Staten Island, N.Y. - Defending-champion Georgian Court University came up just short of a repeat as the Lions placed second-overall in Saturday's East Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship Meet. The GCU women tallied 102 points, trailing only eventual-champion Holy Family University (107 points) in the event hosted by the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.
Rachel Pausz, a senior accounting major, earned the ECC Elite 19 award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest GPA competing in each of the conference's 19 championships. Pausz sports a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
In track and field competition,
Julia Kirschnick established a new program record in the Pole Vault for the third time this season by clearing a height of 3.50 meters.
Aniyah Russell, heading to the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships next month, topped all-comers in the Long Jump with a leap of 5.78 meters.
Other Top-3 finishes for the Lions include:
60m Hurdles
Haley Amogretti, 2nd, 9.27 seconds
4X400m Relay
Amogretti, Barden, Beasley, Thorpe
3rd, 4:11.84
High Jump
Elena Martinez Rodriguez
1st, 1.55m
Pole Vault
Hannah Gravante, 2nd, 2.90m
Long Jump
Shanae Rayside, 2nd, 4.95m
Triple Jump
Russell, 1st, 11.29m
Rayside, 2nd, 11.28m
Martinez Rodriguez, 3rd, 10.86m
Jaison-Ashley Pleva, 4th, 10.70m
Shot Put
Elena Keck, 2nd, 10.94m
Women's Team Results
| School |
Points |
| 1. Holy Family |
107 |
| 2. Georgian Court |
102 |
| 3. Daemen |
84 |
| 4. Roberts Wesleyan |
70 |
| 5. St. Thomas Aquinas |
51 |
| 6. District of Columbia |
48 |
| 7. Molloy |
38 |
| 8. Post |
36 |
| 9. Queens |
8
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