Manhattan’s Williams, Awonusi, Padedze, and Rider’s Siegle Claim Geico Indoor Track & Field Weekly Awards
Men’s Track Performer of the Week
Quemarii Williams, Manhattan
Fr., Danville, IL/Danville
Coming out of this past weekend, Williams holds the MAAC's best performances of the season in the men's 400- and 800-meter races. At the Robert Elkin Invitational, he finished with a second-place showing in the men's 400-meters, earning a time of 49.94 in his first 400-meter event. The following day at the TCNJ Invite, Williams placed second in his first collegiate 800-meter race. He finished with a time of 1:54.48.
Women’s Track Performer of the Week
Kristin Siegle, Rider
Sr., Estell Manor, NJ/Buena Regional
Senior Kristin Siegle had a big day for the Broncs at the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartan Invitational last week. In the one-day event at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex she won the one-mile run and was part of the Rider winning DMR quartet. Her mile time of 5:04.33 currently tops the MAAC for the season, as does the Rider DMR time.
Men’s Field Performer of the Week
Anu Awonusi, Manhattan
Jr., Dublin, Ireland/Kilkenny College
Awonusi won the men's shot put at the Robert Elkin Invitational with a distance of 16.68 meters, topping the MAAC's best 2019-20 performers in the event. He then placed second in the men's shot put at the TCNJ Invite the following day hitting 16.19 meters.
Women’s Field Performer of the Week
Lasma Padedze, Manhattan
Jr., Ogre, Latvia/Ogre Secondary School No. 1
Padedze captured two individual wins this weekend, including first place in the women's shot put at the Robert Elkin Invitational with a distance of 13.58 meters. She then bested that performance at the TCNJ Invitational on January 11, hitting 13.67 meters, topping the MAAC's best shot put performances of the season and getting her second win of 2020.
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 39th year of competition during the 2019-20 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.