Virginia Publicizes Notable Women’s Recruiting Class

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia monitor and area program introduced the ladies’s signing class for the 2025-26 season on Thursday (July 31). The girls’s class includes a complete of 13 athletes, together with three transfers and two worldwide student-athletes.

“Coming off an outstanding win at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Championships, we look forward to adding a well-rounded group of women to our roster,” mentioned Virginia Track and Field Program Director Vin Lananna.  “We believe the following first year and transfer student-athletes will make an immediate impact and help us continue to compete at the highest level and look to defend the ACC team title.”

Continuing so as to add expertise within the throws, the Cavaliers herald Aixa Corbacho and Charlotta Sandkulla. A local of Madrid, Spain, Corbacho just lately received the Spanish U20 hammer throw championship along with her mark of 60.82m. A local of Vaasa, Finland, Sandkulla completed runner-up within the hammer throw championship on the Tour de Hammer Tammela along with her mark of 69.37m.

The distance group continues so as to add depth because the Cavaliers add Sadie Adams, Abby Faith Cheesemen and Katie Payne to the roster. A local of Crozet, Va., Adams brings her expertise up the highway from The Covenant School to UVA as she completed the earlier two seasons ranked within the high 10 within the state of Virginia within the distance occasions. Cheesemen and Payne even have a number of state championship titles to their identify hailing from Bell Buckle, Tenn. and Wilmington, Del.

The girls’s incoming class will function 11 first 12 months, three transfers and two worldwide pupil athletes. Between women and men, the Virginia Track and Field program will add a complete of 34 student-athletes, together with 11 transfers and three worldwide student-athletes.

“These 34 talented men and women represent all areas of track and field and are a reflection of the hard work of both the staff and the team to create a strong group of future Cavaliers,” mentioned Lananna.

Complete List of Virginia’s 2025-26 Women’s Recruiting Class:
Sadie Adams
Crozet, Ala.
The Covenant School
Freshman
Distance

Hannah Byrd-Lightner
Moorestown, N.J.
Moorestown High School
Freshman
Jumps

Cassie Callis
Nashville, Tenn.
Lipscombe Academy
Freshman
Jumps

Adelaid Caron
Woonsocket, R.I.
Woonsocket High School
Freshman
Throws

Kerrigan Chaney
Roanoke, Va.
North Cross School
Freshman
Distance

Abby Faith Cheeseman
Bell Buckle, Tenn.
The Webb School of Bell Buckle
Freshman
Distance

Aixa Corbacho
Madrid, Spain
Freshman
Throws

Ma’Khi Falkquay
Austin, Texas
Akins High School / Houston / Texas State
Junior
Sprints

Katie Payne
Wilmington, Del.
Tatnall High School
Freshman
Distance

Ava Rice
Haymartket, Va.
Battlefield High School
Freshman
Sprints

Charlotta Sandkulla
Vaasa, Finland
Vora Samgymnasium/ Novia University of Applied Sciences
Freshman
Throws

Grace Smith
Atlanta, Ga.
Westminster School / USC
Sophomore
Jumps

Madison Towsend
Atlanta, Ga.
The Westminster School
Freshman
Jumps