Wins from Martin, Holloman and Rijo-Cedeno top Marauders' busy weekend

Friday, January 31

Lewisburg, PA

2:00 PM

Millersville University

Bison Open

Wins from Martin, Holloman and Rijo-Cedeno top Marauders' busy weekend

2/1/2020 9:57:00 AM | Women's Indoor Track and Field

Mini-Dip Invitational Bison Open and Multi

By: Ethan Hulsey, Director of Athletic Communications

LEWISBURG, Pa. - Millersville women's indoor track and field had a busy weekend, splitting the squad and sending athletes to the Mini-Dip Invitational in Lancaster, Pa., as well as to the Bison Open hosted by Bucknell University.

Yoangelys Rijo-Cedeno, De'Asia Holloman and Destinee Holloman all turned PSAC Championships qualifying performances while senior Madison Martin finished as the top performer in the weight throw.

MINI-DIP INVITATIONAL
• Rijo-Cedeno qualified for the PSAC Indoor Championships in the 800-meter run, posting a career-best time of 2:25.15
• Hannah Woefling finished third in the weight throw with a toss of 45-10 1/2.
• Katy Alberici won the 60-meter dash with a time of 8:32 and finished fourth in the long jump at 15-9.
• Caitlin Miller narrowly missed a PSAC qualifier in the pole vault and finished fourth with a mark of 9-7 3/4.
• Natalie Poulton (20:22.01) and Emily Bland (20:33.52) finished third and fourth respectively in the 5,000-meter run.

BISON OPEN
• Freshman De'Asia Holloman finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.22. She posted a 9.12 in the prelims. Fellow freshman Kari Cambria finished 10th in the finals, running a 10.98 after running a 9.65 in the prelims.
• Kaitlin Moyer placed seventh in the pentathlon with 2,760 points. Her top event finish was a second place in the shot put with a mark of 32-5 3/4.
• Destinee Holloman won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.78--just .05 off her career-best. She out-ran five Division II runners and a Division I runner in the finals. Her sister, De'Asia, ran an 8.07 in the finals to place in a tie for sixth. De'Asia posted a PSAC Indoor Championships qualifying time of 7.97 in the prelims.
• Destinee also won her section in the 200 with a time of 26.60, missing a PSAC qualifier by 0.3. The Marauders' best time in the 200 came from Emonie Reviere, who posted a 26.51 and placed eighth overall.
• Four Marauders competed in the 400-meter dash, and freshman Mia Carson ran the team's top time of 1:02.76.
• Martin came within four inches of her career-best in the weight throw, hitting 56-2 1/2--the best toss of all 31 competitors. Stephanie Garner placed sixth with a toss of 49-1, and Aliyah Striver finished in seventh with a mark of 48-8.
• Striver was Millersville's top finisher in the shot put, posting a fourth-place finish in Flight 2 with a toss of 41-8.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH ANDY YOUNG
• "Some of our athletes benefit from strong competitive fields at Bucknell while others benefited from a more developmental level meet like at F&M. With a team of almost 50 we were trying to balance the athletes' needs with these earlier season meets."
• "Our teams and coaches are working hard right now although we aren't getting all the results we were hoping for. We just need to keep trusting our training process and eventually the results will follow."
• "Madison Martin had a good day in the weight throw. Destinee did well in the 60, long jump and 200. De'Asia did well in the 60 with a PSAC mark and improved her hurdle time. Yoangelys qualified in the 800 while Katy Alberici saw big improvements in the 60, winning that event."

UP NEXT
• Millersville travels to Staten Island, N.Y., on Feb. 7 for the Albany Winter Classic.