sophomore All-Americans Ellie Logsdon and Carmen Solis have the credentials to back up their stellar spring seasons as COD opens the NJCAA Division III women's track and field championship Thursday in Utica, N.Y.

Logsdon brings the best times in four individual events — the 100, 200, 400 and 400 hurdles — and runs on the top 4 x 100 relay. Solis holds down the best in the 800 and 5000 and is No. 2 in the 1500.

Those two figure to be in the spotlight and factor in COD's chase for its first NJCAA team title since 2022 and the seventh in school history.

COD will be represented in 17 individual events and three relays. Ten of those events have the Chaparrals ranked no lower than third and that bodes well in showing their considerable depth.

Logsdon helped COD to a runner-up finish a year ago after winning the 200 and 400 hurdles. She also ran on the winning 4 x 100 relay, and finished second in the 100 and 400. This season she established the school record in the 400 hurdles (1:01.71) and holds a nearly five-second advantage over her nearest competition (Hannah Wagner, Onondoga CC, 1:06.54)

Solis finished third in the 1500 in 2024 and ran on the third-place 4 x 400 relay.

Returning All-Americans include: Fonida Khamissi (4 x 100 relay) and Molly Morris (4 x 100, 4 x 400 relays).

Freshman Adriana Villanova is seeded third in the high jump at 1.53 m (5-0 ¼) and freshman Olivia Brach third in the 400 hurdles (69.78).

The latest USTFCCCA rankings has COD seeded first by a wide margin. Its rating index is 834.09 with the nearest competitor Mineral Area (Mo.) at 464.69.

COD's NJCAA Division III qualifiers
(Top 16 ranking)
100 meters
1 Ellie Logsdon 12.53, 4 Klaudia Sztafa 12.81, 13 Micah Bates 13.16, 16 Molly Morris 13.23
 
200 meters
1 Ellie Logsdon 25.85, 5 Klaudia Sztafa 26.87, 8 Molly Morris 27.04, 9 Makenna Brown 27.26, 13 Allison Browne 27.47, 15 Fonida Khamissi 27.53
 
400 meters
1 Ellie Logsdon 57.28, 4 Makenna Brown 61.65, 6 Allison Browne 62.28, 7 Molly Morris 62.78, 16 Klaudia Sztafa 1:05.55
 
800 meters
1 Carmen Solis 2:21.88, 10 Maureen Bluemle 2:40.50
 
1500 meters
2 Carmen Solis 4:55.88, 6 Maureen Bluemle 5:22.99
 
5000 meters
1 Carmen Solis 18:40.49, 5 Maureen Bluemle 20:38.01
 
10,000 meters
4 Alison Pasdiora 48:23.54, 5 Maureen Bluemle 48:23.96, 6 Bianca Nunez 49:00.19
 
100 hurdles
6 Olivia Brach 16.58, 10 Allison Browne 17.31, 12 Delmarea Willis 17.66
 
400 hurdles
1 Ellie Logsdon 61.71, 3 Olivia Brach 69.78, 5 Allison Browne 71.87, 10 Delmarea Willis 74.50
 
3000 steeplechase
5 Alexandra Abood 14:51.48, 6 Samantha Blankenship 15:11.41, 7 Bianca Nunez 15:13.78
 
4 x 100 relay
1 49.88 (Molly Morris, Ellie Logsdon, Allison Browne, Klaudia Sztafa)
 
4 x 400 relay
2 4:20.85 (Ellie Logsdon, Olivia Brach, Allison Browne, Molly Morris)
 
4 x 800 relay
Composite time (10:49.57)
 
High jump
3 Adriana Villanova 1.53 m (5-0 ¼)
 
Pole vault
4 Ella Kud 2.31 m (7-7)
 
Long jump
8 Adriana Villanova 4.95 m (16-3), 10 Molly Morris 4.83 m (15-10 ¼), 15 Victoria Tarpeh 4.70 m (15-5)
 
Shot put
14 Teegan Roach 9.24 m (30-3 ¾)
 
Discus
10 Olivia Warmke 29.95 m (98-3), 11 Ellie Connor 28.45 m (93-4)
 
Hammer
6 Teegan Roach 35.24 m (115-7), 7 Ellie Connor 34.01 m (111-7), 13 Olivia Warmke 27.89 m (91-6)
 
Javelin
15 Makenna Brown 25.82 m (84-8)