SCAC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: Women's Track & Field heads to San Antonio, TX (4/24-4/25)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The University of Dallas women's track and field team will be heading to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships on Friday, April 24-25, hosted at Trinity University.
Several athletes for the Navy and White have reached the top 10 on Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) among the SCAC opponents.
Two top performers for the women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase are seniors Meghan Falconer (Kohler, Wis.) and Colleen Slattery (Middle Ridge, Wis.). Falconer notched the best time with a 12:52.34 at the Oklahoma Baptist University Outdoor Invitational and Slattery displayed a 13:03.32 time at the 2015 Walt Disney World Track and Field Open.
On the 100 Meter Hurdles sophomore Lizzie Depew (Grove City, Pa.) and senior Sarah Valdovinos (Damascus, Ore.) cracked the two five with second and fifth, respectively. The duo hit scores of 16.19 seconds and 16.50 seconds; each coming at the Marc Randle Classic.
Senior Amy Sullivan (Niantic, Conn.) rounds out the program's top five with a 25.59 at the Marc Randle Classic that ranked her second in the 200 Meter category.
Two historic team event records have also been broken this spring on the Sprint Medley and 4x1500-Meter Relay. Seniors Valdovinos, Depew, Danielle Pajak (Pagosa Springs, Colo.), and Slattery formed the quartet in the Sprint Medley.
The unit participating to etch the record in the 4x1500-M was senior Clare Myers (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Pajak, junior Emma Polefko (Cypress, Texas), and Slattery. Both feats occurred at the Walt Disney World Track and Field Open.
Below is a list of the competitors and the events that the Lady Crusaders will be representing the team in throughout the Conference Championships.
- Clare Myers- 5k
- Danielle Pajak- 800, 4x4
- Emma Polefko- 1500
- Amy Sullivan- 200, 4x1, 4x4
- Grace Conti- 100, javelin
- Ellen Jennings- 800
- Angela Moore- 5k
- Ruth Fritz- 10k, 1500
- Elizabeth Hinchley- 1500
- Colleen Slattery- HJ, 800, 4x4
- Michelle DeRoche- 100, 200, 4x1
- Lizzie Depew- 100h, 400h
- Katie McIntyre- 200, 400, 4x1, 4x4
- Katie Spellmeyer- javelin, hammer throw, discus
- Sarah Valdovinos- 200, 100h, 400h
- Shelby Waldron- HJ, LJ, TJ
- Helen Onyenso- 100, 4x1, LJ
- Natalie Martinez- 100, 200
- Eva McLaurin- 800