Emma Crozier-Carole, a junior from Mainland Regional, recorded the 3rd-highest heptathlon score in North Carolina Wilmington history this weekend at the CAA Championships in Elon, N.C.
Carole increased her PR from 4,329 points at the 2024 CAA meet, also at Elon, to 4,578 points and placed 6th in the Coastal Athletic Association meet.
Crozier-Carole’s 4,578-point total is highest by a NCW woman in 11 years, since Shelby Hall scored 4,600 points at the 2015 CAA meet in Williamsburg, Va. Anna Raynor set the school record with 5,222 points in Rock Hill, S.C.
Crozier-Carole ran 14.92 in the opening hurdles for 852 points, then cleared 5-4 ½ in the high jump for 783 points, threw the shot 38-2 ¾ for 638 points and finished Day 1 with a 26.76 in the 200 for 732 points.
On Day 2, Saturday, she started out with a 17-7 to score 660 points, threw the javelin 98-7 for 478 points and ran the 800 in 2:52.83 for 435 points.
Crozier-Carole has a long jump PR of 19-8 with a legal 1.1 wind from a home meet in March. That’s also 3rd in school history. She also placed 5th in the long jump at the CAA meet with an 18-8 ½.
Crozier-Carole was a sectional champion in the hurdles and high jump and a state medalist in the high jump and long jump.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 