Women's Indoor Track and Field | 3/17/2020 3:29:30 PM
First-year standouts Eshone Cofield-Jackson and Kelsey Wands of Utica College earned 2019-20 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Indoor Track and Field All-Atlantic Region honors.
A total of 790 women’s athletes earned All-Region honors nationwide. To earn All-Region honors, an athlete must be one of the top-5 individuals in their event in their respective region on the TFRRS Descending Order List. In addition, each member of a region’s top-3 relay team was selected for the distinction.
Cofield-Jackson earned All-Atlantic Region honors in both the 60- and 200-meter dash events. She had the fifth fastest time regionally in the 60-meters (7.82 seconds) and fourth best mark in the 200-meters with a time of 25.35 seconds. She advanced to nationals in the 200-meters with the 12th best time in all of Division III, set in a winning effort at the All-Atlantic Region Indoor Track & Field Championships from Nazareth College.
Cofield-Jackson was named Empire 8 Championship Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet on Feb. 29 after winning the 60-meter (7.97 seconds) and 200-meter dash (25.55 seconds) events, in addition to leading the Pioneers to a speedy time of 4:06.42 in the 4 x 400-meter relay. Cofield-Jackson was also runner-up in the 400-meter dash (1:00.44), as Utica placed second as a team at the league championship. She was a two-time Empire 8 Track Athlete of the Week.
Wands recorded the fifth best long jump in the region and 19th best mark in the country at 5.59 meters, set in a winning effort at the 2020 Empire 8 Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 29. She also placed fourth in the long jump at the All-Atlantic Region Indoor Championship at Nazareth. She earned Empire 8 Field Athlete of the Week honors on Jan. 27. Wands also qualified for the 2020 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
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