PAC 60th anniversary team (Women's Outdoor Track & Field)

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC), formally organized in 1955 by charter members Case Institute of Technology, Western Reserve University, John Carroll University and Wayne State University, is celebrating its 60th anniversary throughout the 2014-15 academic year. The PAC will be recognizing 60 of its outstanding student-athletes that have competed as members of both present, and past, league-affiliated institutions in 19 championship sports with the creation of 60th anniversary celebratory teams.

Sixteen of the PAC’s past and present members are participating in the yearlong celebration project. All 10 of the PAC’s current members were automatically included, while past league members must have had at least a 10-year affiliation with the conference to participate.

Both past and present PAC members receive “automatic” selections on the 60th anniversary teams based on the institution’s membership time. Each school also has the opportunity to nominate a limited number of additional “at-large” student-athletes for consideration.

Sport-specific advisory committees, made up of five-six past and present PAC coaches and administrators, determine additional “at-large” student-athletes to be recognized in order to reach 60 student-athletes on each celebratory team.

Name	School	Years Competed	Hometown/High School
Nicole Archer	Grove City College	1989-93	Butler, Pa./Butler
Archer won four PAC titles and added a runner-up finish during her four years, despite no conference championship meet being held during the 1992 season. She claimed conference titles in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 as a sophomore in 1991. Archer was the conference champion in the 1,500 and runner-up in the 3,000 in 1993.
Krystal Baker	Waynesburg University	2008-12	East Berlin, Pa./Bermudian Springs
Baker will be remembered as perhaps the top all-around jumper in program history. She piled up a total of 10 All-PAC awards over four stellar years with the Jackets while competing in the high jump, triple jump, long jump and pole vault. She was a four-time triple jump champion, a pole vault champion and a high jump champion. In 2010, she won titles in the triple and high jumps, while also taking second in the pole vault and third in the long jump. She qualified for the ECAC Division III Championships a combined five times in the high and triple jumps. For her all-around excellence, Baker was twice named PAC Field MVP and lauded as the 2010 USTFCCCA Mideast Region Field Athlete of the Year. The East Berlin, Pennsylvania native enjoyed similar success in the classroom, where she was a three-time member of the PAC Spring Academic Honor Roll and was lauded as a member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
Beth Baldwin	Hiram College	1984-87	Creston, Ohio/Norwayne
Baldwin was a three-time PAC champion in the 100 high hurdles, winning the title in each of the first three years of women’s conference competition. She also added a pair of second-place finishes and a third-place finish in the 400 intermediate hurdles during those same years. Also an outstanding sprinter, Baldwin placed in both the 100 and 200 events at the 1985, 1986 and 1987 conference championships, and was a member of the three-time runner-up 4x100 relay, winning valuable points and helping Hiram capture the title in each of those seasons. She was twice selected team captain and was team MVP in 1987. She was also an outstanding performer on the Terrier volleyball team. Baldwin was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 1999.
Becky Berad	Grove City College	1991-95	Monaca, Pa./Center
Berad, named the 1995 PAC Invitational MVP, won seven total PAC titles in the hurdles and jumps despite no conference championship event being held her freshman year. She led the Wolverines to team titles in both 1993 and 1995 and earned five additional top-three individual finishes. Berad was a three-time PAC high jump champion (1993-95) and two-time champion in the 100 hurdles (1994-95) while winning the long jump in 1994 and the 400 hurdles in 1995.She also finished third in both hurdles events and second in the triple jump in 1993 and was second in both the long and triple jump in 1995.
Jodi Bodo	Bethany College	2006-10	Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville Central Catholic
Bodo’s exemplary track career came to close with six school records to her credit, including school bests in the 100 (12.92), 200 (25.89), 400 (57.52), 800 (2:20.19), 4x100 relay (50.45) and 4x400 relay (4:00.83). She won two PAC titles, which came in the 800 as a freshman and the 4x400 relay as a junior, was recognized as the PAC Runner of the Week three times and raced to nine All-PAC honors during conference meets. Five of her awards came at the 2010 PAC Championships, where she was Second Team All-PAC in the 200, 400 and both relays and an Honorable Mention selection in the 100.
