UDC Women's Track and Field Sweeps ECC Weekly Awards

WEST BABYLON, N.Y.- for the second time this season, UDC women's track and field has swept the weekly ECC Awards. Iyanna Jackson was named ECC Track Athlete of the Week and Zoe Shaw was named the ECC Field Athlete of the week. Ayesha Jarrett was also named to the honor roll.

Jackson had a season-best meet at the Norfolk State Invitational, placing in the top three in both the 100m and 200m. The UDC junior ran a season-best 12.22 in the 100m trials and went on to place third in a field of 22 in the finals, clocking in at an ECC-best 12.15. Jackson later placed third out of 18 in the 200m with another ECC-best time of 25.20. Both of her times were the top Division II times of the meet and both rank second in the NCAA East Region. 

On the first day of the Norfolk State Invitational meet, Shaw won the high jump in a field of 12 with an NCAA Division II provisional mark of 1.67m, which leads both the ECC and NCAA East Region. The UDC sophomore went on to place third in a field of 10 in the triple jump with another ECC-leading mark of 11.45m, which ranks fifth in the NCAA East Region.

Jarrett ran a season- and ECC-best time of 58.16 in the 400m to place fourth in a field of 17 at the Norfolk State Invitational.