2018 Salve Regina Women's Track and Field News

Season

Top cumulative grade point averages on their respective teams: Tyler Benjamin (men's basketball), Katie Kline (women's lacrosse), Holly Kathios (softball), Nick Battista (men's lacrosse), Olivia Pierce (women's basketball), Madison Stanley (women's track and field), Colton Eremian (baseball), Kevin Brocks (men's tennis), Brandon Yee (men's ice hockey)

Seahawks land 80 on Spring All-CCC Academic Team

June 11, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Salve Regina University placed 80 student-athletes on the Commonwealth Coast Conference Spring Academic All-CCC Team, second-most in the conference, including junior Kerri Beland (No. Attleboro, Mass.) who represented the Seahawks on two sports (women's basketball and women's lacrosse).

Olivia Owen earned All-New England status with her seventh-place finish in the 10,000-meter race on Friday, May 4, in Cambridge, Mass. (Photo by Jen McGuinness)

Owen highlights New England performers with 10K results

May 04, 2018

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Salve Regina University sophomore Olivia Owen (Weymouth, Mass.) earned All-New England status with her seventh-place finish in the 10,000-meter run at the New England Championships hosted by MIT.

Erin Gunther was voted by CCC coaches as the league's field performer of the year. (Photo by Jen McGuinness)

Gunther headlines Seahawks with All-CCC accolades

May 10, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) announced its first-ever Women's Track and Field major award winners on Wednesday afternoon. This is the first year major awards have been given out in the sport as it was elevated to championship status in 2018.

The first-ever McAuley Cup was given in honor of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy - who founded Salve Regina, to the 2017-18 Salve Regina men's ice hockey team.

Seahawk Awards Ceremony at Bazarsky Lecture Hall (Fri., May 4)

May 04, 2018

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University director of athletics Jody Mooradian bestowed dozens of awards to student-athletes and staff on Friday evening, including the department's female and male athletes of the year - senior Amber Cody (Pawling, N.Y.) of field hockey, and junior Blake Wojtala (Trenton, Mich.) of men's ice hockey.

Devin Smith was part of two winning relay teams on Saturday for Salve Regina. (Photo by Jen McGuinness)

CCC Relay Team of the Week: Salve Regina

April 30, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) has selected Salve Regina University's 4x100 relay team as its team of the week for women's track and field.

Freshman Maggie McCarthy (right in race) finishes the last leg of the 4x400 meter relay race at the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Women's Track and Field Championships. Devin Smith, Madison Stanley, and Molly Powers ran the first 1200 meters for the winning team; Smith and Stanley joined with Erin Gunther and Natalie Kopiec to capture the 4x100 meter relay race earlier in the competition. (Screenshot from video footage)

Seahawks capture second at inaugural championships

April 28, 2018

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. - Salve Regina University women's track and field team captured second place at the inaugural Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championship on Saturday with three Seahawks winning individual events and two relay teams coming in first.

Freshmen Francesca Moore and Sydney DeCesare lead a pack of distance runners. (Photo by Jen McGuinness)

CCC Women's Track and Field: Championships

April 27, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Six Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) women's track and field teams will compete for the first-ever CCC Women's Track and Field Championship on Saturday, April 28, at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, R.I. Field events are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. with track events set to go off around 11:30 a.m.

CCC Track Performer of the Week: Natalie Kopiec

April 23, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) has selected Salve Regina University's Natalie Kopiec (Manchester, Conn.) as its top track performer of the week for women's track and field.

CCC Rookie Field Performer of the Week: Madison Yurgaitis

April 23, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) has selected Salve Regina University's Madison Yurgaitis (Somers, Conn.) as its top rookie field performer of the week for women's track and field.

CCC Relay Team of the Week: Erin Gunther, Devin Smith, Natalie Kopiec, Madison Stanley (April 16 - 22)

CCC Relay Team of the Week: Salve Regina

April 23, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) has selected Salve Regina University's 4x100 relay team as its team of the week for women's track and field.

Natalie Kopiec and her teammates donned teal socks to "Teal the Field" for promoting awareness of preventing sexual violence. The Seahawks had several first-place finishes at the Elmer Swanson Invitational including three involving Kopiec who also qualified for the New England Championships in the 400 meter race.

Several firsts for Seahawks at Elmer Swanson Invitational

April 21, 2018

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Madison Yurgaitis (Somers, Conn.), Natalie Kopiec (Manchester, Conn.), Katherine Simoniello (Killingworth, Conn.) each took home first place honors while Kopiec joined three Seahawk teammates in winning the 4x100 meter relay race for Salve Regina University women's track and field at the Elmer Swanson Invitational hosted by Wesleyan University.

Shannon Holden '16 and her mom, Kristi '88 (Photo courtesy of McGuinness Photography)

Holden shines – despite rain, wind – in Boston Marathon debut

April 20, 2018

BOSTON, Mass. – The wicked weather was one of the leading story lines for the 122nd running of the Boston Marathon. Temperatures near 40 degrees, steady rain and stiff headwinds made the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton to Boston even more of a challenge for the 26,948 runners who toed the starting line on Monday morning.