Women's Indoor Track & Field

Rutgers-Newark's Moore, TCNJ's Scepkowski, Ramapo's Leonard Earn NJAC Women's Indoor Weekly Honors

PITMAN --- The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its women's indoor track & field weekly honors for the week ending Feb. 4.
 


TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
ZRREYAH MOORE • Rutgers-Newark
Senior • Newark, NJ/Payne Tech
 
Moore earns her second NJAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honor for her performance at East Stroudsburg’s DeSchriver Invitational. She clocked the fastest 55 meter time in NCAA Division III this season, running a 7.22. She also ran a leg of the 4x200 meter relay (1:47.93) which posted the 16th-fastest time in D3, along with the 4x400 relay (4:20.84).


FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
SARAH SCEPKOWSKI • The College of New Jersey
Sophomore • Garwood, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson
 
Scepkowski becomes the third different Lion to earn NJAC Field Athlete of the Week honors. She placed seventh at the Bomber Invite in her first-ever pentathlon, scoring 2860 points which ranks third both the Metro Region and the NJAC. It is also the sixth-best performance in TCNJ history.  She ran a personal best in the 60 hurdles (9.91) and a collegiate best high jump of 1.59m.  Her high jump ranks second in the NJAC and third in the Metro Region. She also ran a personal best in the 800m.


ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
DALE LEONARD • Ramapo College
Freshman • Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central
 
Leonard earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors for the fourth time this season for her record-breaking performance at the Metropolitan Championships. This marked the fourth straight indoor meet where she set a Ramapo program record, this time in the 800 meters as she clocked a 2:15.01 to break the 21-year-old school mark. Her time is the fastest in the Metro Region and 14th in NCAA Division III.