Simone Grant Earns ECC Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - University of the District of Columbia's Simone Grant earned the honor of East Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, as voted on by the conference's coaches. A host of Firebirds took home First and Second Team All-ECC honors as the league announced the All-Conference winners based on performance at the Championship meet.
Grant takes home the Women's Athlete of the Year honor after ranking in the top eight in the East Region in six different events. Her highest ranking comes in 100 meter dash (12.18), 200 meter dash (24.94), and 4 x 100 meter relay (48.78), where she ranks third in all three. She is also part of the 4 x 400 meter relay team that ranks fourth in the region with a time of 3:57.58 and also comes in a seventh in both the long jump (5.50m) and triple jump (11.22m). Grant turned in a great performance to wrap up the season at the ECC Championship Meet, winning the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash, and was part of the relay teams that crossed the finish line first in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meter relays.
In addition, the ECC also announces 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.
2015 ECC Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference Awards
Women's First Team
100 meter dash - Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia & Terrilyn Britton, Queens
200 meter dash - Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia & Tshani Mitchell, Queens
400 meter dash - Jerily Benjamin, Dist. Columbia & Tshani Mitchell, Queens
800 meter run - Ashley Armand, Queens & Rachel Hust, Roberts Wesleyan
1,500 meter run - Kristen Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas & Rachel Prutsman, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - April Sablan, Roberts Wesleyan & Mackenzie Donahue, Daemen
10,000 meter run - Kaitlin O'Grady, St. Thomas Aquinas & Kellie Lawton, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Nicole Natland, Molloy
400 meter hurdles - Brianna Calderon, Roberts Wesleyan & Gina Funaro, St. Thomas Aquinas
3,000 meter steeplechase - Rachel Brush, Roberts Wesleyan & Meaghan Ventarola, St. Thomas Aquinas
4 x 100 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Brittany Okon, Simone Grant, Geordinell Thurston, Jerily Benjamin)
4 x 400 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Christina Baker, Marlena Wright, Kimoy Mais, Jerily Benjamin)
4 x 800 meter relay - Daemen (Brittany Denton, Mackenzie Donahue, Hannah Rice, Lindsay Wood)
High Jump - Katie Gallagher, Molloy, Stephanie Meyer, Molloy, & Myla Somerville, Dist. Columbia
Pole Vault - Kasey Semmler, Roberts Wesleyan & Hope Olsen, Roberts Wesleyan
Long Jump - Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia
Triple Jump - Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia
Shot Put - Toria Williams, Daemen & Tatyana Calhoun, Dist. Columbia
Discus - Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan & Brittany Sepe, Molloy
Hammer - Victoria Houser, Roberts Wesleyan & Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan
Javelin - Myla Somerville, Dist. Columbia & Tatyana Calhoun, Dist. Columbia
Women's Second Team
100 meter dash - Chelsea Hayward, Roberts Wesleyan & Brittany Okon, Dist. Columbia
200 meter dash - Jerily Benjamin, Dist. Columbia & Chelsea Hayward, Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter dash - Gabriela Sloezen, St. Thomas Aquinas & Marlena Wright, Dist. Columbia
800 meter run - Hannah Rice, Daemen & Allison Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas
1,500 meter run - Rachel Hust, Roberts Wesleyan & Elizabeth Valento, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Elizabeth Stirling, LIU Post & Megan Hulton, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Rachel Hutchinson, Roberts Wesleyan & Rachel Staiano, Molloy
100 meter hurdles - Brianna Calderon, Roberts Wesleyan & Shayna Hodge, Dist. Columbia
400 meter hurdles - Heidi Riegel, Roberts Wesleyan & Christina Baker, Dist. Columbia
3,000 meter steeplechase - Cecelia Pfleging, St. Thomas Aquinas & Kymberly Johnson, Queens
4 x 100 meter relay - Queens (Terrilyn Britton, Tshani Mitchell, Anabelle Gensel, Ronsheica Trotman)
4 x 400 meter relay - Queens (Jewell Jacobs, Ronsheica Trotman, Terrilyn Britton, Tshani Mitchell)
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Meaghan Ventarola, Kristen Borriello, Patricia Nersten, Alison Borriello)
High Jump - Samantha Gabriel, St. Thomas Aquinas & Jewell Jacobs, Queens
Pole Vault - Nicole Natland, Molloy & Molly Luger, Roberts Wesleyan
Long Jump - Katie Gallagher, Molloy & Katharine Dovi, Roberts Wesleyan
Triple Jump - Danae Glover, LIU Post & Samantha Gabriel, St. Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put - Katy Perry, Roberts Wesleyan & Tajah Franklin, Dist. Columbia
Discus - Kelsey Barnes, St. Thomas Aquinas & Toria Williams, Daemen
Hammer - Danely Rodriguez, Queens & Brittany Sepe, Molloy
Javelin - Tiara Goode, Dist. Columbia & Brittany Sepe, Molloy