ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's indoor track and field team received a first-place vote and finished second in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Pre-Championship poll, the league office announced Tuesday in the annual pre-Championship vote conducted among the league's 16 head coaches.
Runners-up in 2023 & 2024, and third place last year, the Ducks received 189 points, trailing only Lebanon Valley (217 points, 13 first-place votes). Misericordia (184), three-time defending champion Widener (180), and Messiah (171) rounded out the top five.
The entire poll can be found below:
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
1st Place Votes |
| 1 |
Lebanon Valley |
217 |
13 |
| 2 |
STEVENS |
189 |
1 |
| 3 |
Misericordia |
184 |
1 |
| 4 |
Widener |
180 |
|
| 5 |
Messiah |
171 |
1 |
| 6 |
York |
144 |
|
| 7 |
DeSales |
141 |
|
| 8 |
King's |
139 |
|
| 9 |
Eastern |
116 |
|
| 10 |
Arcadia |
106 |
|
| 11 |
FDU-Florham |
88 |
|
| 12 |
Alvernia |
73 |
|
| 13 |
Delaware Valley |
62 |
|
| 14 |
Stevenson |
52 |
|
| 15 |
Hood |
43 |
|
| 16 |
Albright |
15 |
|
Isabella Shanley won the 400-meter dash at last year's Championships and was ¼ of the 4x200 meter relay runners-up alongside
Stephanie Ryazanova,
Anya Sadowski, and
Lauren Alley;
Alexis Merola rounded out the Ducks' All-Conference members, winning the pole vault.
This season, 16 individual events and one relay have had new additions to the program's all-time Top 10 times/performances, including five events with multiple individuals setting Top 10 marks.
This year's Championships will once again be hosted by Alvernia at the Tom & Helen Flynn Complex Feb. 27 – Feb. 28. The appropriate event links will be posted to StevensDucks.com as they are made available.
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