Men's Track Co-Athlete of the Week
Kouto Anyika, Holy Family
Sophomore | Sprints | Philadelphia, Pa.
Anyika moved into 11th in Division II in the 400m after crossing in 47.56 at the Fast Track National Invitational on Saturday. In addition to being an NCAA provisional, the time broke a near six-year-old Holy Family school record and placed him second out of 123 entries, trailing just a non-NCAA entry. Anyika defeated Division I runners from Stony Brook (3rd), Saint Joseph’s (4th, 8th), Delaware State (5th), Coppin State (6th), and Villanova (9th, 10th) as well as non-NCAA competition from Garden State TC (7th) in his standout performance.
Men's Track Co-Athlete of the Week
Owen White, Roberts Wesleyan
Senior | Distance | Lockport, N.Y.
White turned in a pair of ECC-leading performances at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet. The Roberts Wesleyan senior cruised to a 3000m time of 8:22.73 (No. 2 all-time at RWU) to win the event in a field of 83 runners. He also met the NCAA provisional-qualifying 5000m standard with a time of 14:21.51 (No. 1 all-time at RWU), good for ninth in a field of 20. Both performances sit second in the NCAA East Region.
Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Nishorn Pierre, Holy Family
Junior | Jumps, Grenada
Pierre won two events with NCAA provisionals at the Fast Track National Invitational on Saturday, topping a field of 46 with a mark of 14.90m in the triple jump and defeating 17 others in the high jump with a clearance of 2.14m.
Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Kylee Odell, Roberts Wesleyan
Senior | Distance | Panama, N.Y.
Dropping the ECC’s first sub-5:00 mile since the 2017 indoor season, Odell recorded a Roberts Wesleyan school-record time of 4:58.93 to place ninth in a field of 66 competitors at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet on Saturday. That time leads the ECC by over 14 seconds and also tops the NCAA East Region. Odell also dropped an ECC-leading 800m time of 2:16.85, good for 14th in a field of 70 runners; that time ranks third in the NCAA East Region.
Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Graduate Student | Pole Vault | The Woodlands, Texas
Roberts Wesleyan's Brynn King broke the all-time NCAA Division II national record in the indoor pole vault for the seventh time this season with a mark of 4.61m (15' 1 1/2") at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet on Saturday afternoon, winning the event in the field of 19. In the midst of a historic season, King now owns eight of the top nine marks in NCAA Division II history. She also boasts the second-best indoor pole vault mark out of all three NCAA divisions this season, trailing only Hana Moll of the University of Washington (4.64m/15' 2 3/4”), and ties for 10th among all competitors from any division in NCAA history.
ECC Weekly Honor Roll
Men's
Malicah Etienne, Georgian Court
Freshman | Throws | Edge Water Park, N.J.
Etienne set a new PR in the shot put with a mark of 16.39m (53’ 9 1/4”), placing second in a field of 50 at the Fast Track National Invitational. His throw is second in the ECC by just 1.25 inches behind teammate Robbie Babson and was the top throw in the event this week.
Terrence Jones, Holy Family
Senior | Hurdles/Jumps | East Orange, N.J.
Jones trailed just teammate Nishorn Pierre in the triple jump at the Fast Track National Invitational on Saturday, winning silver as he landed at an NCAA provisional mark of 14.77m to move into second in the ECC.
Kyle Spector, Georgian Court
Senior | Distance | Manalapan, N.J.
Kyle Spector set a new GCU record, running the 3000m in 8:46.72, which is sixth in the conference this season.
Desi Stroud, Holy Family
Freshman | Jumps | Mays Landing, N.J.
Stroud took silver in the long jump at the Fast Track National Invitational on Saturday as he marked at an NCAA provisional 7.23m for the second week in a row to move into second in the ECC.
Corden Zimmerman, Roberts Wesleyan
Sophomore | Multi-Events | Byron Bergen, N.Y.
Zimmerman placed second in a field of eight in the heptathlon at the NCCAA National Championship, recording 4,367 points. The Roberts Wesleyan sophomore won the pole vault and placed second in the long jump and shot put.
Women's
Ciara Durcan, St. Thomas Aquinas
Junior | Long Distance | Orangeburg, N.Y.
Durcan placed third in a field of seven participants in the One Mile Race Walk at the 116th Millrose Games in New York City, crossing the finish line in a time of 7:10.88 and setting a new personal-best mark in the race.
Sydonia Turner, Holy Family
Sophomore | Jumps | Philadelphia, Pa.
