Women's Indoor Track and Field | 12/9/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 1 PAC Honors (for events between December 1-7)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 1 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Track Athlete of the Week
Claire Anderson • Washington & Jefferson • Senior • Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown
Anderson broke the W&J indoor 5,000 record with a personal-best time of 16:48.20 at the Grand Valley State Holiday Open hosted by Division I Grand Valley State ... The senior bested all runners in her heat and ninth overall in the event, finishing first against top Division III talent and Division I runners ... The previous W&J record was held by Kristen Galligan from the 2013 indoor season, as she raced to a 17:04.75 time ... Anderson currently ranks fourth nationally in the 5k after the first weekend.
PAC Track Honor Roll
Allegheny junior Shyann Rulander (Warren, Pa./Warren); Geneva sophomore Sara Vos (Beaver Falls, Pa./Beaver County Christian); Grove City sophomore Kiara White (Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley); Waynesburg junior Ella Rishell (Montgomery County, Md./Watkins Mill); Westminster senior Monica Curtis (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek)
PAC Field Athlete of the Week
Evie Ellenberger • Allegheny • Sophomore • Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair
Ellenberger broke a team record in the long jump at Case Western Reserve's Spartan Alumni Holiday Classic ... She won the long jump with a mark of 5.62 meters/18-5.25, surpassing the previous indoor team record of 5.44 set by Jody Mathews in 1993 ... Ellenberger also finished second in the triple jump with an indoor PR of 10.85m/35-7.25 ... With those marks, she ranks fourth nationally in the long jump and 28th in the triple jump.
PAC Field Honor Roll
Bethany sophomore Marissa French (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg); Franciscan sophomore Maria McInnis (Bloomingdale, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson); Geneva senior Allison Standish (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley); Grove City junior Kendall Coddington (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk); Hiram junior Sam Volpe (Concord, Ohio/Riverside); W&J senior Sarah Schneider (Warren, Ohio/Lordstown)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Aubrey Rock • Westminster • Freshman • Butler, Pa./Butler
Rock scored a third-place finish in the seeded pole vault competition at 14th Annual Youngstown State Icebreaker on Friday ... She cleared 3.90 meters (12-9.50), which ranks No. 3 on the indoor program's all-time performance list ... That height is also tied for No. 1 mark in Division III this season.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Mariah Helvy-Bruce (Braddock, Pa./Woodland Hills); Bethany freshman Yakira Cunningham (Columbus, Ohio/Centennial); Geneva freshman Grace Hersch (Meyersdale, Pa./Homeschooled); Hiram freshman Angelina Weems (Warren, Ohio/Howland); W&J freshman Abigael Nicolas (Monongahela, Pa./Ringgold); Waynesburg freshman Daniella Holley (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Shyann Rulander placed 11th out of 34 runners and was the second-best D-III athlete in the 3,000 at Youngtown State's YSU Icebreaker on Friday by clocking in at 10:59.18, the first sub 11-minute time of her career and the top time in the PAC during the opening weekend of the indoor season ... At the YSU Icebreaker, Maria McInnis broke the Franciscan program record in the long jump with a measurement of 4.84m/15-10.5 ... Geneva's Allison Standish took fourth overall and first among DIII competitors in the weight throw in Saturday's meet at Mount Union, registering a toss of 14.15m/46-5.25, which is the top mark in the PAC after the first week of competition ... Grove City's Kendall Coddington won the high jump at Case Western Reserve by clearing 5 feet, 1 inch, the best in the PAC so far, while Kiara White took second in the 60 (first among Division III sprinters) with a time of 7.93 seconds and took second in the 200 in 26.32, with both times leading the PAC ... Hiram's Sam Volpe broke her own indoor program record in the shot put, placing second at the Mount Union Toy Drive Invite with a mark of 12.17m (39-11¼), which topped her previous best of 11.71m from 2025.