Sarah Bray	Grove City College	2003-07	Monroeville, Pa./Gateway
Bray posted a total of 11 top-five finishes at the PAC Championships in the throwing events during her four-year career, including a pair of conference titles in the javelin. She finished second in the javelin, third in the discus and fifth in the shot put as a freshman in 2004. She was second in the discus, fourth in the javelin and third in the shot in 2005. Bray won her first conference title in the javelin in 2006 while adding a fourth-place finish in the discus. She repeated as conference champion in the javelin in 2007 while finishing fifth in both the discus and shot put.
Kristen Carter	Grove City College	2005-09	Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham
Carter won five individual PAC titles in the distance events in three seasons with the Wolverines. She won the conference title in the 1,500 in all three seasons she competed (2006, 2008-09) and also won titles in the 5,000 in 2006 and 2008. She was the runner-up in the 800 in 2006 and still holds the Grove City record in the 1,500 (4:47.75). Carter was named the Grove City College Sportswoman of the Year for the 2008-09 academic year.
Enid Cobb-Baines	Bethany College	1985-89	Bethany, W.Va./Brooke
Cobb-Baines, a 2005 inductee in the Bethany College Athletic Hall of Fame, was a four-year letter winner and three time captain. She earned All-PAC recognition during all four of her years, which included earning two PAC titles in the high jump (1986-87). Cobb-Baines set the Bethany record in the high jump in 1986 by clearing five feet, four inches, a record she still holds today. She was just as accomplished in the classroom, as she was an Academic All-American and received the prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship award.
Julie Clinefelter	Grove City College	1989-93	Franklin, Pa./Cranberry
Clinefelter is one of Grove City’s earliest conference champions. She earned four conference titles in just three meets due to no championship being held during the 1992 season. She led the team to its second all-time PAC team title her senior year. A three-time conference champion in the 800 (1990-91, 1993), Clinefelter also won the conference crown in the 400 and was a member of the runner-up 4x400 relay during her senior year in 1993. She set a new PAC record in the 800 as a freshman (2:23.81) and graduated as Grove City’s record-holder in the 400, 800 and 4x400 relay. Clinefelter was named Grove City’s Sportswoman of the Year for 1992-93 academic year.
Jessica Cooper	Westminster College	2004-08	New Castle, Pa./Laurel
Cooper was the first-ever women's track and field All-American in Westminster history. A four-year letter winner, she finished third in the high jump at the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships after winning the PAC high jump title and PAC Field Athlete of the Year honors. Cooper also won PAC titles in the high jump in 2005 and the triple jump in 2006. She holds school records in both the high jump and triple jump. During the indoor season, Cooper set the school standard in the high jump and triple jump as well. She also qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2006 and 2008 in the high jump, finishing 13th and ninth, respectively. Cooper’s indoor and outdoor national qualifications are the most Division III Championship appearances by any Westminster man or woman.
Ashley Dodd	Waynesburg University	2006-09	Upper St. Clair, Pa./Upper St. Clair
Dodd was one of the first stars of the Waynesburg University track and field program after transferring from Kent State University. She dominated the PAC pole vault ranks for three seasons, taking the conference title in 2007, 2008 and 2009. She qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2007 and 2008, and made it to the indoor national championships in 2008 where she earned All-American laurels in 2008. Dodd was also a standout in the classroom, earning three appointments to the PAC Spring Academic Honor Roll and being named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II women's track & field/cross country teams.
Emily Dolsak	Westminster College	2009-12	McDonald, Ohio/McDonald
Dolsak proved to be one of the top discus throwers in school and PAC history during her time with the Titans. Earning PAC titles at four-straight conference championship events, her throw of 136 feet, 10 inches toss at the 2012 championships set a new conference record. The throw also earned the four-year letter winner a trip to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where she placed ninth. At the time, Dolsak was the first Titan female to qualify for the national championships in the discus and first to qualify for the national championships since 2008.
Linda Michelle Drummond	Hiram College	1986-89	Youngstown, Ohio/Chaney
Drummond was an outstanding sprinter and jumper during her four years as a Terrier, and helped lead the team to PAC titles in 1986 and 1987. At the 1986 PAC Championships she was the individual high-points winner, taking first place in both the long jump and triple jump, finishing second in the 200, third in the 100 and was also a member of the runner-up 4x100 and 4x400 relays. A five-time PAC champion, Drummond also excelled at field hockey and basketball and won a total of 10 varsity letters during her four years at Hiram. In 1988, she received the Matthews Award, given to Hiram’s most outstanding student-athlete in the underclassmen ranks. She was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 2001.
