TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - The 2024 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held this Thursday, February 23rd, at Youngstown State University’s Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS). In anticipation of the event, the PAC announced its women's indoor track and field pre-championships coaches' poll, as well as its Athletes to Watch list. 

Field events will begin at 10:30 a.m. Track events will get underway at approximately 3 p.m.

Admission to Thursday's PAC Championship is $10 for adults and $5 for students with ID/children ages 5-12 (current college, high school, grade school IDs must be valid and shown upon request. Children under 5 are free. There will also be a $5 parking fee for spectators. Youngstown State Campus Map/Parking Areas

Spectators must remain outside of the track and the infield to observe the meet. At no time are spectators allowed on the track lanes or infield. Please use the bleachers. All non-competing student-athletes are asked to remain in the designated roped off area.

Westminster College was voted to the top spot in the pre-championships poll, totaling five of the 10 first-place votes collected and 82 points. They finished just ahead of Grove City College, who garnered 78 points and three first-place votes, while Allegheny College, who picked up the remaining two first-place votes, and Washington & Jefferson College tied for third place with 74 points. The complete poll can be seen below.

The defending conference champion is Allegheny, who won their first PAC title while competing in their initial Indoor Track & Field Championship since returning to the league at the start of the year. The Gators won four of the 16 overall events at the meet, which featured nine new women's conference records set, and scored 126 points to out-distance second place Grove City, who totaled 109 points. Geneva College placed third with 82.5 points.

After leading Allegheny to the conference crown, Gator head coach Ben Mourer was chosen as the PAC Coach of the Year. 

There will be a lot of new event winners at this year's Championships, as only three individual champions are back from 2023. They include Allegheny junior Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy), who won the shot put, Washington & Jefferson junior Anna Stroup (Port Royal, Pa./Juniata), the winner of the 60-meter Hurdles, and Westminster senior Emma Rudolph (Santa Clarita, Calif./Golden Valley), who took first in the pole vault.

Entering into this year's PAC Championships, Stroup and Rudolph have the top performances in those events on the current PAC Performance List, while Miller is ranked fifth in the shot put.

At the conclusion of Thursday’s championships, the PAC will recognize its team champions, as well the event's Most Outstanding Performers (overall, track, field), Newcomers of the Year, Coaches of the Year and Sportsmanship Team honorees.

The NCAA Division III Championships are slated for Friday-Saturday, March 8-9 and will be held at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va.

Division III National Qualifiers
For each woman’s individual event contested (including the pentathlon), the top 20 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 12 declared teams will be accepted into the competition.
(Current Division III Qualifying Lists)
 

2023-24 PAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Pre-Championships Coaches' Poll
School (first-place votes)	Points
1. Westminster (5)	82
2. Grove City (3)	78
3t. Allegheny (2)	74
3t. W&J	74
5. Geneva	62
6. Franciscan	43
7. Saint Vincent	38
8. Waynesburg	32
9. Chatham	30
10. Bethany	22
11. Thiel	15

2024 PAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes to Watch

Allegheny
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Laila Davis	Jr.	Throws	Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton
Zoe Romanowski	Sr.	Sprints	Rochester, N.Y./Brighton
AB Snyder	Fr.	Jumps	Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell
Renee Tetlow	So.	Mid-Distance	Geneva, Ohio Geneva

 

Bethany
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Alexis Mahaffey	Jr.	Throws	Rome, Ohio/Grand Valley

 

Chatham
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Sophia McConn	So.	Shot Put	Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills
Jessica Ross	Fr.	Pole Vault	Apollo, Pa./Apollo-Ridge
Piper Young	Fr.	800	Pine City, N.Y./Notre Dame

 

Franciscan
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Becca Bolster	So.	400/4x400	Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville Catholic Central
Jessica Campbell	Jr.	800/4x400	Medina, Ohio/Medina
Lauren Dosch	Fr.	800/4x400	Grand Forks, N.D./Red River
Kimbria Lance	Grad.	Pole Vault	Fowler, Mich./Fowler

   

Geneva
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Hailey Carroll	So.	Distance	Bremerton, Wash./Central Kitsap
Maddie Castro	Jr.	Distance	Colorado Springs, Col./Evangelical Christian Acad.
Emma Parnell	So.	Jumps	Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg
Allison Standish	So.	Throws	Fulton, N.Y./G Ray Bodley

 

Grove City
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Lydia Bennett	Jr.	Mid-Distance	Bethel, Maine/Gould Academy
Elly Bruner	Fr.	Jumps	Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter Strasburg
Danika Sudar	Jr.	Throws	Monaca, Pa./Central Valley

 

Saint Vincent
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Miranda Cincotta	So.	Mid-Distance	Emmitsburg, Md./St. John's Catholic Prep
Caroline Kozera	Fr.	Sprints/Hurdles	Abingdon, Md./The John Carroll School
Kristen Prince	So.	Distance	Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert

 

Thiel
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Hannah Jones	Sr.	Distance	Clarks Mills, Pa./Commodore Perry
Alexis McFadden	Jr.	Jumps	Kennerdell, Pa./Franklin Area
Tessa Weaver	Sr.	Throws	Cranberry, Pa./Keystone

 

W&J
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Claire Anderson	So.	Distance	Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown
Cassie Carr	Sr.	Distance	Girard, Pa./Girard
Jadyn Hartner	Jr.	Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps	Washington, Pa./Fort Cherry
Sarah Schneider	So.	Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps	Warren, Ohio/Lordstown

 

Waynesburg
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Rebekah Miller	Fr.	Shot Put	Smicksburg, Pa./Punxsutawney Area
Gabi Reifsnyder	Sr.	Distance	Carlisle, Pa./Big Spring
Ella Rishell	Fr.	Jumps/Sprints	Montgomery County, Md./Watkins Mill
Kara Yaukey	Fr.	Pole Vault/Sprints	Knoxville, Md./Boyd J. Michael III Technical

 

Westminster
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Breannda Davis	Sr.	Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps	Streetsboro, Ohio/Streetsboro
Jess Fatigati	Sr.	Sprints	McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny
Emma Rudolph	Sr.	Pole Vault/Sprints	Santa Clarita, Calif./Golden Valley
Lexi Shiderly	Jr.	Throws	New Castle, Pa./Mohawk