Blue Jays Advance Pair to Finals on Opening Day of NCAA Championships

LA CROSSE, WI – The Johns Hopkins women’s outdoor track & field team opened competition Thursday at the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium, hosted by the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. Sophomore Claudia Ouimet highlighted the day for the Blue Jays in the heptathlon, putting herself in position to make program history. Through four events, Ouimet sits atop the standings with 3,094 points as she looks to become the first NCAA heptathlon national champion in Johns Hopkins history. Ouimet’s strongest performance came in the shot put, where she recorded a personal-best throw of…