Saturday, April 6
Millersville, PA
All Day
Millersville University
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Millersville Metrics
Women's Track and Field Ready to Host Millersville Metrics
4/3/2013 10:05:00 AM | Women's Outdoor Track and Field
Schedule
Millersville, Pa. - The Millersville women's track and field team does not have many opportunities to compete at home throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons, but this Saturday the team is hosting the Millersville Metrics for a chance to showcase its talents in front of a home crowd.
"This is a special chance for our athletes to compete in front of their friends and family," commented head track and field coach Andy Young. "For our team to perform at home provides added comfort and that helps our athletes reach their full potential in each and every event."
For many of the Marauders it is their first competition of the outdoor season. After a five week layoff following the end of the indoor season, only a few athletes made the trip to Raleigh, N.C., for the Raleigh Relays.
"For a lot of our athletes, this is their opportunity to get their racing edge back after having a few weeks off," continued Young. "For those that did compete last week at Raleigh, we want to see them sharper and more complete in their performances."
Without a true home cross country course or an indoor track and with 12 of the 23 athletes being freshmen on this year's outdoor team, the Millersville Metrics will be the first opportunity to compete at home for the majority of the Marauders. One of those athletes performing for the first time on the comfort of her own track is first-year student-athlete Erin Madison.
Madison was the lone All-PSAC performer for Millersville at the 2013 Indoor PSAC Championships. The Pocono Mountain East graduate placed second in the 400-meter hurdles and according to Young, she has the ability to set the school record in the outdoor event on Saturday.
"As a coaching staff, we are really excited to see Madison compete at the Metrics," said Young. "She has been training really hard and this is her best event. I think she may be able to get close to the school record in her first race of the outdoor season."
If Madison can perform to her full potential this weekend and grab a first place finish in any of her events, it will mark the sixth straight year that the Marauders have had at least one first place finisher at the Millersville Metrics.
The Marauders also have the special opportunity of hosting the PSAC Outdoor Championships again this year. With the most important event of the track and field season occuring at its home facility, Millersville can use this Saturday as a dress-rehersal for the conference championships later this spring.
"This is a great chance to get our young team ready and comfortable for the conference championships," added Young. "The Metrics is a team-scored event this year and it puts our team in the right mindset to compete and compete hard for everyone on the team. We want to use this as a stepping stone for the rest of the season and especially the PSAC Championships in May."
That first step begins this Saturday at 9 a.m., and for seniors Sarah Mulvey, Sarah Fink, and Mallory Austin, it will be their second-to-last chance to compete on the track on which they have spent so many hours training.
Millersville, Pa. - The Millersville women's track and field team does not have many opportunities to compete at home throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons, but this Saturday the team is hosting the Millersville Metrics for a chance to showcase its talents in front of a home crowd.
"This is a special chance for our athletes to compete in front of their friends and family," commented head track and field coach Andy Young. "For our team to perform at home provides added comfort and that helps our athletes reach their full potential in each and every event."
For many of the Marauders it is their first competition of the outdoor season. After a five week layoff following the end of the indoor season, only a few athletes made the trip to Raleigh, N.C., for the Raleigh Relays.
"For a lot of our athletes, this is their opportunity to get their racing edge back after having a few weeks off," continued Young. "For those that did compete last week at Raleigh, we want to see them sharper and more complete in their performances."
Without a true home cross country course or an indoor track and with 12 of the 23 athletes being freshmen on this year's outdoor team, the Millersville Metrics will be the first opportunity to compete at home for the majority of the Marauders. One of those athletes performing for the first time on the comfort of her own track is first-year student-athlete Erin Madison.
Madison was the lone All-PSAC performer for Millersville at the 2013 Indoor PSAC Championships. The Pocono Mountain East graduate placed second in the 400-meter hurdles and according to Young, she has the ability to set the school record in the outdoor event on Saturday.
"As a coaching staff, we are really excited to see Madison compete at the Metrics," said Young. "She has been training really hard and this is her best event. I think she may be able to get close to the school record in her first race of the outdoor season."
If Madison can perform to her full potential this weekend and grab a first place finish in any of her events, it will mark the sixth straight year that the Marauders have had at least one first place finisher at the Millersville Metrics.
The Marauders also have the special opportunity of hosting the PSAC Outdoor Championships again this year. With the most important event of the track and field season occuring at its home facility, Millersville can use this Saturday as a dress-rehersal for the conference championships later this spring.
"This is a great chance to get our young team ready and comfortable for the conference championships," added Young. "The Metrics is a team-scored event this year and it puts our team in the right mindset to compete and compete hard for everyone on the team. We want to use this as a stepping stone for the rest of the season and especially the PSAC Championships in May."
That first step begins this Saturday at 9 a.m., and for seniors Sarah Mulvey, Sarah Fink, and Mallory Austin, it will be their second-to-last chance to compete on the track on which they have spent so many hours training.
vs. Millersville Metrics
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3x PSAC Champ Hannah Woelfling and Coach B talk about the record-setting performance
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PSAC Track & Field Championships Preview with Coach Andy Young
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Highlights: 40th Millersville Metrics
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