Men’s Track Performer of the Week:
Jadyn Tabois, Iona
Gr., Southport, CT, Fairfield Ludlowe
 
Senior Jadyn Tabois finished first in two events at the Raliegh Relays, hosted by NC State, this weekend.   Tabois earned top honors in both the 100- and 200-meter sprint events, running the second fastest time in school history in both events.  In the 100, Tabois posted a wind-aided personal best time of 10.30.   In the 200, pushing through a slight wind, he finished 0.01 second off his own school record with a time of 20.67.  Both times were the fastest in the MAAC early this season while the 200 time ranks 18th in the East.
 
Men’s Field Performer of the Week:
Zach Manorowitz, Rider
Sr., Pennsville, NJ, Pennsville
 
Zach Manorowitz won the long jump at the Sam Howell Invitational with a jump of 7.40m. It is an IC4A mark and the top mark in the MAAC. 
 
Women’s Co-Track Performer of the Week:
Holly Smith, Iona
Sr., Nantwich, England, Sir John Deane’s Sixth Form
 
Junior Holly Smith led the Iona women's outdoor track team at the Raleigh Relays this weekend, finishing the 5,000-meter event with a personal best time of 16:16.98. The time stands as the fifth fastest time on Iona's all-time list and fastest since Egle Morenaite ran a 16:07.97 five years ago. Smith finished 32nd overall in the highly competitive race, closing her final 400 meters in 1:14.97.  It was the 28th fastest time in the East this season, fastest in the MAAC by 24 seconds in 2024 and fastest in the MAAC since Morenaite's time in 2019.
 
Women’s Co-Track Performer of the Week:
Claire Gardner, Siena
Jr., Chestnut Ridge, NY, Albertus Magnus
 
Set the school record and clocked the fastest time in the MAAC this season by over two seconds in the 800 with a time of 2:12.25 at the Black & Gold Invitational.
 
Women’s Field Performer of the Week:
Kianna Tucker, Rider
So, Okemos, MI, Okemos
 
Kianna Tucker finished 3rd at the Sam Howell Invitational in the pole vault clearing 3.60m. It is an ECAC qualifying mark, the #2 mark all time at Rider, and the #1 mark in the MAAC. 
 
The 2024 MAAC Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, 2024, at Michael P. Brady Track & Field Complex in Lawrenceville, NJ, hosted by Rider University. For all information regarding the 2024 MAAC Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships please visit maacsports.com/outdoortrack.
 
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 43rd year of competition during the 2023-24 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College. Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University will join the MAAC as full members in the 2024-25 academic year, expanding the conference to 13 institutions.
 
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