Women's Track and Field

McShea, Persico Headline Women's Track & Field Awards

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the 2022 Women's Track & Field Major Award Winners and All-Conference teams on Tuesday as Gwynedd Mercy University, Marywood University and Marymount University earned major awards.

Siobhan McShea of Gwynedd Mercy earned the Track Athlete of the Year accolade after having a huge weekend. The senior earned her first gold medal of the meet and conference meet record in the heptathlon which is comprised of seven track and field events with 2891.00 points. In her next event, she set a another new conference meet record after winning first place in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.65 . McShea took silver medals in the 400 dash (1:04.07) and in Gwynedd's 4x400 relay race as the anchor. Finally, the senior earned two bronze medals in the 200 meter dash and the 100 meter hurdles with times of 29.54 and 17.27 seconds, respectively. In addition to her track events, McShea also earned a bronze medal in the javelin toss and competed in the long jump.

Marywood's Kristen Persico was named the Field Athlete of the Year for the second-straight time after earning a gold, a silver and a bronze in her events. Persico won the javelin throw with a 29.98m toss. She took second in the hammer throw and third in discus throw, respectively. The senior also represented the Pacers in the shot put event.

The Rookie of the Year was awarded to Deziree Conklin of Marymount University after having a sensational conference championship meet debut. Conklin earned three gold medals in the 100 meter hurdles, the long jump (4.99m), and the triple jump (10.21m). The rookie set a new conference record in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.18 seconds. Conklin also earned a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:09.77 and competed in the high jump event. 

Marywood University claimed the Coaching Staff of the Year accolade after leading the women's team to its third-straight Atlantic East Conference title. The coaching staff consists of Rob Ahrens, Kevin Borrelli, Dejon Bennett-Monroe, Carl Daubert, Frank Passetti and Lauren Calvey.

Lastly, the Atlantic East Elite 20 award winner for women's track & field, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the Atlantic East's 20 team championships, was awarded to Brianna Roth of Marywood University. Roth, a member of three-time conference champion Marywood, maintains a cumulative 4.0 GPA as an Exercise Science major.

In track & field, the Elite 20 winners are chosen from the top two team finishers at the championship. For the entire selection criteria and process, click here.

The full list of First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All Conference is listed below. For full results, click HERE.

Major Award Winners:
Track Athlete of the Year: Siobhan McShea, Gwynedd Mercy
Field Athlete of the Year: Kristen Persico, Marywood
Rookie of the Year: Deziree Conklin, Marymount
Elite 20 Award Winner: Brianna Roth, Marywood
Coaching Staff of the Year: Marywood University 
 
Event First Team Second Team
100 Meter Dash Caitlin Mills, Marywood Julia Darlak, Immaculata
200 Meter Dash Agnes Signou, Marymount Julia Darklak, Immaculata
400 Meter Dash Agnes Signou, Marymount Siobhan McShea, Gwynedd Mercy
800 Meter Run Hayley Gaines, Marywood Cydney Lahr, Marywood
1500 Meter Run Kathryn Shea, Marywood Courtney Humphreys, Neumann
5000 Meter Run Milana Straub, Marywood Kathryn Shea, Marywood
10000 Meter Run Molly Repecki, Marywood Keely Greene, Gwynedd Mercy
100 Meter Hurdles Deziree Conklin, Marymount Awnshae Smith, Marywood
400 Meter Hurdles Siobhan McShea, Gwynedd Mercy Deziree Conklin, Marymount
3000 Meter Steeplechase Gabrielle Snee, Marywood Kristen Dougher, Gwynedd Mercy
4x100 Meter Relay Marywood(Foster, Hamidi, Mills, Smith) Immaculata(Hays, Humphries, Gillin, Darlak)
4x400 Meter Relay Marywood(Gaines, Howell, Hamidi, Andrade-Foster) Gwynedd Mercy(Greene, O'Neill, Clarency, McShea)
 
Event First Team Second Team
High Jump Brianna Roth, Marywood Awnshae Smith, Marywood
Pole Vault Emma Wagner, Chesna Andrade-Foster (Marywood), Emily Kipers, Immaculata -
Long Jump Deziree Conklin, Marymount Awnshae Smith, Marywood
Triple Jump Deziree Conklin, Marymount Awnshae Smith, Marywood
Shot Put Rosalyn Page, Marywood Samantha Healy, Marymount
Discus Throw Rosalyn Page, Marywood Samantha Healy, Marymount
Hammer Throw Samantha Healy, Marymount Kristen Persico, Marywood
Javelin Throw  Kristen Persico, Marywood Sophia Parrish, Neumann
 
Event First Team Second Team
Heptathlon  Siobhan McShea, Gwynedd Mercy Natalie O'Neill, Gwynedd Mercy

Final Team Scores:
1. Marywood 284 points - CHAMPIONS
2. Marymounnt 142 points
3. Gwynedd Mercy 79 points
4. Immaculata 78 points
5. Neumann 24 pointns