MORGANTOWN, Pa. -- Led by Presidents' Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year Audrey Karwowski (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) and a win in the steeplechase by sophomore Ella Lyle (Hurricane, W.Va./Ignite), the Grove City College women's track and field team accumulated 117.66 team points at the two-day Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships, held Thursday and Friday at West Virginia University. 

Grove City finished third in the team standings at the 11-team event. Allegheny tallied 157 points while Westminster totaled 141 points. 

Karwowski won the 800 meters in conference- and school-record time of 2 minutes, 16.52 seconds. She also joined sophomore Carolyn Colteryahn (Essex Junction, Vt.), senior Abby Biddle (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) and freshman Annie Vannoy (Waldoboro, Maine/Medomak Valley) on Grove City's third-place 1600-meter relay squad. That foursome, anchored by Karwowski, posted a time of 4:07.39. 

Lyle won the 3000-meter steeplechase by posting the second-fastest steeplechase time in program history, 11 minutes, 27.07 seconds.

Sophomore Danika Sudar (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley) set Grove City's record in the shot put with mark of 37 feet, 1 3/4 inches. Sudar took sixth with her heave.

Sophomore Grace Smith (Dover, Ohio/Dover) earned second in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:43.10. That time surpassed the previous conference record and is also .04 seconds behind Smith's school record in the 1500, set April 15 at the Thiel Invitational. 

Senior Emma Vezzosi (St. Mary's County, Md./Leonardtown) led Grove City in the field events by earning runner-up with the long jump. She posted a best leap of 17-8 3/4. Vezzosi added a third-place finish in the 100 hurdles (15.18). She also joined Colteryahn, sophomore Britta Lagerquist (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) and senior Hailey Weinert (Bel Air, Md./Kennett, Pa.) on the Wolverines' third-place 400-meter relay team (50.51).

Freshman Megan Wise (West Sunbury, Pa./Moniteau) paced Grove City in the throws by earning third in the discus with a best toss of 122 feet. Weinert cleared 8-8 to nab fourth place in the pole vault while Vezzosi finished fourth in the 100-meter dash (12.60). Junior Katie Baller (Lone Tree, Colo./Valor Christian) cleared 4-9 3/4 to take fourth in the high jump. Sophomore Lydia Bennett (Bethel, Maine/Gould Academy) posted a pair of fourth-place arrivals. Bennet finished fourth in the 800 (2:21.13) and recorded a fourth-place time of 4:49.97 in the 1500. 

Sophomore Emma Fiscus (Brookville, Pa./Brookville) placed fifth in the 5000 with a time of 18:59.22 while Smith crossed fifth in the 800 (2:23.80). Vannoy earned fifth in the triple jump with a best mark of 34-2 and also placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 16-3 1/4. Biddle earned sixth in the 400 hurdles (1:11.35) while Vezzosi cleared 4-9 3/4 to take sixth in the high jump.

Vezzosi also finished seventh in the 200 (26.50) while sophomore Kaylynn Johnson (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) finished seventh in the 1500 with a time of 5:00.91. Junior Sydney Stainbrook (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) took seventh in the 400 hurdles (1:11.82). 

Lagerquist captured eighth place in the 200 (27.00) while sophomore Abigail Gehman (Medina, Ohio/Medina) finished eighth in the steeplechase with a time of 13:07.03. Sophomores Clara Hannon (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) and Tori Stewart (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) tied for eighth in the high jump as each cleared 4-6. 

Several performers have qualified for the All-Atlantic Track and Field Championships, which will be held May 17-18 at Susquehanna University.