LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the 2023 Women's Track & Field Major Award Winners and All-Conference teams on Tuesday afternoon as Marymount and Marywood earned major awards.

Marymount’s Deziree Conklin-Boone was named Track Athlete of the Year. The sophomore scored 44.5 points for her team in the two day meet to lead them to the first Atlantic East Women’s Track and Field Title. Conklin-Boone was dominant in the hurdle events winning golf in both the 100m and 400m.events. Her time of 15.18 in the 100m hurdles was over a second and a half faster than next finisher. Her 400m hurdles time of 1:09.53 was 2.5 seconds ahead of the field. To go with her strong track performance the sophomore won the long and triple jump events. She was also a part of Marymount’s first place finish in the 4 x 100m relay and second place finish in the 4 x 400m relay.

Jada Noel was named Field Athlete of the Year after earning a gold, two silvers, and a fourth place finish at the Atlantic East Conference Championship. The senior won the discus event with a toss of 34.79m, while she earned her two silver medals in the shot put (12.10m) and the hammer (45.52m). Her fourth place finish came in the javelin throw with a best toss of 26.62m.

Rookie of the year honors went to Ariana Grant of Marymount. In her first showing at an Atlantic East Championship Grant took a gold medal in the pole fault at 2.59m as well as taking two third place finishes in the 100m hurdles (18.00) and 400m hurdles (1:13.54). The first year also finished fourth in triple jump (9.71m), fifth in the javelin toss at 20.78m and sixth in the high jump at 1.29m. Grant closed the meet Saturday with a silver medal finish in the 4 x 400m relay.

Marymount University claimed the Coaching Staff of the Year accolade after leading their team to an impressive showing and conference championships. The team is led by Jonathan Morow, assisted by Max McNeil, Sam Snyde, Kornelius Klah and Courtney Smith.

Lastly, the Atlantic East Elite 20 award winner for men'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 member the conference runner-up Marywood team, maintains a cumulative 3.98746 GPA while majoring in exercise science.

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 the Year:  Deziree Conklin-Boone, Marymount
Field Athlete of the Year: Jada Noel, Marymount
Rookie of the Year: Ariana Grant, Marymount
Elite 20 Award Winner: Brianna Roth, Marywood
Coaching Staff of the Year: Marymount University 
 

Event	First Team	Second Team
100 Meter Dash	Agnes Signou, Marymount	Destiny Noel, Marymount
200 Meter Dash	Agnes Signou, Marymount	Destiny Noel, Marymount
400 Meter Dash	Agnes Signou, Marymount	Mary Steinbicker, Immaculata
800 Meter Run	Courtney Humphreys, Neumann	Cydney Lahr, Marywood
1500 Meter Run	Courtney Humphreys, Neumann	Milana Straub, Marywood
5000 Meter Run	Milana Straub, Marywood	Kaitlyn Newberry, Marywood
10000 Meter Run	Milana Straub, Marywood	Avery Finnegan, Marymount
100 Meter Hurdles	Deziree Conklin, Marymount	Brooke Hamer, Marymount
400 Meter Hurdles	Deziree Conklin, Marymount	Brooke Hamer, Marymount
3000 Meter Steeplechase	Milana Straub, Marywood	Kaitlyn Newberry, Marywood
4x100 Meter Relay	Marymount (A. Signou, D Noel, D. Conklin, B. Hamer)	Neumann (D. Konake, J. Goldsmith, K. Joniec, M. Fletcher)
4x400 Meter Relay	Marywood (J Dames, C. Lahr, M Straub, B. Roth)	Marymount (D. Conklin, A. Grant, K. Johnson, A. Signou)

 

Event	First-Team	Second-Team
High Jump	Caitlin Mills, Marywood	Ella Morrison, Marymount
Long Jump	Deziree Conklin, Marymount	Ella Morrison, Marymount
Triple Jump	Deziree Conklin, Marymount	Brianna Roth, Marywood
Pole Vault	Ariana Grant, Marymount	Brianna Roth, Marywood
Shot Put	Samantha Healy, Marymount	Jada Noel, Marymount
Discus Throw	Jada Noel, Marymount	Samantha Healy, Marymount
Hammer Throw	Samantha Healy, Marymount	Jada Noel, Marymount
Javelin Throw	Shayla Wynder, Marymount	Emily Ettien, Immaculata

Final Team Results: 
1. Marymount 299 points - CHAMPIONS
2. Marywood 167 points
3. Neumann 55 points
4. Immaculata 30 points
5. Gwynedd Mercy 26 points