Monmouth Women Secure Fifth Consecutive MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championship

2/19/2018 12:10:01 AM

Final Results

NEW YORK, NY – Monmouth University won its fifth-straight MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championship, as it totaled 232 points over the course of the two-day event. The Hawks have won all five MAAC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship that they’ve competed in since joining the conference in 2013-14.

Monmouth compiled 232 points, the most by a women’s team since Manhattan College recorded 278.5 points in the 2008 Championship. The Hawks’ 232-point total are the most that they have tallied in the MAAC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship. Monmouth registered seven first-place finishes over the two-day event.

Quinnipiac University (119 points) placed second, followed by Rider (117 points), Manhattan (90 points), and Marist College (40 points) in the top five.

Monmouth’s head coach Joe Compagni was tabbed the 2018 MAAC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year for the fifth year in a row. Marist’s Hayley Collins earned the Track Rookie of the Meet honor, while Manhattan’s Lasma Padedze earned the Field Rookie of the Meet award. Quinnipiac’s Jessica Lee, who set a new meet record in the 60m hurdles (8.29) claimed the Track Most Outstanding Performer accolade. Rider’s Asia Young rounded out the major award winners, as she was named the Field Most Outstanding Performer.

A total of four MAAC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship meet records were broken throughout the Championship. Quinnipiac’s Lee set a new mark in the women’s 60m hurdles with a time of 8.29 in the prelims. Lee broke her own record of 8.45, which she set at the 2017 MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Manhattan’s Paige Chapman broke the women’s 60m dash record in the prelims with a time of 7.48. Chapman was the previous record holder, when she set the mark of 7.57, at last year’s championships.

Rider’s Karoline Sandvig recorded a throw of 18.34m in the women’s weight throw finals, to set a new meet record. Monmouth’s Casey Sturts notched a new meet record in the pole vault with a mark of 3.87m on day two of the Championship.

Final Standings
Women’s Teams		Men’s Teams
1. Monmouth*	232 pts	1. Monmouth*	260 pts
2. Quinnipiac	119 pts	2. Rider	118 pts
3. Rider	117 pts	3. Manhattan	113 pts
4. Manhattan	90 pts	4. Iona	98 pts
5. Marist	40 pts	5. Siena	24 pts
6. Iona	29 pts	6. Canisius	23 pts
7. Siena	21 pts	7. Marist	22 pts
8. Canisius	11 pts	8. Saint Peter’s	2 pts
9. Saint Peter’s	0 pts	*denotes Champion

Day One Events - Final
Event	Name	Institution	Time/Distance
Men’s 5000	Johannes Motschmann	Iona	14:20.97
Women’s 5000	Emily Wolff	Quinnipiac	17:01.57
Men’s Weight Throw	Timothy Wilson	Monmouth	20.37m
Women’s Weight Throw	Karoline Sandvig	Rider	18.34m*
Men’s Long Jump	Benjamin Pierce	Monmouth	7.05m
Women’s Long Jump	Asia Young	Rider	6.01m
Men’s High Jump	Brenton Foster	Manhattan	2.18m
Women’s High Jump	Carly Timpson	Quinnipiac	1.70m
Men’s Pole Vault	Eduard Winner	Manhattan	4.65m
Men’s DMR	Cabral, Quinn, McFarland, Rafferty	Monmouth	10.05:06
Women’s DMR	Dwyer, Stratz, Repsher, Piiru	Monmouth	12:01.62
*denotes MAAC Record

Day Two Events - Final
Event	Name	Institution	Time/Distance
Men’s 4x400 Relay	Reubel, Wiedman, Calderaro, Malko	Rider	3:18.91
Women’s 4x400 Relay	Kelly, Nnakwe, Boone, Davis	Manhattan	3:50.92
Women’s Shot Put	Allison Taub	Monmouth	13.86m
Men’s Shot Put	Corey Murphy	Monmouth	18.93m
Men’s 4x800 Relay	Capwell, Rafferty, Marco, Cabral	Monmouth	7:41.79
Women’s 4x800 Relay	Wilson, A. Stratz, B. Stratz, Piiru	Monmouth	9:05.53
Men’s Triple Jump	Bryan Sosso	Monmouth	14.82m
Women’s Triple Jump	Ashley McKinnon	Monmouth	12.31m
Men’s 3000m	Johannes Motschmann	Iona	8:14.80
Women’s 3000m	Lisa Fajardo	Manhattan	9:47.82
Women’s Pole Vault	Casey Sturts	Monmouth	3.87m*
Men’s 200m	Peter Guerriero	Monmouth	22.00
Women’s 200m	Jessica Lee	Quinnipiac	24.13
Men’s 800m	Dylan Capwell	Monmouth	1:51.53
Women’s 800m	Brianna Stratz	Monmouth	2:12.11
Men’s 400m	Russell Malko	Rider	48.71
Women’s 400m	Jasmine Davis	Manhattan	56.48
Men’s 60m	Bryan Sosoo	Monmouth	6.78
Women’s 60m	Jessica Lee	Quinnipiac	7.52
Men’s 60m Hurdles	Christian Patrick Jr.	Rider	8.28
Women’s 60m Hurdles	Jessica Lee	Quinnipiac	8.30
Men’s Mile	Liam Dee	Iona	4:05.92
Women’s Mile	Allie Wilson	Monmouth	4:56.35
*denotes MAAC Record

Major Award Winners
Award	Name	Institution
Men’s & Women’s Coach of the Year	Joe Compagni	Monmouth
Women’s Rookie of the Meet – Track	Hayley Collins	Marist
Women’s Rookie of the Meet – Field	Lasma Padedze	Manhattan
Women’s Most Outstanding Performer – Track	Jessica Lee	Quinnipiac
Women’s Most Outstanding Performer – Field	Asia Young	Rider
Men’s Rookie of the Meet – Track	Ehab El-Sandali	Iona
Men’s Rookie of the Meet – Field	Eduard Winner	Manhattan
Men’s Most Outstanding Performer – Track	Johannes Motschmann	Iona
Men’s Most Outstanding Performer – Field	Brenton Foster	Manhattan

Championship Information:
The 2018 MAAC Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships took place Feb. 17-18, at the New Balance Armory Track and Field Center in New York, NY. The MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships returned to the Armory for the 15^th consecutive year and was streamed live on MAAC.TV.

For more information regarding the 2018 MAAC Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships, please visit maacsports.com/indoortrack, and follow the conversation on social media by using #MAACTF.

About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37^th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.