Annville, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's outdoor track and field team was picked 6th in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Pre-Championship poll, the league office announced Thursday. The vote was conducted among the league's 16 head coaches.
Fourth place last year (just one point back of third), the Ducks finished just two points back of fifth place Messiah and fourth place DeSales in this year's poll. Despite winning last year's team title by more than 60 points, Widener came in second in this year's pre-championship poll, receiving 31 fewer points than Lebanon Valley, last year's runners-up. Misericordia finished third in the poll, six points back of Widener and seven points clear of DeSales.
The entire poll can be found below:
| Rank |
School |
Points |
1st Place Votes |
| 1 |
Lebanon Valley |
212 |
13 |
| 2 |
Widener |
181 |
2 |
| 3 |
Misericordia |
175 |
|
| 4 |
DeSales |
168 |
|
| 5 |
Messiah |
166 |
1 |
| 6 |
STEVENS |
164 |
|
| 7 |
York |
158 |
|
| 8 |
King's |
154 |
|
| 9 |
Eastern |
116 |
|
| 10 |
Arcadia |
98 |
|
| 11 |
FDU-Florham |
79 |
|
| 12 |
Alvernia |
78 |
|
| 13 |
Stevenson |
61 |
|
| 14 |
Delaware Valley |
55 |
|
| 15 |
Hood |
40 |
|
| 16 |
Albright |
15 |
|
Five individuals and three-fourths of a relay team return for the Ducks after top five finishes last year.
Isabella Shanley won the 400 meters with a 57.11 that put her second in program history in the event, and
Maya Lapinski won the high jump, clearing 1.60 meters.
Lauren Alley took third in the 400-meter hurdles via a tiebreaker after finishing .006 seconds behind the event runner-up and
Kaitlyn Adams took third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase just two weeks before she broke her own program record in the event at Regional Championships.
Alexis Merola took fourth place in the pole vault, clearing 3.40 meters, putting her second in program history.
The 4x800 meter relay team of
Isabella Gabay,
Taylor Enes,
Nina Burden, and
Isabel Vogel finished third.
In addition to last year's championship performances, already this outdoor season:
- Vogel, Enes, and Anya Sadowski have run three of the 10 fastest 400-meter times in program history
- Vogel and Sadowski have run two of the nine fastest 800-meter times in program history
- Gabay and Adams have two of the nine fastest 3,000-meter times AND two of the five fastest 5,000-meter times in program history
- Anacarolina Ventura and Claire Deatrick have two of the eight furthest hammer throws in program history
The 2026 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be hosted by Messiah from April 30-May 2. The appropriate event links will be posted to StevensDucks.com once available.
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