This Week in PAC Women's Indoor Track & Field

January 22-28

1/30/2024 3:00:00 PM

Week 4 PAC Honors (for events between January 22-28)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2023-24 season.
 
PAC Track Athlete of the Week
Logan Wagner • Allegheny • Sophomore • Woodville, Ohio/Oak Harbor
Wagner won two events at Baldwin Wallace's Dr. William Taraschke Team Challenge ... She set a new PR in winning the 400 at 1:02.27 (converted on TFRRS to the second-best time in the PAC at 1:01.46), which was more than a second faster than the runner-up from Case Western Reserve ... Wagner also ran the second leg of the winning 4x400 relay, which was timed at 4:16.11 and finished 0.75 seconds ahead of the runner-up (converted to 4:12.76, the second-best time on PAC performance list).
PAC Track Honor Roll
Geneva sophomore Hailey Carroll (Bremerton, Wash./Central Kitsap); Grove City junior Lydia Bennett (Bethel, Maine/Gould); Thiel senior Lillianna Briscoe (Beaver Falls, Pa./Quigley Catholic); W&J sophomore Claire Anderson (Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown); Westminster sophomore Monica Curtis (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek)
 
PAC Field Athlete of the Week
Breannda Davis • Westminster • Senior • Streetsboro, Ohio/Streetsboro
Davis registered a fourth-place finish in the high jump at Kent State's Doug Raymond Invitational Friday ... She logged a best jump of 1.55 meters (5-1) to finish tied with Kent State's Angela Carter and Wheeling's Tara Perry... She was the top Division III finisher in the event and Davis' jump currently tops the PAC's performance list... She also finished 22nd in the long jump (4.40m, 14-5.25) and 27th in the 200 meters (27.08) on Saturday ... Her effort in the 200, the top time by a Division III finisher, currently ranks as the second-best time in the PAC this season.
PAC Field Honor Roll
Allegheny junior Laila Davis (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton); Bethany junior Alexis Mahaffey (Rome, Ohio/Grand Valley); Chatham sophomore Sophia McConn (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills); Geneva sophomore Emma Parnell (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg); Grove City junior Danika Sudar (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley); Thiel junior Alexis McFadden (Kennerdell, Pa./Franklin); W&J sophomore Sarah Schneider (Warren, Ohio/Lordstown)
    
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Caroline Kozera • Saint Vincent • Freshman • Abingdon, Md./The John Carroll School
At Saturday's Muskingum Muskie Meet #3, Kozera placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.79 seconds, after earning a spot in the finals with a time of 9.67 seconds in the prelims, a school record and the second-fastest time in the event by a PAC runner this winter ... Kozera also placed ninth in a 50-runner field in the 200 at Muskingum with a time of 28.36 seconds.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Skye Kramer (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland); Chatham freshman Piper Young (Pine City, N.Y./Notre Dame); Franciscan freshman Lauren Dosch (Grand Forks, N.D./Red River); Geneva junior Saige Musser (Denver, Pa./Cocalico); Grove City freshman Annie Herrmann (Kenosha, Wisc./Indian Trail); Thiel freshman Cydney Wierzbowski (Derry, Pa./Derry Area); Waynesburg freshman Rebekah Miller (Smicksburg, Pa./Punxsutawney Area); Westminster freshman Jenna Zendron (West Sunbury, Pa./Moniteau)
    
PAC Records & Milestones
Bethany junior Alexis Mahaffey set a new program record in the weight throw by taking fourth at Muskingum Saturday with a throw of 13.98m/45-10.5 ... Franciscan's 4x400 relay team of sophomore Rebecca Bolster (Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville Catholic Central), junior Jessica Campbell (Medina, Ohio/Medina), freshman Lauren Dosch and junior Rachel Hurley (Sterling, Va./Homeschooled) set a new school record at Kent State Saturday with a time of 4:17.93 ... Grove City junior Lydia Bennett won the mile Saturday at Mount Union with a time of 5:09.77, the fastest time in the PAC this winter, and also took third in the 500 with a new program-record time of 1:20.69 ... Grove City junior Danika Sudar broke her own school record in the weight throw with a toss of 43 feet, 8 inches Saturday at Mount Union's Jim Wuske Invitational ... W&J sophomore Claire Anderson won the 5000 at Kent State's Doug Raymond Invitational on Friday with a time of 17:44.51, the fastest this season in the PAC.