Kaydian Jones Named East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - Kaydian Jones has been named the East Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, as voted on by the conference's coaches.
Jones is now a winner of multiple ECC major awards after repeating as the ECC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. A two-time ECC Women's Track Athlete of the Week, Jones ranked in the top-seven in the East Region in five different events during the outdoor season. Jones' best 100 meter dash (12.24) and 200 meter dash (24.80) times, were also the best posted by an ECC student-athlete this season.
Jones is also a co-recipient of the Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the ECC Championship Meet, sharing the honor with Molloy's Stephanie Meyer (Seaford, N.Y.). Jones helped the Firebirds win the championship by contributing 48 of their 158 total points. She contributed 28 points individually by winning both the 100 and 200 meter dashes with her aforementioned best times and also finishing second in the long jump (5.31 meters). Jones was a key member of both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meter relay teams that crossed the finish line first, as well.
In addition, the ECC also announced the 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 all winners can be found below.
2014 ECC Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference Awards
Women's First Team
100 meter dash - Kaydian Jones, Dist. Columbia & Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia
200 meter dash - Kaydian Jones, Dist. Columbia & Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia
400 meter dash - Jerily Benjamin, Dist. Columbia & Rebecca Wright, Molloy
800 meter run - Rachel Hust, Roberts Wesleyan & Allison Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas
1,500 meter run - Rachel Hutchinson, Roberts Wesleyan & Rachel Hust, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Megan Hulton, Roberts Wesleyan & Hannah Taft, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Kellie Lawton, Roberts Wesleyan & April Sablan, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Nicole Natland, Molloy
400 meter hurdles - Brianna Calderon, Roberts Wesleyan & Heidi Riegel, Roberts Wesleyan
3,000 meter steeplechase - Meaghan Ventarola, St. Thomas Aquinas & Rachel Brush, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Kaydian Jones, Shauna-Kay Creary, Jasmine Smith, Simone Grant)
4 x 400 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Charmaine Sweeney, Jerily Benjamin, Marlena Wright, Kaydian Jones)
4 x 800 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Rachel Brush, Kennedy Lewandowski, Rachel Hutchinson, Rachel Hust)
High Jump - Katie Gallagher, Molloy & Shanua-Kay Creary, Dist. Columbia
Pole Vault - Kasey Semmler, Roberts Wesleyan & Hope Olsen, Roberts Wesleyan
Long Jump - Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia & Kaydian Jones, Dist. Columbia
Triple Jump - Shanua-Kay Creary, Dist. Columbia & Stephanie Meyer, Molloy
Shot Put - Toria Williams, Daemen & Tatyana Calhoun, Dist. Columbia
Discus - Diane Etienne, Queens & Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan
Hammer - Victoria Houser, Roberts Wesleyan & Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan
Javelin - Brittany Sepe, Molloy & Casey Beckwith, Roberts Wesleyan
Women's Second Team
100 meter dash - Jasmine Smith, Dist. Columbia & Brittany Okon, Dist. Columbia
200 meter dash - Jerily Benjamin, Dist. Columbia & Shauna-Kay Creary, Dist. Columbia
400 meter dash - Gabriela Sloezen, St. Thomas Aquinas & Marlena Wright, Dist. Columbia
800 meter run - Rachel Hutchinson, Roberts Wesleyan & Brittany Denton, Daemen
1,500 meter run - Megan Hulton, Roberts Wesleyan & Keeley Bateman, St. Thomas Aquinas
5,000 meter run - Mackenzie Donahue, Daemen & Brittany Ward, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Hannah Taft, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Jeania Bagley, Dist. Columbia & Ashley Andrews, Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter hurdles - Jeania Bagley, Dist. Columbia & Sharon Howell, Roberts Wesleyan
3,000 meter steeplechase - Cecelia Pfleging, St. Thomas Aquinas & Rebecca Rogers, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Molloy (Stephanie Meyer, Katie Gallagher, Nicole Natland, Heather Van Patten)
4 x 400 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquians (Gabriella Sloezen, Catherine Sandkuhl, Gina Funaro, Allison Borriello)
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Keeley Bateman, Rebecca Fortoul, Jumana Khatib, Meaghan Ventarola)
High Jump - Ashley Mayer, Queens & Stephanie Meyer, Molloy
Pole Vault - Callie O'Connor, Daemen & Nicole Natland, Molloy
Long Jump - Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Samantha Gabriel, St. Thomas Aquinas
Triple Jump - Samantha Gabriel, St. Thomas Aquinas & Breanna Lyn, St. Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put - Brittany Sepe, Molloy & Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan
Discus - Victoria Houser, Roberts Wesleyan & Ashley Pinette, Daemen
Hammer - Ashley Pinette, Daemen & Danely Rodriguez, Queens
Javelin - Sharon Howell, Roberts Wesleyan & Mariah Burkhard, Daemen