GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named 13 Grove City College track and field performers as All-Region honorees in the Mid-Atlantic Region. The top eight performers in each event are awarded USTFCCCA All-Region honors.
Seven members of the Grove City women's team earned Mid-Atlantic recognition: senior
Audrey Karwowski (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan), junior
Kendall Coddington (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk), sophomore
Lucy Gyergyo (Wexford, Pa./Eden Christian), sophomore
Hannah Herrmann (Hilton, N.Y./Paul V. Moore), sophomore
Nadine Lauffer (New Castle, Pa.), sophomore
Hannah Roegiers (Marion, N.Y./Marion Central) and sophomore
Kiara White (Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley).
Senior
Isaac Busler (Butler, Pa./Butler), senior
Alex Mitchell (Hummelstown, Pa./Harrisburg Christian), senior
Ethan Wiley (Mercer, Pa./Mercer), sophomore
Jeremiah Knowles (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata), freshman
Joseph Brallier (Bedford, Pa./Bedford) and freshman
Elijah Divito (Pittsburgh, Pa./Eden Christian) earned All-Region laurels in men's track and field.
Karwowski earned All-Region in the 800 meters by posting a school-record time of 2 minutes, 12.68 seconds at last week's All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Championships in Collegeville, Pa. Karwowski ranked sixth in the Mid-Atlantic in the 800.
Coddington posted the fifth-best high jump this season in the region as she cleared 5 feet, 3 inches April 16 at Slippery Rock University's John Papa Invitational. Lauffer owns the Mid-Atlantic's No. 6 time in the 400 meters, recording a time of 57.54 seconds April 30 at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships.
Gyergyo, Lauffer, Roegiers and White earned All-Region in the 400-meter relay with a season-best time of 49.12 seconds at the All-Atlantic Championships. That foursome ranked sixth in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Herrmann finished eighth among Mid-Atlantic Region pole vaulters with a school-record mark of 11-7 3/4. Herrmann cleared that height April 16 at Slippery Rock.
Mitchell concluded the season ranked third regionally in the 400 meters with a time of 47.85 seconds. Mitchell posted that time at the conference championships April 30. Divito finished No. 3 in the Mid-Atlantic in the long jump (22-5 3/4) and fifth regionally in the high jump (6-5). He recorded both of those marks April 10 at the Westminster Invitational.
Brallier, Busler, Knowles and Mitchell ended the season No. 5 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the 1600 relay. That foursome combined for a Grove City-record time of 3:19.03 at the All-Atlantic Championships.
Wiley owns the No. 8 javelin throw this season in the Mid-Atlantic as he recorded a career-best throw of 185 feet, 2 inches April 24 at Allegheny College's Marty Goldeberg Invitational.
The USTFCCCA honors athletes in 10 geographic regions: Great Lakes, Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Midwest, Niagara, North, Northeast, South and West.