Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between February 3-9)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2024-25 season.
 

PAC Track Athlete of the Week

Claire Anderson • Washington & Jefferson • Junior • Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown Anderson ran to the Presidents' top finish on the day at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge hosted by Penn State University, placing fifth in the 3,000-meter run while breaking the indoor school record with a personal-best time of 10:03.74 ... Her time, which is tops in the PAC this season and fifth in the Mid-Atlantic Region, was only topped by runners from Division I Cornell University, James Madison University, University of Pittsburgh and Division II Davis & Elkins College ... Anderson bests former teammate Cassie Carr's previous record 3,000 time of 10:16.76 from the 2024 season.

PAC Track Honor Roll

Allegheny junior Chloe Bonson (Penn Township, Pa./Penn-Trafford); Geneva junior Carmen Medvit (New Castle, Pa./Shenango); Waynesburg sophomore Ella Rishell (Montgomery County, Md./Watkins Mill)

 

PAC Field Athlete of the Week

Breannda Davis • Westminster • Graduate student • Streetsboro, Ohio/Streetsboro Davis recorded a 10th-place finish in the pentathlon on the opening day of Ashland's Jud Logan Light Giver Open Friday ... She totaled a career-high 3,237 points in the 38-competitor field, which is third-highest in the Mid-Atlantic Region and tied for 18th in the country ... She placed third in the high jump with a season-best mark of 1.65 meters (5-5), which is also the top height in the PAC this season ... In addition, Davis was ninth in the 800 with a time of 2:34.82, 13th in the shot put with a career-best throw of 9.77 meters (32-00.75), 13th in the long jump (5.05m, 16-7) and 20th in the 60-meter hurdles (9.95)

PAC Field Honor Roll

Allegheny senior Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy); Geneva junior Allison Standish (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley); Thiel senior Sha'nia Stiers-Royal (Austintown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch); W&J junior Sarah Schneider (Warren, Ohio/Lordstown)

    

PAC Newcomer of the Week

Evie Ellenberger • Allegheny • Freshman • Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair Ellenberger earned a pair of top-three finishes at Oberlin's Dan Kinsey Invite and set one new personal record ... She finished second in the long jump at 5.18 meters (17-8) and was the top collegiate athlete (event won by Allegheny assistant coach Tara Gologram) ... Ellenberger placed third with a PR in the 60-meter dash at 8.36 seconds and also finished seventh in the pole vault at 2.72 meters (8-11) ... Her 60 time ranks sixth in the PAC and her long jump mark from Oberlin would rank fourth in the conference.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll

Geneva freshman Olivia Seetoo (Columbia, Md./Atholton); Thiel freshman Imogen deBlois (Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard); Waynesburg freshman Maggie Clair (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)

    

PAC Records & Milestones

Allegheny's Emma Miller earned the win in the shot put with a throw of 12.46m (40-10.5), the top mark in the PAC this year, and finished second in the weight throw (13.50 meters/44-3.5) at Oberlin's Dan Kinsey Invite on Saturday ... On the track for Allegheny at the Oberlin meet, Chloe Bonson set a new personal record in the one-mile run with a victory in the event for the second week in a row, clocking in a 5:12.15, a time that ranks third best in the PAC ... Carmen Medvit highlighted Geneva's performance at NCCAA Championships at Cedarville, placing second in the 5000 in adjusted time of 17:51.16 (second in PAC, ninth in Mid-Atlantic Region) and then taking sixth in the mile with a time of 5:20.62 ... Also at NCCAA Championships, Geneva's Olivia Seetoo was fourth overall in the high jump and second among DIII athletes after clearing 1.52 meters (4-11.75) ... Thiel's Sha'nia Stiers-Royal tied for first in the high jump at Oberlin's Dan Kinsey Invitational after clearing 1.52 meters (4-11.75), while Imogen deBlois was the winner in the 400 in a time of 1:01.59 ... Waynesburg's Ella Rishell notched two top-four PAC marks at Denison's Bob Shannon Invitational, which included finishing fourth in the 200 with the conference's second-fastest 200 (26.99 converted) and placing fifth in the 400 with the PAC's No. 4 time (1:01.86c).