Women's All-Empire 8 Outdoor Track and Field Selections
ROCHESTER, NY – Head Coach James Goss and the Nazareth University Women's Track and Field coaching staff earned the Coaching Staff of the Year award to headline the All-Empire 8 selections for Outdoor Track and Field.
Goss and the coaching staff including Mike Heymann, Zachary Ferrara, Doug Schneider, Alexa Wandy and Patrick Healy led the Nazareth Women's team to a second straight team title at the Empire 8 Championships in May.
The Golden Flyers had five All-Empire 8 First Team selections including the 4x100 relay with sophomores Alexis Lasher, Alaina Morley and Sydney LaSalle along with freshman Jasmine Kendrick. Additional First-Team honorees included sophomore Samantha Luba in the 100-meter hurdles, graduate student Emily Weaver in the 3K Steeplechase, sophomore Rosie Morse in the Pole Vault and senior Lea Richard in the Hammer Throw.
The 4x800 relay with senior Paige Ackley and freshmen Morgan Pospiech, Kennedy Rose and Kelsey Fahy earned Second-Team honors along with Fahy in the 1500-meters, sophomore Ella Impaglia in the 3K Steeplechase, LaSalle in the high jump and sophomore Isabel Morse in the Pole Vault.
Third-Team honors went to the 4x400 relay with freshmen Jordan Wagner and Rose, Lasher and senior Isabella Heath. Also picking up Third-Team honors were Morley in the 100-meter dash, long jump and high jump, Lasher in the 200-meter dash, Heath in the 400-meter dash and triple jump, senior Lilianna Hanning in both the 5K and 10K races, Luba in the 400-meter hurdles, sophomore Kiara Tornusciolo in the Pole Vault and senior Lauren Bendall in the Heptathlon.
Wagner was also selected as the Nazareth representative on the Empire 8 Sportswoman of the Year squad.
