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Bethlehem, PA - Messiah women's track & field collected four goals medals and scored 169.5 total points to claim their first MAC Indoor Championship since 2011. Head coach Dale Fogelsanger took home Coach of the Year honors after leading the Falcons to the title win by just 19.5 points over Misericordia. Leanne Weaver (800m Run), Megan Renes (Pole Vault), Rebecca Querfeld (Pentathlon), and the Distance Medley Relay team of Weaver, Kayla Miller, Maddison Landis, and Natalie Ross all took home gold medals for the Falcons.

"This was such a great team effort, and everyone stepped up," said head coach Dale Fogelsanger, who was also named MAC Women's Coach of the Year. "I'm so thankful for everyone on our team, it was just a great weekend."

The Falcons collected 13 total medals over the two-day championships event and, even though Misericordia collected six golds to Messiah's four, the Falcons collected six silvers to the Courgars four. Throw in a deep lineup that scored points across seventh and eighth places, and the Falcons managed to outpace the favorite Misericordia.

Messiah led a small nine-point lead into the final events, and that lead shrunk to just 2.5 points before the final event-- the women's Pentathlon-- was finished. With that group finishing up, the results were sealed with Rebecca Querfeld, Taylor Wiederrecht, and Brooke Maneval going 1-2-5 in the scoring.

"Taylor literally ran the second leg of the 4x400 and then had to run the 800 of her Pentathlon, that's just how the events fell," Fogelsanger said, laughing with joy at the first-year competitor's efforts. "That was something to see, and she just took it in stride.

"But it was really everyone on our team, up and down the lineup in every class," Fogelsanger continued. "Everyone contributed in their events and, even more importantly, in encouraging each other."

Among the great performances from the weekend, outside of the gold medal winners, was Marie Johnson who took second in the triple jump and third in the high jump. Kristen Frawley (60m Hurdles), Alissa Rogers (5000m Run), Natalie Ross (Mile Run), and both the 4x200 and 4x800 relays joined with huge silver-medal showings.

"The Distance Medley Relay on Friday really set the tone for our team," Fogelsanger said, referring back to Friday's gold medal. "Our girls really found a way to walk on that edge of having just enough anxiety-- but also confidence-- to perform at a great level."

As mentioned, the conference win was the Falcons' first since 2011, and the fifth in program history joining 1995, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Friday's Update - 7:10 p.m.
After Day One at the MAC Championships the Falcons are leading all teams with 44.5 points. Misericordia (40), Lebanon Valley (39), and Stevenson (37) are all close behind.

The Falcons got off to a great start with a gold medal performance in the Distance Medley Relay. Leanne Weaver, Kayla Miller, Maddison Landis, and Natalie Ross combined for a season-best time of 12:28.73, good for the top mark by more than 12 seconds.

Messiah's strong start continued in the Pole Vault where Megan Renes cleared a personal record 10'4" to win gold. Teammate Megan Heiges tied for sixth in the same event with a mark of 9'2.25."

On the track the Falcons were also strong with second- and third-place finishes in the 5000m Run by Alissa Rogers and Catherine Springer, respectively. Each of them accomplished marks that were personal records.

In their final track event of the day the Falcons were on top of their game as they set a College record in the 4x200 Relay. Christy White, Taylor Wiederrecht, Kelsie Kennedy, and Kristen Frawley combined for the time of 1:48.89 which was 1.27 seconds better than the previous mark st back in 2012.

In the 60m High Hurdles Messiah qualified three runners for the finals on Saturday: Kristen Frawley, Abby McMinn, and Kelsie Kennedy.


See below the All-MAC Honors at the 2016 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships!
Note: 1st - 3rd place is First Team All-MAC; 4th - 6th place is Second Team All-MAC; 7th - 8th is Honorable Mention All-MAC

Shaded times show MAC Champions.
Season Best (SB), Personal Record (PR), School Record (SR), MAC (MAC Record), # is National Ranking

Event No.	Event Name	Competitor(s)	Mark (Place)	First TM	Second TM	NOTE
1	Distance Medley Relay	Leanne Weaver, Kayla Miller, Maddison Landis, Natalie Ross	12:28.73 (1)	X	-	SB
3	60m Hurdles	Kristen Frawley Abby McMinn Kelsie Kennedy	9.14 (2) 9.39 (4) 9.68 (5)	X - -	- X X	SB, PR SB SB, PR
7	5000m Run	Alissa Rogers Catherine Springer	18:39.01 (3) 18:44.30 (3)	X X	- -	SB, PR SB, PR
9	4x200 Relay	Christy White, Taylor Wiederrecht, Kelsie Kennedy, Kristen Frawley	1:48.89 (2)	X	-	SB, SR
11	Weight Throw	Alyssa McMinn	42'9" (6)	-	X	SB, PR
13	Pole Vault	Megan Renes Megan Heiges	10'4" (1) 9'2.25" (t-6)	X -	- X	SB, PR -
16	Mile Run	Natalie Ross Maddison Landis	5:14.25 (2) 5:19.95 (4)	X -	- X	SB, PR SB, PR
20	800m Run	Leanne Weaver Kayla Miller	2:18.31 (1) 2:22.52 (4)	X -	- X	- -
24	3000m Run	Alissa Rogers Catherine Springer	10:46.06 (3) 10:48.67 (5)	X -	- X	- -
26	4x800 Relay	Danielle Cardone, Hannah Stolpe, Maddison Landis, Kayla Miller	9:51.22 (2)	X	-	-
28	4x400 Relay	Christy White, Taylor Wiederrecht, Kelsie Kennedy, Leanne Weaver	4:14.63 (4)	-	X	-
30	Shot Put	Rebecca Querfeld Alyssa McMinn	39'9.75" (4) 39'8.5" (5)	- -	X X	SB, PR SB, PR
32	Triple Jump	Marie Johnson	36'11" (2)	X	-	SB
34	High Jump	Marie Johnson Elizabeth Cole Taylor Wiederrecht	5'3.25" (3) 5'1" (4) 5'1" (5)	X - -	- X X	SB - SB, PR
38	Pentathlon	Rebecca Querfeld Taylor Wiederrecht Brooke Maneval	2870 (1) 2701 (2) 2615 (5)	X X -	- - X	SB SB, PR SB, PR

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