Women's Track and Field

Marymount Makes it Back-to-Back Women's Track and Field Titles

GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. - Marymount track and field made it back-to-back titles with a comanding victory in women's outdoor. 

The Saints picked up 268 points for the victory while Marywood earned runner-up honors for the women with 130 points. Neumnan finished third with 110 points followed by Gwynedd Mercy with 47 points. Immaculata finished with fifth with 35 total points. 

Deziree Conklin-Boone was named the Athlete of the Meet for her incredible championship meet.
 
Recap courtesy of the Marymount Sports Information Department.
GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. - Marymount track and field put on a display at the Atlantic East Championships, with the women bringing back the AEC trophy with top performances across the board.

The men fell just short, settling for runners-up, with a strong showing across the two-day trek.

TEAM RESULTS
  • Women: First of five teams with 268 total points, dominating the field for the Champion finish.
  • Men: Second of five teams with 177 total points, coming up in second place at the meet.
TOP TRACK RESULTS
  • Chandler Eddleton earned gold in the women's 100m dash final with a time of 13.03, a personal best, with teammate Destiny Noel placing bronze with a final timing of 13.23.
  • Deziree Conklin-Boone broke the AEC Championship record in the 100m hurdle event with a time of 15.10, followed by a silver finish by Dana Freimane (18.00).
  • Reuben McEachern (17.07) and Bryan Bivens (17.08) finished gold-silver in the men's 110m hurdle event.
  • Ilana Hawkins notched a gold finish in the women's 200m event with a time of 25.81, followed by Eddleton in bronze at 26.46.
  • Hawkins broke the conference and championship record in the women's 400m run with a time clocked in at 58.60. Eddleton followed closely behind with a time of 59.07, which broke the standing conference record.
  • McEachern earned gold again in the men's 400m hurdle event with a time of 1:00.50. Luke Wahlquist finished second at 1:00.77.
  • Conklin-Boone broke the championship record in the women's 400m hurdle with a time of 1:06.94, a gold finish.
  • Avery Finnegan placed silver in the women's 1500m with a time of 5:04.95.
  • Zafit Olea placed bronze in the men's 3000m steeplechase event at 11:48.90.
  • Mikayla Stevens put up a silver run in the women's 3000m steeplechase with a time of 12:53.99.
  • Finnegan (18:44.46) and Brier Amerlinck (18:50.79) each beat their personal records in the 5000m run to earn medals, setting new championship records.
  • Amerlinck went on to set a personal best in the women's 10000m run at 39:54.50 to earn silver in the event.
TOP FIELD RESULTS
  • Hezzy Ntube notched gold in the men's discus throw with a mark of 39.88m, a personal best and conference record.
  • Isabella Rivera earned gold in the women's discus with a mark of 33.94m, notching a personal record.
  • Ntube set a personal record in the hammer throw at 38.12m to earn gold.
  • Rivera placed first in the hammer at 35.77m, a personal best.
  • Marymount men placed 1-2-3 in the men's high jump: Marcone Pessoa (1.67m), Clayton Grant (1.67m), and Bivens (1.67m).
  • Freimane earned gold in the women's high jump at 1.42m, followed by Ella Morrison in silver with a mark of 1.37m.
  • Pessoa notched another gold medal in the men's long jump at 6.23m, with Samuel Struggs putting up bronze at 6.11m.
  • Conklin-Boone earned another gold medal in the women's long jump with a mark of 5.29m. Morrison placed bronze with a mark of 4.84m.
  • Cadyn Johnson put up gold in the men's pole vault with a mark of 3.05m.
  • Ariana Grant placed gold in the women's pole vault at 2.65m.
  • Rivera had another gold outing in the women's shot put with a mark of 10.45m.
  • Struggs placed first in the men's triple jump with a mark of 13.34m. Pessoa had bronze with a mark of 12.01m.
  • Conklin-Boone set another championship record in the women's triple jump with a mark of 11.86m, earning gold.
RELAY TOP FINISHES
  • Both the men's and women's 4x400 meter relay teams took gold in the championship meet.