SCIAC All-Conference Women's Track and Field

May 04, 2017
Vaiva Palunas picked up Field Athlete of the Year honors after a dominant performance at the 2017 SCIAC Championships. She swept the throws claiming first in the hammer, discus and shot put. This performance accounted for 30 individual points for the Athenas. She holds two SCIAC Championship records in the hammer and discus. Currently, she ranks 8th in the shot, 5th in the discus and 5th in the hammer nationally.
Senior Maya Weigel from Pomona-Pitzer was named the Track Athlete of the Year after running a 4:22.83 in the 1500m at the SCIAC Championships to set a championship meet recrod, a SCIAC record, and a school record. That time puts her 10th all-time in Division III history and puts her second nationally this year. During the mult-duals she ran 4:41, 4:38 and 4:36 in the three 1500m races. She also ran 2:11.92 in the 800m, ninth on 2017 national list, and 16:28.94 in the 5000m first on the 2017 national list)
Newcomer of the Year honors went to freshman Kendall Guidetti from Cal Lutheran after setting a school record in the long jump at the SCIAC Championships with 5.75m which was good enough for first place in the event. That mark currently ranks her in the top ten nationally. She also was the leadoff leg for the third place 4x100 relay team. Finally she ran a personal best in the 100m of 12.45 and finished sixth in that event.
Kaile Sauro was named the Jennifer Stary Character Award recipient as voted upon by her peers. The senior environmental analysis major (3.73 GPA) has the #3 all-time heptathlon mark in Pomona-Pitzer history. The team captain has PRs that include 200m (27.59), 800m (2:21.62), 100H (15.72), 400H (69.80), HJ (5-0.5), LJ (17-3), ShotPut (29-7), Javelin (95-0).
Head Coach Glenn Stewart and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps was named the Coaching Staff of the Year after a dominant 2017. The Athenas swept the dual meets and then posted 222 points at the SCIAC Championship besting the next team by 87 points. The Athenas are currently ranked second in the May 2 USTFCCCA poll and look forward to multiple competitors at the Division III National Championships May 25-27 in Geneva, OH.
2017 SCIAC Women's Track & Field Selections
Field Athlete of the Year: Vaiva Palunas, Sr., Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Track Athlete of the Year: Maya Weigel, Pomona-Pitzer
Newcomer of the Year: Kendall Guidetti, Fr., Cal Lutheran
Jennifer Stary Character Award:Kaile Sauro, Sr, Pomona-Pitzer
Coaching Staff of the Year: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Head Coach, Glenn Stewart
Women 100 Meter Dash | |||
1 Tyra Abraham | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 11.91 |
2 Alison Smith | SR | Redlands | 12.20 |
3 Emma Yudelevitch | SO | Occidental | 12.33 |
Women 200 Meter Dash | |||
1 Tyra Abraham | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 24.80 |
2 Emma Yudelevitch | SO | Occidental | 24.90 |
3 Chyenne | FR | Redlands | 25.61 |
Women 400 Meter Dash | |||
1 Catherine Banobi | SR | Pomona-Pitzer | 57.13 |
2 Carmen Mejia | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 57.32 |
3 Carmen Sandoval | SR | La Verne | 58.99 |
Women 800 Meter Run | |||
1 Carmen Mejia | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 02:12.86 |
2 Anahy Covarrubias | SO | Whittier | 02:15.33 |
3 Kaylee Jorgensen | JR | Redlands | 02:17.25 |
Women 1500 Meter Run | |||
1 Maya Weigel | SR | Pomona-Pitzer | 04:22.83 |
2 Bryn McKillop | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 04:27.33 |
3 Julissa Tobias | JR | Whittier | 04:34.78 |
