Kaydian Jones Earns ECC Outdoor Track & Field Co-Athlete of the Year & Athlete of the Meet; Host of Firebirds Earn All-Conference Honors
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – Junior Kaydian Jones has been named the East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Co-Athlete of the Year along with Georgian Court University's Alyssa Hudgins, as voted on by the conference's coaches. Jones' outstanding showing in the ECC Outdoor Championship meet also earned her the Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the Meet Award.
Jones (Journalism – Kingston, Jamaica/St. Andrew HS) had a stellar spring season that saw her ranked No. 4 in the region in the 200M run, No. 6 in the 400M hurdle, No. 3 in the 4x100M relay and No. 3 in the long jump. Jones also ranks No. 34 in all of Division II in the long jump. At the ECC Championship meet, Jones scored in six different events for the Firebirds, winning four of them. She won individual titles in the long jump (5.76M), 100M dash (12.39s), 200M run (25.38s), and helped the 4x400M relay team to a 1st place showing in 3:56.03. Her outstanding performance at the ECC meet also earned her national honorable mention from the USTFCCCA.
In addition, the ECC also announced the first ever All-Conference finishers from the championship meet. The top two finishers in each event were named First Team All-Conference while the third and fourth place finishers earned Second Team All-Conference distinction. A list of the winners can be found below.
2013 ECC Outdoor Track and Field All‐Conference Awards
Women's First Team
400m hurdles – Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court & Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia
4 x 100m relay – Jasmine Smith, Shauna‐Kay Creary, Atiya Amis, and Simone Grant, District of Columbia
3,000m steeplechase – Megan Kelly, Georgian Court & Rebecca Rogers, Roberts Wesleyan
100m hurdles – Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court & Octavia Booker, Georgian Court
100m dash – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia & Susan Lora, Georgian Court
1,500m run – Rachel Prutsman, Roberts Wesleyan & Indira Avila, Queens
400m run – Callister Jones, District of Columbia & Jerily Benjamin, District of Columbia
800m run – Rachel Cannon, Roberts Wesleyan & Allison Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas
200m run – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia & Simone Grant, District of Columbia
5,000m run – Indira Avila, Queens & Kim Mills, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 800m relay – Rachel Putman, Racheal Brush, Megan Hulton, and Rachel Prutsman, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 400m relay – Marlena Wright, Jerily Benjamin, Simone Grant, and Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia
10,000m run – Hannah Taft, Roberts Wesleyan & Laura Amdur, Georgian Court
Shot Put – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian Court & Shelby Frink, Georgian Court
Discus – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian & Tiffany Okieme, Georgian Court
Long Jump – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia & Octavia Booker, Georgian Court
Triple Jump – Atinuke Adebowale, Molloy & Simone Grant, District of Columbia
High Jump – Shauna‐Kay Creary, District of Columbia & Lauren Calorel, Georgian Court
Pole Vault – Ashley Mayer, Queens
Javelin – Laura Gemignani, Georgian Court & Sharon Howell, Roberts Wesleyan
Hammer – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian Court & Tiffany Okieme, Georgian Court
Second Team
400m hurdles – Cassandra Lenkowski, Georgian Court & Kayla Green, Georgian Court
4 x 100m hurdles – Moriah Jennings, Octavoia Booker, Lauren Calorel, and Susan Lora, Georgian Court
3,000m steeplechase – Sarah Phelan, Roberts Wesleyan & Jamie Hand, Georgian Court
100m hurdles – Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Lauren Calorel, Georgian Court
100m dash – Shauna‐Kay Creay, District of Columbia & Simone Grant, District of Columbia
1,500m run – Megan Hulton, Roberts Wesleyan & Keeley Bateman, St. Thomas Aquinas
400m run – Kimoy Mais, District of Columbia & Rochelle Nelson, District of Columbia
800m run – Kimoy Mais, District of Columbia & Isalin Howard, Georgian Court
200m run – Rochelle Nelson, District of Columbia & Shauna‐Kay Creary, District of Columbia
5,000m run – Jordan Weir, Daemen & Hannah Taft, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 800m relay – Megan Kelly, Jamie Hand, Cynthia Cuiule, and Isalin Howard, Georgian Court
4 x 400m relay – Cassandra Lenkowski, Octavia Booker, Kayla Green, and Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court
Shot Put – Diane Etinne, Queens & Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan
Discus – Kaitlyn Brunner, Georgian Court & Ashley Pinette, Daemen
Long Jump – Shauna‐Kay Creary, District of Columbia & Stephanie Meyer, Molloy
Triple Jump – Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Octavia Booker, Georgian Court
High Jump – Katie Gallagher, Molloy & Octavia Booker, Georgian Court
Javelin – Julie Kerber, Georgian Court & Crystal London, Roberts Wesleyan
Hammer – Victoria Houser, Roberts Wesleyan & Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan