Track Athlete of the Week
Katherine Kerchner, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Senior, Distance; Reading, Pa./Antietam Middle Senior
Kerchner (above) put up a personal best in the 1500m, coming across with a time of 6:08.92 at the Rider invite.
Field Athlete of the Week
Victoria DeGraw, Farmingdale State
Freshman, Throws; Kerhonkson, N.Y./Rondout Valley
DeGraw (above), at Eastern Connecticut's Bonnie Edmondson Classic, placed second in the discus (36.88m; 121-0) while extending her own school record in the event ... Added a 10.96m (35-11.5) mark in the shot put, while placing ninth in the hammer throw (38.96m; 127-10) – both of which rank sixth all-time in FSC history.
Rookie of the Week
Morgan Doll, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Freshman, Distance; Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando
Doll (below) helped the USMMA women's 4x100 meter relay team set a new Academy record with a time of 51.94 and a third-place finish at the Rider Invite ... The time shattered the old record of 53.11 set in 2018 ... Doll also posted a career-best in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.58, finishing eighth, and registered two other personal bests in the high jump and triple jump with leaps of 1.40m (4' 7") and 8.86m (29' 1") ... Doll's mark in the high jump was also good for a sixth-place finish.
Honor Roll
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy freshman Jayme Santasiero set new PRs in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump with a mark of 1.40m (4' 7") and leaps of 4.44m (14' 7") and 9.62m (31' 6.75") at the Rider invite; her high jump mark was good for an eighth-place finish in the event.
Previous Weekly Winners
Track Athlete of the Week
April 1 - Jade Winters, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
April 8 - Jen Schmidt, Manhattanville
April 15 - Maria Baldwin, Mount Saint Mary
Field Athlete of the Week
April 1 - Gabrielle Billetz, Manhattanville
April 8 - Victoria DeGraw, Farmingdale State
April 15 - Morgan Doll, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Rookie of the Week
April 1 - Jade Winters, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
April 8 - Morgan Doll, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
April 15 - Victoria DeGraw, Farmingdale State