Desiree Finley	Bethany College	2007-11	Nanticoke, Pa./Hanover Area
As a four-year member of the track program, Finley earned seven All-PAC honors, including four as a senior, and broke school records in the pole vault and 400 hurdles. In 2011, she qualified for the ECAC Championships in the 100 and 400 hurdles. During that season, she also reset her own 400 hurdles record, posting her best time of 1:05.62, a mark which still stands as the school record. Overall, she qualified for ECAC’s on nine separate occasions. Along with her 400 hurdles record, Finley still owns the school’s outdoor pole vault record (10-02.75) , as well as the 55 (9.19) and 60 hurdles (10.00) and pole vault (10-00) indoor records.
Erin (Neal) Fritz	Thiel College	1995-2000	Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour
Neal was a two-time PAC champion in the long jump (1996-97), ran on a pair of conference-winning 4x100 relays (1996, 1998) and was a qualifier for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the long jump in 1996. She was also a member of the Tomcats’ winning 4x400 relay in 1996. A three-time runner-up in the 100 and two-time runner-up in the 200, she finished second in the long jump in 1998 and third in the triple jump in 1997. Neal helped lead the Tomcats to three-straight PAC team titles (1996-98).
Haley Gabor	Westminster College	2010-14	New Kensington, Pa./Ford City
As a senior, Gabor earned the PAC Track Co-MVP award. She won the 200 in a school and PAC-record time of 25.25 and finished second in both the 100 and 400. Gabor also ran the anchor leg on the first-place 4X400 relay that won with a school-record time of 4:00.15. She finished 17th in the 400 preliminaries (56.88) at the 2014 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She was the first Titan in school history (male or female) to qualify in the 400.  In 2012, she won league titles in the 200 (26.11), 400 (57.96) and was a member of the winning 4X400 relay (4:09.11). Her 4X400 relay team also captured the PAC crown in 2013 (4:02.74). Gabor was just as dominant on the indoor track, finishing her career with school records in the 200 (26.44), 400 (59.48), 4X100 relay (1:48.97) and the 4X400 relay (4:12.50). She was a four-year letter winner at Westminster.
Kirsten Gauthier	Hiram College	1987-90	Garrettsville, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy
Gauthier was a four-time PAC champion, twice as a member of the 4x100 relay and twice as the individual winner of the 100 and 200 events in 1989. She also put her speed to good use as a member of the Hiram field hockey team, twice winning First Team All-PAC honors in the back-to-back conference championship seasons of 1988 and 1989, and was named the PAC Player of the Year as a senior. Gauthier received the Petroskey Award in 1989 as Hiram’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 2002.
Kelli Gee	Washington & Jefferson College	2004-08	Washington, Pa./Washington
Gee was a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection who helped W&J win the first two PAC Women’s Track & Field Championships in school history. She boasted a 3.9 grade-point average and was chosen as the 2005 PAC Most Valuable Athlete. She also competed at two NCAA Division III national championship long jump events: the 2005 indoors and 2006 outdoors. Gee still owns the program’s indoor and outdoor long jump and triple jump records.
Kandiace Gibson	Thiel College	2002-06	Cleveland, Ohio/Bedford
Gibson was a 14-time PAC First Team honoree and was named PAC MVP in 2004. She won conference titles in the 200 four times and the 100 and 400 twice. She was also a member of conference winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays three times. Gibson qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2006 in the 100, holds the Thiel record in the 100 (12.18 seconds) and also is part of the distance medley relay team that currently holds the record (13:36.7). She received Thiel’s J. Lynn Trimble Award in 2007.
Deborah Glass	Hiram College	1985-88	Garrettsville, Ohio/Garfield
In the inaugural PAC Women’s Track & Field Championship in 1985, Glass set the record for the number of points won by an individual, finishing first in the 800, 1500, 5,000 and high jump, while taking third place in the triple jump and the 400 intermediate hurdles. She was also a member of the second-place 4x100 relay. For this outstanding effort, she was named the first-ever PAC Most Valuable Performer in women’s track and field. A 10-time PAC champion during her career, Glass helped lead Hiram to three-consecutive team championships during the first three years of PAC competition, and held the school records in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 when she graduated. Also an outstanding performer on the Terrier volleyball and basketball teams, she won a total of 11 varsity letters during her four years at Hiram. Glass was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 2000.
