Hessler wins two events in Marauders' return to action in Alvernia Winter Invitational

Saturday, January 18

Reading, PA

10:00 AM

Millersville University

Alvernia Winter Invitational

Hessler wins two events in Marauders' return to action in Alvernia Winter Invitational

1/18/2025 8:37:00 PM | Women's Indoor Track and Field

By: Connor Glunt, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

READING, Pa. — The Marauders returned to action after a lengthy break to compete in the Alvernia Winter Invitational. Millersville competed against 19 other schools and took home wins across the meet to start a stretch of meets each week leading up to the conference championship.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

Sarah Hessler had herself a day with in the first meet of the new year. Hessler took first place in two different events, starting with a mark of 52-4 1/2 in the weight throw. Hessler comfortably won that event and also captured the top spot in shot put. Hessler was able to hit a distance of 43-8, a personal record for the junior moving her to fifth place all-time.
The Marauders dominated pole vault again thanks to the duo of Megan Malecki and Darian Hauf. Malecki won the event with a personal record of 11-11 3/4, while Hauf earned a podium spot with a vault of 11-5 3/4 to earn third place.
Aasly De Leon put together another impressive performance to kick off her career, winning the 60-meter dash. The freshman already qualified for the conference meet and finished the event this time in 7.73 seconds.
Katelyn Murphy enjoyed another strong meet with her performance in the 60-meter hurdles. Murphy won the event with a time of 9.27, .19 quicker than the next closest runner. Sabela Zablackis also qualified for the finals, taking sixth place with a time of 9.71.
In the long jump, Chanel Hercules had a good performance to finish second in the event. The sophomore hit a mark of 17-7, narrowly missing out on first place
The Marauders put together three relay teams for the 4x200-meter relay, with the team of Milan Snell, Brye Wojcik, Shelby Derkosh, and Abigail Fisher finishing as the top team for 'Ville. The squad finished third in the event with a time of 1:50.93.

RESULTS

Click HERE for the full results from today's meet.

POSTMEET REACTION FROM HEAD COACH ANDY YOUNG

Overall thoughts: "Sarah Hessler had a good day winning two events and finishing just off an NCAA mark in weight throw. Megan had a good day too with an indoor personal record to win the Pole Vault. We won the 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles as well, and Chanel with a strong second-place finish in Long Jump were highlights. We're trying to knock the rust off for about half our team this week after a tough week of training during this week after returning to campus on Monday, and more athletes will be in action next week."

UP NEXT

The Marauders won't have to travel far for their next meet, as Franklin & Marshall will host the Coach I Invite at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 in Lancaster, Pa..