Women's Outdoor Track and Field | 6/5/2023 10:00:00 AM
The Empire 8 Conference announced its 2023 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference awards on Monday, June 5. The awards are voted on by the league's head coaches.
St. John Fisher University graduate student Samantha Shea was named the 2023 Empire 8 Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year. Shea placed 13th in the preliminaries of the 400-meter dash at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships from the Polisseni Track and Field Complex on her home campus in a career-best time of 56.40 seconds. She won the 200- (25.35 seconds) and 400-meter dash (56.99 seconds) at the 2023 E8 Outdoor Track and Field Championships and was part of the winning 4 x 100-meter relay team, crossing the finish line in 47.71 seconds. She is St. John Fisher’s second Empire 8 Indoor Track Athlete of the Year award winner, joining Riley Corey (2021).
Utica University senior Jane Fahy was named the 2023 Empire 8 Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. Fahy earned All-American honors in the shot put at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field hosted by St. John Fisher after finishing sixth with a program and Empire 8 record toss of 14.28 meters. She also won the shot put at both the 2023 E8 Outdoor (second straight title) and All-Atlantic Region Championships this spring. Fahy was also runner up in the discus throw at the E8 Championships. Fahy is the second Utica student-athlete to garner E8 Field Athlete of the Year honors, joining Kelsey Wands (2021).
Isabel Morse of Nazareth University was named the 2023 Empire 8 Outdoor Rookie of the Year. Morse. Morse won the pole vault, clearing 3.40 meters at the Empire 8 Championship and shattered Nazareth’s program record in the event by clearing 3.70 meters at the All-Atlantic Region Championship, which ranked her 27th in Division III. Morse is Nazareth’s second E8 Outdoor Track and Field Rookie of the Year, joining Brenna Johnson, who was named in 2019.
Nazareth head coach James Goss and his staff was named the 2023 Empire 8 Coaching Staff of the Year. The Golden Flyers won their first Empire 8 Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Overall, Nazareth had 17 different student-athletes earn All-Conference honors and several All-Region honorees. It is Nazareth’s first E8 Outdoor Track Coaching Staff of the Year honor.
The Empire 8 first, second and third team all-conference selections were determined at the championship meet on May 5-6 from the Laura M. Casamento Track and Field Complex, hosted by Utica.
One member of each team was named that institution's representative on the 2023 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Sportswoman of the Year Team. The Empire 8 Conference emphasizes that "Competing with Honor and Integrity" is an essential component of a student-athlete's experience in conjunction with an institution's educational mission. These honorees have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportswomen.
2023 Empire 8 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Award Winners
Track Athlete of the Year: Samantha Shea, Gr., St. John Fisher
Field Athlete of the Year: Jane Fahy, Sr., Utica
Rookie of the Year: Isabel Morse, Fr., Nazareth
Coaching Staff of the Year: Nazareth, led by head coach James Goss
Empire 8 Sportswoman of the Year
Bianca Durso, Jr., Alfred
Ashley Tricario, So., Hartwick
Mary Shaker, Sr., Houghton
Ella Impaglia, Fr., Nazareth
Jasmine Zollman, Jr., Russell Sage
Brenda Le, So., St. John Fisher
Nora Devitt, So., Utica
2023 Empire 8 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship All-Conference Selections
100-Meter Dash
First Team: Brenna Johnson, Gr., Nazareth – :12.19 (Meet Record)
Second Team: Ciarra Franz, So., St. John Fisher – :12.26
Third Team: Samantha Shea, Gr., St. John Fisher – :12.33
100-Meter Hurdles
First Team: Ciarra Franz, So., St. John Fisher – :14.45
Second Team: Nora Devitt, So., Utica – :16.32
Third Team: Sydney Vanderhoof, Sr., Nazareth – :16.34
200-Meter Dash
First Team: Samantha Shea, Gr., St. John Fisher – :25.35