Chavonne Greene	Thiel College	2005-09	Fredericksburg, Va./Massaponax
Greene was the Co-MVP at the 2007 PAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She won the 100 and 200 and was a member of the title-winning 4x400 relay. Also in 2007, she finished third in the triple jump and long jump. Greene was a 16-time All-PAC honoree during her career with the Tomcats. She was also a part of the 4x100 relay that qualified for the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Megan Grover	Waynesburg University	2005-09	Arvada, Colo./Faith Christian
Along with being one of the top cross country runners in school history, Grover also logged her share of impressive accomplishments on the track as a distance runner. She piled up a total of six All-PAC awards in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000. In 2009, she claimed PAC titles in both the 5,000 and 10,000. Grove qualified for the ECAC Division III Championships in both the 5,000 and 10,000 in back-to-back seasons (2008-09) and was a provisional national qualifier in 10,000. As successful as she was on the track and the cross country course (three-time first-team All-PAC, placed 12th at Mideast Regionals in 2008), Grover was a star in the classroom. Not only was she a four-year honoree on both the PAC Spring and Fall Academic Honor rolls, but she was a multi-time First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree and a USTFCCCA All-Academic pick.
Megan Harding	Westminster College	2006-09	Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills
One of the most decorated sprinters in Westminster College history, Harding established the school standard in two outdoor events. The four-year letter winner holds the school’s top times in the 100 (12.05) and anchored the 4X100 relay that set a PAC Championships record in 2008 (48.26). Her 100 time, also set in 2008, still stands as the top time at the PAC Championships, earning her PAC MVP honors in 2008.  She also qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in both events later that spring. Harding’s indoor time in the 55 (7.45) also clocks in as the best in program history. She previously held the 200 school record (26.54) until it was broken by Haley Gabor in 2014.
Jaimee Heffner	Washington & Jefferson College	1995-99	Clarion, Pa./Clarion Area
Heffner helped put Washington & Jefferson women’s athletics on the national stage by winning the 1997 NCAA Division III javelin title. She was W&J’s first-ever female graduate to claim a national championship and was the only female in school history to be named a finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. A three-sport athlete at W&J in volleyball, soccer and track and field, Heffner was a four-time PAC champion in the javelin. She was an outside hitter on the volleyball team and helped the Presidents win the 1995 ECAC Championship. In addition, Heffner was a GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American.
Alexa Hlebiczki	Thomas More College	2010-12	Newport, Ky./Newport Central Catholic
Hlebiczki was the 2012 PAC champion in the long jump with a jump of 16-08.00 and second team All-PAC in the high jump with a mark of 35-00.50. She holds the school’s outdoor records in the 200 (27.31), 400 (1:11.86) and triple jump (35-05.00).
Rhea Huwe	Waynesburg University	2009-13	Allison Park, Pa./Shaler
After a respectable start to her collegiate career, Huwe came on strong during her final two seasons at Waynesburg. She received All-PAC applause in five different events over her junior and senior seasons. She was also a key piece of the Yellow Jackets' 2013 PAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship squad. That season she took first in the long jump and broke the tape in the 100. Huwe also grabbed second place in the 200.
Elisha Jones	Waynesburg University	2007-11	Russell, Pa./Eisenhower
Jones is remembered as not only one of the top women's track and field athletes since the program was created, but one of the finest student-athletes in school history. She made three trips to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the javelin and was a two-time All-American in the event. She was also a four-time ECAC qualifier, a four-time All-PAC honoree and three-time conference champion in the javelin. She added a 2010 Honorable Mention All-PAC performance in the discus to her impressive track resume. Before heading outdoors each spring, Jones was a four-year standout on the women's basketball team. She was a four-time All-PAC pick, including a First Team selection as a senior, and her 1,372 career points rank among the best in program history. In the classroom, Jones was a four-year member of the PAC Spring Academic Honor Roll and a two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Katelyn Kushner	Westminster College	2006-09	Pittsburgh, Pa./Brentwood
Kushner was a four-year letter winner for the Titans. She claimed first-place finishes at the PAC Championships in the 100 and 400 hurdles in each of her four years. Her time of 1:04.32 in the 400 hurdles as a junior in 2008 is a school record. Kushner was also part of the 1,600 relay in 2008 that broke the school record with a time of 4:00.79.
