Stockton sophomore Elaina Styer, competing in her first heptathlon, recorded three PRs on her way to one of the highest scores in NCAA Division 3 history.
Competing on Thursday and Friday at the TCNJ Invitational in Ewing, Styer won the event with 5,050 points, the 38th-highest score in NCAA Division 3 history.
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Styer earned All-America honors in the indoor pentathlon and had the top score in Division 3 and 6th-highest in D-3 history, but this was her first full two-day outdoor multi-event competition.
Styer went into the 800, the final event, with 4,246 points and needed to run 2:25.25 to reach 5,000 points. She responded by finishing first in 2:21.43 for 804 points.
On Thursday, Styer ran a big PR and school-record 14.23 in the 100-meter hurdles, the 5th-fastest time this year in NCAA Division 3 and good for 946 points. She high jumped 5-1 ¾ for 701 points, threw the shot a near-PR 35-8 for 587 points and finished Day 1 by running a 200 PR of 25.69 for 824 points.
On Friday, she long jumped 18-1 ½ for 706 points, then in her first javelin competition since a high school dual meet, she threw a 20-foot lifetime-best 99-4 for 482 points.
That led to the 800, where she ran 2:21.43 for 804 points and a final score of 5,050 points in her heptathlon debut.
Her score is 2nd-highest this year in NCAA Division 3. Olivia Bohlen of Central College in Pella, Iowa, scored 5,136 points in a heptathlon at her home track this weekend. Styer and Bohlen finished 2nd and 3rd at indoor NCAA Division 3’s.
Styer is the 6th South Jersey woman to score 5,000 or more points and the second to score over 5,000 this month in a heptathlon debut. Washington Township’s Dahlia Beasley, a sophomore at Kentucky, 5,143 last weekend in a multi-event in Austin.
5,870 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], April 14, 2016, Azusa, Calif.
5,640 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], May 12-13, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
5,565 … Shana Williams [Bridgeton], 1993, Buffalo
5,460 … Brianna Craig [Millville], May 12-13, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
5,143 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], April 1-2, 2026, Austin, Texas
5,050 … Elaina Styer [Ocean City], April 9-10, 2026, Ewing
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 