Second Team: Brenna Johnson, Gr., Nazareth – :25.38
Third Team: Zhane Lettsome, Fr., St. John Fisher – :25.77
400-Meter Dash
First Team: Samantha Shea, Gr., St. John Fisher – :56.99
Second Team: Brenna Johnson, Gr., Nazareth – :57.64
Third Team: Grace Wright, So., St. John Fisher – :59.33
400-Meter Hurdles
First Team: Alexandria Wisniewski, Sr., Houghton – 1:07.87
Second Team: Shiana Susa, Fr., Nazareth – 1:08.05
Third Team: Abbey Szumloz, Gr., Nazareth – 1:08.58
800-Meter Run
First Team: Olivia Gilbert, Jr., Alfred – 2:18.24
Second Team: Jade Dening, So., Utica – 2:20.52
Third Team: Ella Impaglia, Fr., Nazareth – 2:25.91
1,500-Meter Run
First Team: Amanda Burrichter, Sr., Houghton – 4:55.16
Second Team: McKenzie Hall, Jr., Alfred – 4:55.68
Third Team: Mackenzie Feeney, Jr., Russell Sage – 4:59.35
5,000-Meter Run
First Team: Amanda Burrichter, Sr., Houghton – 18:38.10
Second Team: Lauren DeMichele, Jr., St. John Fisher – 18:40.33
Third Team: Emily Weaver, Sr., Nazareth – 18:48.60
10,000-Meter Run
First Team: Lauren DeMichele, Jr., St. John Fisher – 38:49.51 (Meet Record)
Second Team: Lilianna Hanning, Jr., Nazareth – 38:56.86
Third Team: Rachel Domaracki, Sr., Houghton – 39:18.14
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
First Team: Emily Weaver, Sr., Nazareth – 11:35.33
Second Team: Jade Dening, So., Utica – 11:51.44
Third Team: Ella Impaglia, Fr., Nazareth – 11:57.70
4 x 100-Meter Relay
First Team: Michaela Kurbs, Jr., Samantha Shea, Gr., Zhane Lettsome, Fr., Ciarra Franz, So., St. John Fisher – :47.71
Second Team: Shiana Susa, Fr., Brenna Johnson, Gr., Hannah Ragule, Jr., Alaina Morley, Fr., Nazareth – :49.53
Third Team: Bianca Durso, Jr., Lina Young, Fr., Nyah Solly, So., Anne Spila, So., Alfred – :51.02
4 x 400-Meter Relay
First Team: Abbey Szumloz, Gr., Shiana Susa, Fr., Isabella Heath, Jr., Brenna Johnson, Gr., Nazareth – 4:07.57
Second Team: Hayly Frederickson, So., Grace Wright, So., Emma Wright, So., Samantha Shea, Gr., St. John Fisher – 4:12.52
Third Team: Mary Shaker, Sr., Alexandra Wisniewski, Sr., Hannah Siewart, So., Kyra Binney, Fr., Houghton – 4:13.92
4 x 800-Meter Relay
First Team: Isabella Heath, Jr., Leigha Gould, Jr., Paige Ackley, Jr., Abbey Szumloz, Gr., Nazareth – 10:02.
Second Team: Emma Wright, So., Riley Jameson, So., Olivia Grinnell, Fr., Caitlin Voloshen, Fr., St. John Fisher – 10:11.23
Third Team: Noelle Linenfelser, Fr., Kyra Binney, Fr., Rachael Smith, Jr., Amanda Burrichter, Sr., Houghton – 10:13.17
Pole Vault
First Team: Isabel Morse, Fr., Nazareth – 3.40 meters
Second Team: Rosie Morse, Fr., Nazareth – 3.25 meters
Third Team: Kiara Tornusciolo, Fr., Nazareth – 3.10 meters
High Jump
First Team: Brenna Johnson, Gr., Nazareth – 1.61 meters
Second Team: Hayden Williamson, Sr., Houghton – 1.57 meters
Third Team: Claudia Vogel, Jr., St. John Fisher – 1.57 meters
Long Jump
First Team: Michaela Kurbs, Jr., St. John Fisher – 5.93 meters (Meet Record)
Second Team: Victoria Duell, So., St. John Fisher – 5.70 meters
Third Team: Brenna Johnson, Gr., Nazareth – 5.66 meters
Triple Jump
First Team: Isabella Heath, Jr., Nazareth – 11.27 meters
Second Team: Hannah Ragule, Jr., Nazareth – 11.26 meters
Third Team: Laura Meade, Gr., Utica – 11.20 meters
Shot Put
First Team: Jane Fahy, Sr., Utica – 13.50 meters
Second Team: Makenna King, Jr., St. John Fisher – 12.00 meters
Third Team: Madison Palmer, Gr., Alfred – 11.64 meters
Discus Throw
First Team: Makenna King, Jr., St. John Fisher – 40.80 meters
Second Team: Jane Fahy, Sr., Utica – 39.69 meters
Third Team: Sarah Florian, Fr., Utica – 36.93 meters
Hammer Throw
First Team: Lea Richard, Jr., Nazareth – 49.58 meters
Second Team: Sarah Florian, Fr., Utica – 43.06 meters
Third Team: Makenna King, Jr., St. John Fisher – 42.36 meters
Javelin Throw
First Team: Abigail Nuzzo, Fr., Houghton – 33.57 meters
Second Team: Claudia Vogel, Jr., St. John Fisher – 32.47 meters
Third Team: Anne Spila, So., Alfred – 27.39 meters
Heptathlon
First Team: Laura Meade, Gr., Utica – 3,977 points
Second Team: Bianca Durso, Jr., Alfred – 3,862 points
Third Team: Lauren Bendall, Jr., Nazareth – 3,395 points
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