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Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Graduate Student | Pole Vault | The Woodlands, TX
One year after setting the Division II women's outdoor pole vault record in her home state, King broke the all-time collegiate outdoor record in women's pole vault by soaring over the 4.75-meter bar (15-feet, 7-inches) in front of a large contingent of family and friends at the 97th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Olivia Gruver of the University of Washington held the previous mark of (4.73m, 15-6¼), set at the Stanford Invitational on March 29, 2019. King also established a personal record, eclipsing the mark of 4.73m she set while placing third at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June.

Competing in a field made up of 12 student-athletes from NCAA Division I institutions on Saturday, King surpassed her own Division II and meet record (4.68m, 15-4¼) set at the 2024 Texas Relays. The effort came 16 days after King set the Division II indoor mark of 4.66m in Indianapolis while repeating as DII indoor champion.

King entered the meet at 4.37m (14-4), which she made on her first attempt, and passed up to 4.57m (15-0), which she cleared on her initial effort, to seize control of the event. After the field was trimmed to two, Olivia Lueking of the University of Oklahoma made her third attempt at 4.57m to extend the competition. King, a graduate student, was in control based on fewer misses and passed at the next height (4.67m, 15-3¾). King repeated as meet champion after Lueking missed three times at 4.67m and made history on her second attempt at 4.75m, on a pole that she had never used before.

King tried to break Amanda Moll's indoor mark of 4.91m and set the all-time NCAA record but narrowly missed on her three attempts at 4.92m (16-1¾).

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Men's
Thomas McConnelee, Roberts Wesleyan
Freshman | Throws | Carlisle, NY
McConnelee had another good weekend despite the “less than favorable” conditions at the Bill Q Invite at Geneseo. The meet was originally scheduled to be at RIT but moved to Geneseo at the last minute. McConnelee was not fazed by the move and won the discus competition with a top throw of 52.20 meters (171' 3"). It was not his best throw of the season but still ranks third overall in the ECC this year. 

John Ray, Queens
Senior | Distance | Bellerose, NY
In the Knights’ season opener at The Big Hurt Saturday afternoon, Ray recorded two first-place finishes as he recorded a time of 4:11.99 in the 1500m and 9:24.90 in the 3000m.

Women's
Sophia Hines, Molloy
Freshman | Sprints | Merrick, NY
Hines set Molloy records in both the 100m (12.22) and triple jump (11.38m) at the Monmouth Season Opener. The freshman topped Division II performances in both races, finishing third overall in a field of 48 in the 100m and sixth in a field of 24 in the triple jump. The 100m time leads the entire East Region while the triple jump mark ranks third.

Carly Koprowski, Queens
Sophomore | Distance | Wantagh, NY
In the Knights’ season opener at The Big Hurt Saturday afternoon, Koprowski placed third in the 800m with a time of 2:26.41 and third in the 1500m with a time of 4:54.00.

Madison MacNeill, D’Youville
Sophomore | Jumps/Sprints | West Seneca, NY
MacNeill claimed top-three finishes in three events at the Highlander Invitational this weekend. She finished second in the 400m with a time of 1:03.12 and second in the high jump with a score of 1.56m. She also placed third in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:37.51.

Zoe Merryman, St. Thomas Aquinas
Sophomore | Distance | Mahwah, NJ
Merryman placed fourth in the 1500m (out of 35), clocking in at an ECC-leading 4:52.74 at the Ramapo College Track & Field Invitational on Friday and Saturday; that time ranks fifth in the NCAA East Region. The sophomore was also a part of the 4x800m relay that took second with a time of 10:21.22.

Samantha Morrison, District of Columbia
Junior | Kingston, Jamaica
Morrison had two ECC-leading marks at the Maryland Invitational. In the 800m, she clocked in at 2:20.28, to place eighth and turn in the fastest DII time of the meet. Morrison went on to run the fastest split on the 4x400m relay that clocked in at 4:02.36, also the fastest DII time of the meet. 

Skylar Savage, D’Youville
Sophomore | Sprints/Jumps | Attica, NY
Savage took home two first-place finishes for the Saints at the Highlander Invitational on Saturday. In the long jump, she placed first in a field of nine with a score of 4.93m. In the triple jump, she finished first out of three competitors with a score of 10.40m.

Zoe Shaw, District of Columbia
Junior | Kingston, Jamaica
Shaw won the triple jump at the Maryland Invitational with a mark of 11.37m (3rd in the ECC). She also placed third in the high jump with an ECC-leading mark of 1.60m. 

Lydia Smith, D’Youville
Graduate Student | Middle Distance/Jumps | Williamsport, PA
Smith took home three top-four finishes at the Highlander Invitational on Saturday. She finished first and set a personal record in the 1500m with a time of 5:01.02, which ranks fifth in the ECC. In the 800m, she placed third with a time of 2:31.89. She took fourth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:42.88.

Adonijah Washington, Staten Island
Freshman | Bronx, NY
Washington placed seventh in the triple jump at the Towson Invitational with a distance of 11.49m. This was one of two CSI program records set by the freshman this weekend, and that mark is the best in the ECC for the triple jump this season. It is also currently the best in the NCAA DII East Region.

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ECC Outdoor Track and Field Award Winners

MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 25 - Jackson Doran, Roberts Wesleyan
Apr. 1 - Diara Guy, Queens

MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 25 - Jayden Bennermon, St. Thomas Aquinas
Apr. 1 - Emmanuel Mena Jimenez, St. Thomas Aquinas

WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 25 - Jadyn Mullen, Roberts Wesleyan
Apr. 1 - Sabrina Spezia, Molloy

WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 25 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Apr. 1 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan (2x)

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ECC TFRRS Results

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Previously in the Polls

USTFCCCA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S NATIONAL POLLS
Men's Week 1 (4/1): --
Women's Week 1 (4/1): --

USTFCCCA MEN'S EAST REGION POLL 
Week 1 (4/1): St. Thomas Aquinas (2), Roberts Wesleyan (6), Molloy (12), Staten Island (14), Daemen (16), D'Youville (19)

USTFCCCA WOMEN'S EAST REGION POLL 
Week 1 (4/1): St. Thomas Aquinas (7), District of Columbia (8), Molloy (9), Roberts Wesleyan (10), Staten Island (13), D'Youville (14), Daemen (15)