Amy Leslie	Thiel College	1992-96	New Galilee, Pa./Mohawk
Leslie was a three-time NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship qualifier in the javelin, earning All-America honors with her fifth-place finish in 1995. She won the PAC title in 1993, was the conference runner-up in 1996 and won the 1995 ECAC Division III Championship title. Also a standout with the Tomcat softball program, she ranks among the top 10 in numerous single season and career leaders.
Sally Lewis	Grove City College	2000-04	Rochester, Pa./Freedom
Lewis, named the 2003 PAC Most Valuable Performer, helped the Wolverines claim four of their seven straight PAC team titles from 1999-2005. She earned nine total individual PAC titles and was also a member of two PAC Championship relays. A four-time PAC champion in both the long jump and triple jump, Lewis was also the 2003 PAC champion in the 100 and won PAC titles as a member of Grove City’s 4x100 relays in 2002 and 2003. She posted three other top-five finishes in the 100 (5th, 2004) and the 200 (2nd, 2003; 4th, 2004). The 2001 ECAC Division III Championships runner-up in the triple jump, Lewis was a 2003 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifier in the long jump (finished 9th) and triple jump (finished 19th). She holds College records in the long jump (18-5.75) and triple jump (37-8.5).
LaToya Locke	Thiel College	2006-10	Farrell, Pa./Farrell
Locke was an 11-time All-PAC honoree, with her best year coming in 2007, a season in which she won the triple jump and was a part of the title-winning 4x400 relay. She also finished second in the 100 hurdles, third in the 100 and was a part of the 4x100 relay. In 2008, Locke was a part of the 4x100 relay that qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Nakisha Logan	Thiel College	1997-01	Youngstown, Ohio/Rayen
Logan was a three-time PAC MVP (1998, 1999, 2001) and 26-time All-PAC honoree, claiming 16 league titles in a variety of events. In 1998, she won the long jump and triple jump and was a part of the first-place 4x100 relay. She finished second in the high jump and was a part of the 4x400 relay that finished third in 1998. In 1999, she swept the jumps and was a part of the first-place 4x100 relay. Also in 1999, Logan finished second in the 100, 200 and the 4x400 relay. In 2000, she won the 100, 100 hurdles, 200, the high and long jumps and was a part of the first-place 4x400 relay. In 2000, she won the 100 hurdles, high jump and was a member of the 4x400 relay.
Merrissa Malcolm	Westminster College	2008-12	Freeport, Pa./Freeport
Malcolm was a four-year letter winner and three-time PAC champion pole vaulter for Westminster. She won the event in 2010, 2011 and 2012, when she set a stadium record. As a freshman, Malcolm set the school record with a vault of 11 feet, 5.75 inches.
Cheyenne Mangold	Washington & Jefferson College	2010-14	Boerne, Texas/Texas Military Institute
Magold finished her record-breaking career with three NCAA Division III All-America awards. She twice earned the national honor in the 400, placing third as a junior and eighth as a senior. The third-place showing was the best finish by a W&J student-athlete at the outdoor national championships since W&J Athletic Hall of Famer Jaimee Heffner '99 won the 1997 national javelin title. Just an hour before competing in the 2013 Division III Championships 400 hurdle event, the two-time PAC Track MVP took fifth place in the 400 with the second-fastest time in school history (55.75 seconds).
Terri McDivitt	Hiram College	1984-86	Ravenna, Ohio/Southeast
McDivitt was a three-time PAC champion, winning the long jump and triple jump in 1985 and finishing first in the 400 intermediate hurdles in 1986. In addition, during the inaugural championship meet in 1985, she took three runner-up spots: individually in the 100 high hurdles and as a member of both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. She also finished third in the 100. McDivitt followed up that performance with another outstanding effort in 1986 by adding to her win in the 400 hurdles with third-place finishes in the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump, along with second-place finishes as a member of the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. As a result, Hiram won its second-consecutive team championship and she was named the PAC MVP. One of the most versatile all-around performers in Hiram’s athletic history, McDivitt was also a First Team All-PAC selection in both volleyball and basketball. She twice received the Petroskey Award as Hiram’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year, and she was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 1998.