Turner tied Holy Family’s indoor school record in the high jump for the second week in a row, clearing 1.50m to place second in a field of 18 at the Fast Track National Invitational on Saturday.
ECC Indoor Track and Field Award Winners
MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Dec. 4 - Ryan Karker, Roberts Wesleyan
Dec. 11 - Devin Jones, Felician
Jan. 8 - Gianni Macchio, Molloy
Jan. 16 - La’Marc Rex, Holy Family
Jan. 22 - Jackson Doran, Roberts Wesleyan
Jan. 29 - John Jaworski, Daemen
Feb. 5 - Kouto Anyika, Holy Family
Feb. 12 - Kouto Anyika, Holy Family and Owen White, Roberts Wesleyan
MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Dec. 4 - Nishorn Pierre, Holy Family
Dec. 11 - Nishorn Pierre, Holy Family
Jan. 8 - Jurrel Hall, Molloy and Emmanuel Mena Jimenez, St. Thomas Aquinas
Jan. 16 - Nishorn Pierre, Holy Family
Jan. 22 - Jayden Bennermon, St. Thomas Aquinas
Jan. 29 - Robbie Babson, Georgian Court and Emmanuel Mena Jimenez, St. Thomas Aquinas
Feb. 5 - Emmanuel Mena Jimenez, St. Thomas Aquinas
Feb. 12 - Nishorn Pierre, Holy Family
WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Dec. 4 - Kylee Odell, Roberts Wesleyan
Dec. 11 - Hannah Thomas, Daemen
Jan. 8 - Zoe Merryman, St. Thomas Aquinas
Jan. 16 - Ariel Salkey, Holy Family
Jan. 22 - Kylee Odell, Roberts Wesleyan
Jan. 29 - Imani Fitzpatrick, Felician
Feb. 5 - Chantoya Thomas, Felician
Feb. 12 - Kylee Odell, Roberts Wesleyan
WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Dec. 4 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Dec. 11 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Jan. 8 - No nominee submissions
Jan. 16 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Jan. 22 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Jan. 29 - Talia Ferguson, Felician and Hailee Lowe, Roberts Wesleyan
Feb. 5 - Jenna Capolupo, D’Youville
Feb. 12 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
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ECC PRESEASON POLLS
USTFCCCA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S NATIONAL POLLS
Week 1: --
Week 2: --
Week 3: --
Week 4: TBA on February 13
Week 5: TBA on February 20
Week 6: TBA on February 27
Week 7: TBA on March 5
Week 8: TBA on March 8
USTFCCCA MEN'S EAST REGION POLL
Week 1: Roberts Wesleyan (2), Holy Family (4), St. Thomas Aquinas (8), Georgian Court (9), Molloy (10), Daemen (13), Staten Island (14), Queens (15)
Week 2: Roberts Wesleyan (2), Holy Family (4), St. Thomas Aquinas (9), Molloy (10), Georgian Court (11), Staten Island (14), Daemen (15), Queens (17)
Week 3: Roberts Wesleyan (2), Holy Family (3), Molloy (8), St. Thomas Aquinas (10), Georgian Court (11), Staten Island (14), Daemen (15), Queens (19)
Week 4: Roberts Wesleyan (2), Holy Family (3), Georgian Court (9), Molloy (10), St. Thomas Aquinas (11), Felician (12), Staten Island (15), Daemen (16), Queens (20)
Week 5: TBA on February 19
Week 6: TBA on February 26
USTFCCCA WOMEN'S EAST REGION POLL
Week 1: Felician (2), Roberts Wesleyan (4), District of Columbia (6), Daemen (9), Holy Family (10), D'Youville (11), St. Thomas Aquinas (14), Staten Island (15), Queens (17), Georgian Court (18), Molloy (21)
Week 2: Felician (2), Roberts Wesleyan (4), District of Columbia (5), Daemen (8), Holy Family (10), D'Youville (12), Molloy (15), Staten Island (16), St. Thomas Aquinas (17), Georgian Court (18), Queens (20)
Week 3: Felician (2), Roberts Wesleyan (4), District of Columbia (5), Daemen (7), D'Youville (10), Holy Family (11), St. Thomas Aquinas (15), Molloy (16), Staten Island (18), Georgian Court (19), Queens (22)
Week 4: Felician (2), Roberts Wesleyan (4), District of Columbia (5), Daemen (7), Holy Family (10), D'Youville (11), St. Thomas Aquinas (15), Molloy (16), Georgian Court (17), Staten Island (18), Queens (22)
Week 5: TBA on February 19
Week 6: TBA on February 26