ROCHESTER, NY – Senior Marcia McCord and junior Emma Dewart of conference champion Ithaca College were named Track Athlete of the Meet and Field Athlete of the Meet, respectively, at the 2011 Empire 8 Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championship hosted by RIT on Sunday.
McCord won the 55-meter dash, 200-meter dash, and triple jump for the fourth consecutive year to earn her third consecutive Track Athlete of the Meet award. She broke her own Empire 8 Championship records in the 55-meter dash in 7.31 seconds and the triple jump with a leap of 11.41 meters that provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. McCord captured the 200-meter event in 26.15 seconds.
Dewart won the 55-meter hurdles, high jump, and long jump to garner the Field Athlete of the Meet honor. She provisionally qualified for the NCAA meet in all three events, posting season-bests in the long jump (Empire 8 championship record distance of 5.51 meters) and the hurdles (8.55 seconds). She won the high jump with a leap of 1.67 meters.
Empire 8 2011 Honors:
Track Athlete of the Meet: Marcia McCord, Ithaca College
Field Athlete of the Meet: Emma Dewart, Ithaca College
2011 Empire 8 Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference Release