MAAC Announces Week 4 Outdoor Track & Field Honors
Women's Track Performer of the Week
Jessica Lee, Quinnipiac
Sr., Montgomery, NJ/Mongomery
Jessica Lee won the 100-meter hurdles at the Colonial Relays in a new school-record time of 13.52, beating the competition by over three-tenths of a second. In her first race of the spring season, Lee already clocked a time that would have been good enough to qualify for the NCAA Regionals last year. The time is currently tops in the MAAC and ranks 47
th in the nation. Lee qualifies for the ECAC Championships with her performance.
Men's Track Performer of the Week
Jermaine Lascelles, Saint Peter’s
Sr., Bloomfield, CT/Bloomfield
Jermaine Lascelles won the 400m dash with a IC4A qualifying time of 48.87 at the Wagner Invitational this past weekend. Lascelles also helped the 4x400 relay team take gold.
Women's Field Performer of the Week
Yohanny Rodriguez, Rider
So., Hamilton, NJ/Hamilton West
Sophomore Yohanny Rodriguez once again delivered a strong showing for the Rider University women’s track and field team last weekend at the 53rd Annual Colonial Relays hosted by William & Mary. Rodriguez produced a pair of top-three results for the Broncs. Rodriguez came in second in the high jump with a leap of 1.65m and she also landed in third-place in the triple jump with a mark of 11.00m. Her performances helped propel the Broncs to ninth-place finish at the 42-team event.
Men's Field Performer of the Week
Ire Bozovicar, Manhattan
Sr., Potoki, Slovenia/Gimazija Jesenice
Ire Bozovicar earned a first-place finish in the discus at the 2018 Sam Howell Invitational, hitting a personal best of 54.18 meters. The distance landed him in the top 50 NCAA Division I performances so far this year. It also qualified him for the IC4A championships.
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.