Lori Mertes	John Carroll University	1985-89	New Philadelphia, Ohio/Tuscarawas Central Catholic
Mertes was the 1988 PAC champion in the shot put and 1989 PAC champion in the javelin and placed in the top six 15 times at the conference meet. A four-year letter winner, she held the program’s javelin, high jump and indoor triple jump and shot records at the time of her graduation. She also lettered once in cross country, helping the Blue Streaks win the PAC team title in 1988. Mertes was one of original members of John Carroll women’s track and field program when it was created in 1986.
Heather Peltier Melzer	John Carroll University	1987-91	Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel
Melzer was the 1989 PAC champion in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000. She also was All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) performer in cross country in 1989 and 1990. Melzer held JCU indoor records in the 1,000, mile and 3,200 and outdoor records in the 1,500 and 5,000, which were all set in her final year of competition. She was inducted into the John Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.
Latiffa Peeples	Thiel College	1994-98	Dorchester, Mass./John D. O’Bryant
Peeples was named the PAC MVP in 1995 and 1996. She won the 200 and 400 and was part of the first-place 4x100 and 4x400 relays in 1995, and won the 100, 200 and 400, as well as the 400 hurdles, in 1996. Peeples was an eight-time All-PAC First Team honoree and qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 200. She set Thiel records in the 100, 200 and 400 and as a member of the 4x400 relay in 1997. Eighteen years later, Peeples still holds the 200 record (25.10, which is the fifth longest-standing record for the women’s program at Thiel.
Emily Pierce	Grove City College	2007-11	Lisbon, N.Y./Lisbon Central
Pierce earned the 2010 PAC Track Most Valuable Performer award after winning the 1,500 and finishing second in both the 800 and the 5,000. She also finished second in the 1,500 in 2008 and was second in the 5,000, third in the 1,500 and fifth in the 800 in 2011. Pierced earned Academic All-District honors as a senior.
Paige Prato	Bethany College	2010-14	Gibsonia, Pa./Deer Lakes
A four-year letter winner with Bethany’s track team, Prato was a nine-time All-PAC performer and a four-time PAC Champion, which included two league championships in the 100. In her senior campaign, Prato posted a school-record time of 12.45 in the 100. She also earned a PAC title in the 4x100 meter relay as well as capturing the 60 title at the inaugural PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. She graduated with five school records, including the 100 (12.45) and 200 (25.59) as well as the 4x100 in outdoor (48.80). She also held the 55 (7.49) meter and 60 (8.01) indoor records.
Libby (Hauser) Purdy	Thiel College	2002-04	Greenville, Pa./Reynolds
Hauser was a seven-time All-PAC performer, winning the javelin in each of the three seasons she competed (2002-04). She also won the shot put and discus in 2002, finished second in the shot put in 2003 and third in 2004. Hauser qualified for the Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships three times in javelin. She is a two-time Division III All-American, finishing third in 2003 and fifth in 2004.
Mary Pusateri	John Carroll University	1986-90	Hartville, Ohio/Lake
Pusateri was the 3,000 and 5,000 PAC champion in 1988, helping the Blue Streaks win their first and only PAC title. She was also a three-year letter winner for the John Carroll cross country team.
Nirina (Andrianavony) Rajaofera	Thiel College	1995-99	Antananarivo, Madagascar/Antananarivo
Andrianavony was a four-time All-PAC First Team member, winning the 5,000 in 1997 and 1999. At the 1999 PAC Championships, Andrianavony won the 1,500 and 3,000. She finished her career with four outdoor records for the Tomcats.
Eleanor Reid	Carnegie Mellon University	1983-87
Reid ran to a pair of titles and secured two second-place finishes at the 1985 PAC Championships for the Tartans. She claimed first-place honors in the 100 and as a member of Carnegie Mellon’s 400 relay. Reid also posted second-place finishes in the 200 and the shot put. The 1985 Championship event was just the second in which women’s competition was included.
