TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships return to the Youngstown State University’s Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) this Thursday, Feb. 27th, and the conference released its women's indoor track and field pre-championships coaches' polls and Athletes to Watch.

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.

Grove City College was the overwhelming top pick in the pre-championships coaches poll, gathering 10 first-place votes and 100 points. Defending champion Westminster College picked up the final top vote and scored 90 points, followed by Allegheny College in third place (76), Washington & Jefferson College in fourth (71) and Geneva College in fifth (69). The complete poll can be seen below.

The defending PAC champion is Westminster, who totaled 141 points at the 16-event championship in claiming their first women's indoor championship since winning back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020. The 141 points is also the most scored by a women's team champion since Waynesburg University (146.50) in 2017 and put the Titans in front of second place Allegheny, who scored 111, and W&J, who finished third with 105.

After guiding the Titans to the league crown, Westminster head coach Tim McNeil was chosen as the PAC Coach of the Year for the fourth time. 

A pair of major award winners from last year return this winter for their programs, including Westminster graduate student Breannda Davis, last year's PAC Overall Most Outstanding Performer and Most Outstanding Field Performer. In scoring 35 team points during the meet, Davis finished third in the high jump, as well the 60 hurdles, 400 and triple jump. She added fourth places in the 200 and long jump and eighth in the 60.

Returning after earning PAC Newcomer of the Year is Grove City sophomore Elly Bruner. She took second in the high jump with a meet-record height of 1.61 meters/5-3.25 and would add a fifth place in the long jump and sixth in the triple jump.

While there are two award winners back, there are also four returning individual event champions who will be competing for PAC gold again this year in those same events, including two in track events and two in the field. The returning champions on the track include Franciscan's Rebecca Bolster, the 400 champion a year ago, and Lauren Dosch, who took first in the 800, while the two looking to win consecutive championships in the field are Allegheny's Emma Miller in the shot put and W&J's Sarah Schneider in the long jump.

Entering into this year's PAC Championships, the current PAC Performance List is highlighted by Davis as the top seed in the high jump and Miller ranked first in the shot put. Others who are first in multiple events include Grove City's Kiara White (60/200) and Lydia Bennett (800/Mile), W&J's Claire Anderson (3000/5000) and Chatham's Aurielle Brunner (Long Jump/Triple Jump)

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 14-15 and will be held at the Golisano Training Center in Rochester, N.Y.

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)
 

2024-25 PAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Pre-Championships Coaches' Poll
School (first-place votes)	Points
1. Grove City (10)	100
2. Westminster (1)	90
3. Allegheny	76
4. W&J	71
5. Geneva	69
6. Chatham	51
7. Saint Vincent	47
8. Franciscan	42
9. Thiel	28
10. Waynesburg	16
11. Bethany	15

2025 PAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes to Watch

Allegheny
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Chloe Bonson	Jr.	Distance	Penn Township, Pa./Penn-Trafford
Evie Ellenberger	Fr.	Jumps/Sprints	Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair
Emma Miller	Sr.	Throws	Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy
Aubryanna Snyder	So.	Jumps	Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell

 

Bethany
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Madison Donelson	So.	Sprints	Lanham, Md./Annapolis
Alexis Mahaffey	Sr.	Throws	Rome, Ohio/Grand Valley

 

Chatham
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Aurielle Brunner	Sr.	Jumps/Hurdles	Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle
Jessica Ross	So.	Pole Vault	Apollo, Pa./Apollo-Ridge
Kendall Sirignano	Sr.	Sprints	Bay Village, Ohio/Bay
Najiyah Smith	Fr.	Jumps	Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area

 

Franciscan
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Jessica Campbell	Sr.	Distance	Medina, Ohio/Medina
Lauren Dosch	So.	Distance	Grand Forks, N.D./Red River
Kimbria Lance	Grad.	Pole Vault	Fowler, Mich./Fowler
Claire Walters	Sr.	Distance	Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius

   

Geneva
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Hailey Carroll	Jr.	Distance	Bremerton, Wash./Central Kitsap
Carmen Medvit	Jr.	Distance	New Castle, Pa./Shenango
Allison Standish	Jr.	Throws	Fulton, N.Y./G Ray Bodley

 

Grove City
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Lydia Bennett	Sr.	Mid-Distance	Bethel, Maine/Gould Academy
Elly Bruner	So.	Jumps	Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg
Grace Smith	Sr.	Distance	Dover, Ohio/Dover
Kiara White	Fr.	Sprints	Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley

 

Saint Vincent
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Miranda Cincotta	Jr.	Mid-Distance	Emmitsburg, Md./St. John's Catholic Prep
Gabby Dove	Fr.	Sprints	Swarthmore, Pa./Archmere Academy
Grace Neubert	Fr.	Distance	Saint Marys, Pa./Elk County Catholic
Kristen Prince	Jr.	Distance	Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert

 

Thiel
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Lilliana Briscoe	Grad.	Distance	Beaver Falls, Pa./Quigley Catholic
Imogen deBlois	Fr.	Sprints	Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard
Alexis McFadden	Sr.	Jumps	Kennerdell, Pa./Franklin Area
Sha'nia Stiers-Royal	Sr.	Sprints/Jumps	Austintown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch

 

W&J
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Claire Anderson	Jr.	Distance	Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown
Maria Gilles	Jr.	Distance	North Ridgeville, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy
Chloe LoCastro	Jr.	Distance	Venetia, Pa./Peters Township
Sarah Schneider	Jr.	Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps	Warren, Ohio/Lordstown

 

Waynesburg
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Maggie Clair	Fr.	Throws	Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan
Ella Rishell	So.	Jumps/Sprints	Montgomery County, Md./Watkins Mill
Grace Tanksley	Jr.	Distance	Bedford, Ind./Bedford North Lawrence

 

Westminster
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Breannda Davis	Grad.	Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps	Streetsboro, Ohio/Streetsboro
Shelby Rambo	Jr.	Throws/Hurdles	East Palestine, Ohio/Crestview
Lexi Shiderly	Sr.	Throws	New Castle, Pa./Mohawk
Jenna Zendron	So.	Sprints	West Sunbury, Pa./Moniteau