Women 5000 Meter Run | |||
1 Roxanne Valle | SO | Occidental | 17:59.06 |
2 Lauren Hamilton | FR | Pomona-Pitzer | 18:02.01 |
3 Melissa Cerrillos | SO | La Verne | 18:06.03 |
Women 10000 Meter Run | |||
1 Lauren Hamilton | FR | Pomona-Pitzer | 37:42.97 |
2 Malea Martin | SO | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 37:49.98 |
3 Lauren Stanislaw | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 38:15.94 |
Women 100 Meter Hurdles | |||
1 Alison Smith | SR | Redlands | 14.20 |
2 Jessica Fields | FR | Redlands | 14.83 |
3 Catalina Lee Kim | JR | La Verne | 14.85 |
Women 400 Meter Hurdles | |||
1 Isabelle Dunne | JR | Occidental | 64.19 |
2 Jessica Fields | FR | Redlands | 64.70 |
3 Sophie Richards | FR | Pomona-Pitzer | 65.13 |
Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase | |||
1 Melissa Cerrillos | SO | La Verne | 11:02.19 |
2 Abby Gardner | SR | Pomona-Pitzer | 11:06.55 |
3 Aria Blumm | SO | Occidental | 11:15.40 |
Women High Jump | |||
1 Vanessa Blanchard | Jr | Redlands | 5-03.00 |
2 Vicky-Marie Addo-Ashong | FR | Pomona-Pitzer | 5-01.75 |
3 Kelsey Rouse | SO | Cal Lutheran | 4-11.75 |
3 Cora Davies | SO | Cal Lutheran | 4-11.75 |
Women Pole Vault | |||
1 Jacquelyn Desmond | SO | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 11-10.50 |
2 Amanda Widen | JR | Redlands | 11-06.50 |
3 Taylor Schulze | SR | La Verne | 11-06.50 |
Women Long Jump | |||
1 Kendall Guidetti | FR | Cal Lutheran | 18-10.50 |
2 Liz Lee | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 18-03.25 |
3 Prisca Diala | JR | Pomona-Pitzer | 17-09.50 |
Women Triple Jump | |||
1 Catalina Lee Kim | JR | La Verne | 36-11.50 |
2 Liz Lee | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 36-10.50 |
3 Michelle Lilly | FR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 36-10.25 |
Women Shot Put | |||
1 Vaiva Palunas | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 45-09.75 |
2 Reyna Ta'amu | JR | Redlands | 42-10.25 |
3 Emily Bassett | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 41-08.50 |
Women Discus Throw | |||
1 Vaiva Palunas | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 153-11 |
2 Emily Bassett | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 130-01 |
3 Nicole Laliberte | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 122-08 |
Women Hammer Throw | |||
1 Vaiva Palunas | SR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 186-05 |
2 Emily Bassett | JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 185-06 |
3 Nicole Laliberte | R | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 161-02 |
Women Javelin Throw | |||
1 Sabrina Degnan | SO | Occidental | 147-00 |
2 Jessica Finn | JR | Pomona-Pitzer | 140-01 |
3 Alison Smith | SR | Redlands | 119-07 |
Women 4x100 Meter Relay | |||
1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 48.92 | ||
1) Liz Lee | SR | 2) Nirel Jones Mitchell | FR |
3) Amanda Mell | FR | 4) Tyra Abraham | JR |
2 La Verne | 49.36 | ||
1) Alexandra Cormier | JR | 2) Catalina Lee Kim | JR |
3) Dreama Gonzales | SO | 4) Jade Griffin | FR |
3 Cal Lutheran | 49.61 | ||
1) Kendall Guidetti | FR | 2) Sarah Dearborn | FR |
3) Emma King | FR | 4) Ana Cordoba | FR |
Women 4x400 Meter Relay | |||
1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 3:58.83 | ||
1) Liz Lee | SR | 2) Geneva Ecola | SO |
3) Carmen Mejia | SR | 4) Tyra Abraham | JR |
2 Occidental | 04:01.35 | ||
1) Charlotte Cullip | SO | 2) Onyekachi Nwabueze | SR |
3) Amelia Ashley | SO | 4) Isabelle Dunne | JR |
3 Redlands | 04:03.27 | ||
1) Kaylee Jorgensen | JR | 2) Justine Keller | JR |
3) Chyenne Kimble | FR | 4) Kara Romani | SO |