Cara Riffe	Thiel College	2005-09	Greenville, Pa./Reynolds
Riffe was named the PAC Track MVP at the 2009 conference championships. She was an 11-time All-PAC honoree, earning First Team honors three times. She won the 400 in 2009 (57.67) and finished second in the 400 (1:06.63) and 200 (26.45). Riffe was also a member of the 4x400 relay that set a new PAC record with a time of 4:00.18 in 2007, a record that still stands.
Christine (Haught) Rogerson	Bethany College	1989-93	Wheeling, W.Va./John Marshall
Rogerson, a 2005 inductee into the Bethany College Athletic Hall of Fame, was a four-year letter winner with the Bison track and field team while setting numerous records during her career. Among the marks she set during her time included school records in the long jump (17-1), the 100 (15.63) and 400 hurdles (1:06.6) and the 200 (28.44) and 400 (1:06.5) dashes. Her time in the 100 hurdles still stands as the top mark in school history. Rogerson earned nine All-PAC accolades during her four years, which included a pair of PAC championships in the long jump, triple jump and 100 hurdles. She was also the high-point scorer at the 1990 PAC Championship meet.
Denise (Gutkowski) Roth	Thiel College	1991-95	Pittsburgh, Pa./Carrick
Gutkowski, a two-time national qualifier, earned All-America honors at the 1994 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships with her fourth-place finish in the 400 hurdles. A two-time PAC champion in the 400 hurdles (1993-94), she was also the runner-up in the 100 hurdles at the 1993 conference championships.
Christine Rummel	Grove City College	2001-05	Cabot, Pa./Knoch
Rummel won five PAC titles in the hurdle events and added another 10 top-three finishes in the hurdles and the jumps. She helped the Wolverines claim four of their seven straight PAC team titles from 1999-2005. She was a three-time champion in the 400 hurdles (2003-05) after finishing second as a freshman in 2002 and won conference titles in the 100 hurdles as a sophomore (2003) and senior (2005) while taking third during her freshman and junior seasons. A three-time conference runner-up in the triple jump (2002-04), she posted a third-place finish as a senior. Rummel was also a PAC runner-up in the long jump as a sophomore and junior and finished third as a senior.
Angie Sabella	Grove City College	1997-2001	Grand Valley, Pa./Tidioute
Sabella won five PAC titles and added an additional four runner-up finishes. She helped the Wolverines to their first three of what would be seven straight conference titles from 1999-2005. Sabella was the 1998 PAC champion in the 800 and 1500. She earned runner-up finishes in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 at the 1999 PAC Championships before claiming the PAC title in the 5000 and finishing as the runner-up in the 3,000 in 2000. She finished her career by winning conference titles in the 3,000 and 5,000 in 2001. She was named the Grove City College Sportswoman of the Year for the 2000-01 academic year.
Lisa Schmidt	Carnegie Mellon University	1987-91
Schmidt won the 400 and was a member of Carnegie Mellon’s title-winning 400 relay at the 1989 PAC Championships. She also earned a fifth-place finish in the high jump at the 1988 PAC Championships. Schmidt was the runner-up in the 400 at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in 1990 and was the event’s third-place finisher in 1989 and 1991.
Carly Schubert	Waynesburg University	2009-13	Enon Valley, Pa./Mohawk
Schubert was a four-year standout for the Yellow Jackets in multiple events. She was a three-time PAC shot put champion, a PAC runner-up in the shot put and a two-time All-PAC honoree in the discus. Schubert was honored as the 2013 PAC Field MVP and qualified for the ECAC Division III Championships four times in the shot put and once in the discus. She also spent parts of four seasons as a starter for the Waynesburg volleyball team and was a multi-semester member of both the PAC Fall and Spring Academic Honor Rolls.
Julia Seward	Grove City College	2006-09	Elizabethton, Tenn./Science Hill
Seward won four PAC titles and added a pair of runner-up finishes in her three years of competition. She won three-straight conference titles in the 10,000 from 2006-08 and was also the conference champion in the 5,000 in 2007 while finishing as the runner-up in the event in 2006 and 2008.
