Women's Indoor Track and Field | 3/7/2025 10:00:04 AM
The SUNY Geneseo pairing of junior Brynn Mooney and senior Janelle Eckl earned Empire 8 individual honors at the 2024-25 Empire 8 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships from the Todd and Jen Hutton Sports and Recreation Center on the campus of Utica University on Feb. 28 and March 1.
Mooney was named the 2025 Empire 8 Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet. She broke a pair of Empire 8 Championship meet records, winning the 200-meter dash in a time of 24.97 seconds (13th best in Division III this season), which also broke her own league mark set earlier in the year and took the 400-meters in 57.01 seconds. Mooney was also second in the 60-meter dash, finishing with a time of 7.79 seconds in the finals after hitting the finish line in 7.73 seconds in the prelims.
Eckl earned 2025 Empire 8 Championship Field Athlete of the Meet honors after winning the E8 pentathlon by 299 points, compiling a championship record 3,646 points, which is currently the third best performance in all of Division III this season. She was the top finisher in the 800-meters, high jump, and long jump of the pentathlon. Eckl also was part of Geneseo’s E8 Championship record setting 4 x 400-meter relay team that crossed the finish line first in 3:56.71.
The Empire 8 Track Athlete, Field Athlete, Rookie and Coach of the Year will be announced after the NCAA Championships in mid-March, along with the All-Conference Teams.
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