Marauders to host PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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Marauders to host PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships

5/11/2022 12:46:00 PM | Women's Outdoor Track and Field

By: Andrew Pawling, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Millersville Marauders have had a strong showing during the outdoor track and field season, recording a pair of first place finishes in the three meets that featured team scoring. The Marauders won multiple events in all eight meets this spring. 'Ville will look to translate that success into a top finish the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships this Thursday through Saturday.

Millersville is coming off a fifth-place finish in the 2021 Championship after finishing in second place in both 2018 and 2019. The Marauders have won the PSAC Championship four times, winning three in a row from 1990-92 and again in 1996.

Hannah Woelfling and Aliyah Striver highlight the returning core of Marauders. Woelfling is the reigning hammer throw champion (187-5) while Striver is coming off a runner up finish (172-10) in last year's championship meet. Striver was also on the podium in the shot put, taking third (42-10 ¼) and Woelfing was the runner up in the discus (144-7). This year, Woelfling is the No. 1 seed in both the discus and hammer throw while Striver is the No. 2 seed in the discus.

Freshman Darian Hauf is the newcomer to watch, slotting in as the top seed in the pole vault with a program record height of 12-11 ½. She was a state champion in Maryland during her high school career.

The Marauders were ranked as the No. 2 team in the PSAC, No. 2 in the Atlantic Region, and 31^st in the nation in the most recent USTFCCCA poll. Millersville was ranked as high as 25^th in the nation throughout the first seven weeks of polling.

"On paper we have a great opportunity to win our first PSAC championship since 1996," head coach Andy Young said. "We expect a tough battle especially from Ship and SRU who have had a strangle hold on the championship for a very long time."

Slippery Rock is the lone team ranked ahead of Millersville in both the conference and regional poll.

This year's championship is hosted by Millersville University on Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium and is the second home event of the year for the Marauders. The team dominated the Millersville Metrics earlier this spring, scoring 172.50 points, the most in the 39-year history of the meet.

"We are excited and comfortable competing at home, and I think our performances this spring should give our team some confidence," Young said.

In total Millersville will send 24 student-athletes to compete in individual events, the largest group of participants in program history.

Millersville Participants

Name	Class	Event	Season Best Time/Distance/Height
Arianna Kouakou	Fr.	100-meter	12.69
Gabby Karch	Jr.	100-meter 200-meter	12.55 26.02
Aurora Conrad	So.	100-meter 200-meter	12.41 25.68
Emma Elwell	So.	100-meter 200-meter	12.37 25.84
Mia Carson	So.	400-meter	59.86
Lindsay Solderitch	Fr.	400-meter	1:00.70
Aubrey Sydnor	Fr.	400-meter	57.06
Ashlyn Hickey	So.	400-meter	1:01.39
Lyric Williams	So.	400-meter	58.64
Morgan Janiuk	So.	800-meter 1,500-meter 5,000-meter	2:20.61 4:45.08 17:58.31
Abbey Sullivan	So.	1,500-meter 3,000-steeple	4:56.84 11:51.48
Kait Leister	Fr.	10,000-meter	40:47.97
Hali Wagner	Fr.	10,000-meter	40:49.46
De'Asia Holloman	So.	100-hurdles	14.69
Madison Stebila	Fr.	High Jump	4-11 ¾ (No. 14)
Megan Malecki	Fr.	Pole Vault	11-1 ¾ (No. 7)
Darian Hauf	Fr.	Pole Vault	12-11 ½ (No. 1)
Ashly Dodd	Fr.	Long Jump	16-10 ¾
Maddy Downs	Fr.	Shot Put Discus Hammer Throw	38-11 ¾ 125-8 151-3
Hannah Woelfling	So.	Shot Put Discus Hammer Throw	43-7 ¾ 163-0 (No. 1) 198-1 (No. 1)
Aliyah Striver	Sr.	Shot Put Discus Hammer Throw	47-9 ¾ 149-7 (No. 2) 188-2
Kandice Liebl	So.	Hammer Throw Javelin	144-1 129-6
Cassie Sharrow	So.	Hammer Throw Javelin	147-3 132-1
Mikaela Wolf	Fr.	Javelin	117-6