Sara Snyder	Thiel College	1998-02	Toronto, Ohio/Edison
Snyder earned 2002 PAC Women’s Track & Field Athlete of the Year recognition after winning the 400 and 400 hurdles and was a part of the PAC championship 4x400 relay. She also placed second in the javelin, shot put and as a member of the 4x100 relay and finished third in the 200 and high jump. Altogether, Snyder was a 15-time All-PAC honoree. At the 1999 PAC Championships, she won the 400 hurdles and finished third in the 400 and the javelin. At the 2000 Championships, Snyder won the 400 hurdles. At the 2001 PAC Championships, she won the 400 and the javelin. She was also a part of the PAC Championship 4x400 relay in 2001. She finished second in the 200 and third in the shot put at the 2001 Championships.
Megan Sowers	Waynesburg University	2010-2014	Lone Pine, Pa./Beth-Center
Sowers not only continued the successful tradition of Waynesburg throwers into the second decade of the 21st century, but made program history at the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field championships, where she placed fourth in the country in the javelin. Sowers qualified for the national championships on two other occasions and was a four-time All-PAC performer in the javelin, including titles as a sophomore, junior and senior. She added Third  Team All-PAC laurels in the shot put during her final season with the program and played a major role in Waynesburg's first-ever PAC women's track and field team title in 2013.
Lauren Spegal	Bethany College	2004-08	Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park
Spegal, a four-time letter winner for the Bison, was a three-time All-PAC performer in the shot put. She posted a second-place finish in 2006 (35-05.75) before grabbing back-to-back PAC Championships in 2007 (37-07.25) and 2008 (38-08.75). During the 2007 campaign, Spegal also set the Bethany school record in the shot put with a throw of 39-00, a record which she still holds today. She also held the Bethany discus record before it was broken by Tara Harris in 2009. Spegal qualified for the ECAC Championships in the shot as a junior and senior. In 2007, she finished fifth in the event for the highest finish by a Bison woman at the ECAC Championships at the time.
Summer (Baumgard) Spencer	Washington & Jefferson College	2005-09	Vincent, Ohio/Warren
Spencer earned four invitations to compete at NCAA Division III national championship high jump events throughout her career. Spencer, who remains W&J’s indoor and outdoor high jump record holder, competed at the 2006, 2007 and 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships as well as the 2009 Indoor Championship. She claimed three PAC high jump titles (2006, 2007, 2009) and also played volleyball at W&J.
Jordyn Taylor	Grove City College	1999-03	Stow, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian
Taylor won three PAC individual titles in the sprint and hurdle events while adding another five top-three finishes. She also won three conference titles as a member of Grove City’s 4x100 relay and helped the Wolverines claim four of their seven straight PAC team titles from 1999-2005. Taylor won the conference crown in the 100 hurdles and the 4x100 relay and finished second in the 100 as a freshman and finished third in the 100 hurdles as a sophomore. She claimed conference titles in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay and finished second in the 100 hurdles as a junior in 2002. Taylor capped her career with a conference crown in the 4x100 relay, runner-up finishes in both the 100 and 100 hurdles and a fourth-place finish in the 200 in 2003.
Lauren Weinheimer	Washington & Jefferson College	2004-08	Angola, N.Y./Lake Shore
Weinheimer was a two-time PAC MVP, winning the award in both 2006 and 2007. As a sophomore in 2006, she won the 400 and pole vault to help W&J claim its’ first-ever PAC women’s track and field team championships. Weinheimer also took second in the 200 and high jump that season. A year later, she helped W&J repeat as PAC champions after placing among the top three in six different events at the championship meet (400 and 4x100 relay champion). Weinheimer twice earned CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades.
Michelle Wuenstel	Washington & Jefferson College	2007-11	Pittsburgh, Pa./Keystone Oaks
Wuenstel became the first W&J student-athlete to earn Division III All-America laurels on the track after placing sixth in the 400 at the 2011 NCAA Division III Championships. She won three PAC titles as a senior, finishing first in the 200 and 400 while also helping the 4x100 relay to a championship. Her senior season’s “championship double” was a repeat after she won the same events in 2010.
Savalla (Hillard) Yeager	Thiel College	1992-96	Titsusville, Pa./Titusville
Hillard claimed four-straight PAC titles in the shot put from 1993-96. She also won a pair of discus titles (1993, 1996). A two-time national qualifier (1995 NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships), she won the 1995 ECAC Division III Championship title in the shot put.