NEW YORK, NY – The Iona College women's indoor track & field program wrapped up the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship on Sunday. The Gaels placed fifth as a team with 64 points. The Maroon & Gold gathered together four individual medals and had two top-three finishes in team events in the women 4x800-meter relay and women's distance relay.
Graduate student
Jessica Scheriff was named the 2019 Women's MAAC Track Most Outstanding Performer. She took silver in the 3,000-meter race on Sunday after claiming the top-spot in the 5,000-meter event on Saturday.
RESULTS
- Junior Tamantha Pizarro finished sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.95. She had finished eighth yesterday in the preliminaries at 25.79.
- Junior Kaitlyn Ohrtman and senior Julia Kearley finished second and third in the mile race. They crossed the line in 4:46.45 and 4:53.13. Junior Gemma Nuttall placed fifth at 4:56.71.
- Scheriff took home silver in the 3,000-meter at 9:48.88. Kearley, in her second final of the day, finished fourth in the 3K at 9:57.55.
- The women's 4x800-meter quartet of Nuttall, rookie Olivia Lazarou, senior Helena Keenan and Ohrtman finished third in 9:12.13.
- Sophomore Moriah Raysor, graduate Shannon O'Hehir, sophomore Egle Morenaite and Moynihan finished seventh in the 4x400-meter in 4:28.98.
- Senior Daniele Martino and Morenaite competed in the women's shot put. They placed 20th and 21st recording best throws of 4.56 and 3.47 meters.
- On the first day of the 2019 MAAC Championships, Scheriff won the 5,000-meter. Senior Orlaith Moynihan took fifth in the 5K yesterday and 11th in the 3K on Sunday.
- The distance medley foursome of Nuttall, junior Tamantha Pizarro, Keenan & Ohrtman placed second in a time of 11:52.52.
FINAL STANDINGS
Monmouth won the 2019 MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championship with 187.5 points. Rider finished second, followed by Manhattan.
The full 2019 final standings:
| PLACE |
TEAM |
POINTS |
| 1. |
Monmouth |
187.5 |
| 2. |
Rider |
133 |
| 3. |
Manhattan |
117.5 |
| 4. |
Quinnipiac |
105.5 |
| 5. |
Iona |
64 |
| 6. |
Marist |
22 |
| 7. |
Siena |
18 |
| 8. |
Canisius |
7.5 |
| 9. |
Saint Peter's |
6 |
UP NEXT
The Gaels have the BU Last Chance Meet on Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center. There is the IC4A Championships beginning on Friday, Mar. 1 and the NCAA Championships is slated to begin from Birmingham, AL on Friday, Mar. 8.
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