Women Pick Up 21 Selections, Three Major Awards on All-NAC Team

Women Pick Up 21 Selections, Three Major Awards on All-NAC Team

WATERVILLE, Me. (May 9, 2019) – A conference championship outdoor season for the SUNY Delhi women's track and field team produced 14 NAC titles, 21 All-NAC selections, and three major award winners. The freshmen represented Delhi for the major awards, as runner Katerina Salcedo (Binghamton, NY / Binghamton) was named the NAC Track Athlete of the Year, while multi-athlete Aliyah McLean (Bronx, NY / DeWitt Clinton) earned NAC Rookie of the Year. Head coach Robb Munro swept the NAC Coach of the Year honors, having also earned the award on the men's side.

Junior Ashley Magnifico (Bayport, NY / Bayport-Blue Point) earned recognition for the Broncos on the NAC Women's Track & Field Sportsmanship Team. This honor is reserved for those who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior. The honorees are individuals who have positively affected the track and field culture and environment and whose behavior clearly demonstrates sportsmanship and integrity that go beyond the competition rules and etiquette.

In his seventh year heading the Broncos, Coach Munro guided both his women and men to not just their first NAC championship in their first official year as conference members, but also sweeping the combined three-conference meet that included the GNAC and NECC. The women's Additionally, Broncos were represented in each of the five Athlete of the Week honors, earning a total of nine weekly awards throughout the season.

Salcedo earned Rookie of the Week honors during four of the five weeks that the award was given this spring, and claimed Track Athlete of the Week honors in the final week leading into the championship meet where she won five events. During the season, she also broke the SUNY Delhi school record in the 800 meter (2:18.15). Salcedo won the NAC individual titles in the 400 meter (1:00.97), 800 meter (2:26.63), and 1500 meter (5:08.74), and also anchored the winning 4x800-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams that both set new NAC Championship meet records. Her performance helped Delhi win the NAC Championship and also the Combined Team Championship titles at the three-conference event.

McLean finished in the top four in each of her events at the NAC Championship, including two golden performances. She won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.09. Transitioning from the track to the field, McLean also claimed top honors with a 1.5 meter high jump. She finished fourth in both the pole vault and the long jump with marks of 2.45 meters and 4.56 meters, respectively. Her performance was key to the Broncos NAC Championship and Combined Team Championship titles.

SUNY Delhi head coach Robb Munro is the 2019 NAC Women's Track & Field Coach of the Year. The Broncos won the 2019 NAC Championship and also the Combined Team title at the three-conference championship meet. Delhi won fourteen events, including all three relays in meet record times. Twenty-one women earned All-Conference honors with first or second place finishes.; and freshman Katerina Salcedo and Aliyah McLean earned major conference awards in the Track Athlete of the Year and Rookie of the Year, respectively.

2019 NAC Women's Track & Field All-Conference Team

*NAC Championship Meet Record

#Inter-Conference Meet Champion

100 Meter

  • Leah Desjardins, Junior, Husson 12.75*
  • Madeeah Oranchak, Junior, SUNY Delhi 12.82

200 Meter

  • Leah Desjardins, Junior, Husson 26.47*
  • Madeeah Oranchak, Junior, SUNY Delhi 26.95

400 Meter

800 Meter

  • Katerina Salcedo, Freshman, SUNY Delhi 2:26.63
  • Julia Glisson, Freshman, Husson 2:36.91

1500 Meter

  • Katerina Salcedo, Freshman, SUNY Delhi 5:08.74
  • Zosia Prince, Freshman, NVU-Lyndon 5:23.33

5000 Meter

  • Zosia Prince, Freshman, NVU-Lyndon 20:29.90
  • Tristen Bowker, Senior, SUNY Delhi 21:12.02

10,000 Meter (first time event held at the NAC Championship)

  • Mariah Davis, Freshman, Husson 46:02.24*
  • Destiny Anair, Freshman, Husson 46:18.31

100 Meter Hurdles

400 Meter Hurdles

  • Arielle Moheimani, Sophomore, SUNY Delhi 1:10.44*
  • Allison Kondracki, Sophomore, Husson 1:10.50

3000 Meter Steeplechase

4x100 Meter Relay

4x400 Meter Relay

4x800 Meter Relay (first time event held at the NAC Championship)

High Jump

  • Aliyah McLean, Freshman, SUNY Delhi 1.5m
  • Leah Desjardins, Junior, Husson 1.45m

Pole Vault

  • Maddie Page, Senior, Husson 2.75m
  • Jessica Dessert, Senior, Husson, 2.75m

Long Jump

  • Madeeah Oranchak, Junior, SUNY Delhi 4.73m
  • Allison Kondracki, Sophomore, Husson 4.60m

Triple Jump

  • Madeeah Oranchak, Junior, SUNY Delhi 10.49m
  • Jordan Durant, Sophomore, Husson 10.45m

Shot Put

  • Diana Echols, Junior, SUNY Delhi 11.36m
  • Megan Bataran, Sophomore, Husson 11.15m

Discus Throw

  • Lilly Friars, Sophomore, Thomas 35.73m*#
  • Jessica Brink, Junior, UMaine-Farmington 30.12m

Hammer Throw

  • Diana Echols, Junior, SUNY Delhi 41.19m
  • Megan Bataran, Sophomore, Husson 40.09m

Javelin Throw

  • Abby Salvadore, Senior, NVU-Lyndon 36.24m#
  • Arielle Moheimani, Sophomore, SUNY Delhi 29.22m

Track Athlete of the Year

Katerina Salcedo, Freshman, SUNY Delhi

Field Athlete of the Year

Lilly Friars, Sophomore, Thomas

Rookie of the Year

Aliyah McLean, Freshman, SUNY Delhi

Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year

Abby Salvadore, Senior, Northern Vermont-Lyndon

Coach of the Year

Robb Munro, SUNY Delhi

 

Sportsmanship Team

Shea Curley, Senior, Husson

Jaden Gray, Sophomore, NVU-Johnson

Jessica Hillman, Junior, NVU-Lyndon

Ashley Magnifico, Junior, SUNY Delhi

Paige Ireland, Sophomore, UMaine-Farmington

Chenoa Jackson, Senior, UMaine-Presque Isle

Ellie Michaud, Freshman, Thomas