Point Park (Pa.) wins RSC Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship
Point Park (Pa.) wins RSC Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship
RESULTS
TIFFIN, Ohio -- Point Park University made it a three-peat with the River States Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship on Friday, Feb. 7 from Tiffin University's Heminger Center. The Pioneers racked up 212 points to best the field of eight teams by 95 points. It was the third year in a row that Point Park claimed the conference indoor title.
Point Park had sophomore distance runner Alyssa Campbell lead the way as the RSC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. She won first place in both distance events of the 3,000 and 5,000 meters and also ran a key leg of the winning relay in the 4x800 to start off the day. That racked up 30 points for the Pioneers and 22.5 points individually.
Point Park head coach Jim Spisak was named RSC Women's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year. The first-year coach led the Pioneers to the title in his first indoor conference meet with Point Park claiming victories in seven events.
Indiana University East placed second in the team standings with 117 points and five event wins. The Red Wolves had freshman Sheliece Watkins named RSC Women's Indoor Track & Field Co-Newcomer of the Year after earning all-conference in the 200 meters, 60-meter hurdles and 4x400 relay. Her hurdles time set an NAIA 'B' national standard.
University of Rio Grande freshman Kaila Barr shared the RSC Women's Indoor Track & Field Co-Newcomer of the Year with Watkins. Barr won the weight throw and also scored in the shot put in fourth place.
Carlow (Pa.) University's Olivia Miller earned RSC Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year honors leading the Celtics to fourth place as a team. She did so by earning all-conference in all three jumps placing first in the triple jump, second in the high jump and third in the long jump. She totaled 24 points in her field events and also threw the shot put placing ninth.
Brescia (Ky.) University was third in the team standings with 82 points followed by Carlow in fourth with 68 points. Midway (Ky.) University was fifth with 67 followed by Ohio Christian University in sixth with 59, WVU Tech in seventh with 55 and Rio Grande in eighth with 53.
Also named was the River States Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Champions of Character Team. One individual from each team was nominated by their head coach for best exhibiting the NAIA Champions of Character values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship.
2020 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD AWARDS
Team Champion: Point Park (Pa.) -- 212 points
Team Runner-up: IU East -- 117 points
Women's Track Athlete of the Year -- Alyssa Campbell, Point Park (Pa.)
Women's Field Athlete of the Year -- Olivia Miller, Carlow (Pa.)
Women's Co-Newcomers of the Year -- Sheliece Watkins, Fr., IU East; Kaila Barr, Fr., Rio Grande (Ohio)
Women's Coach of the Year -- Jim Spisak, Point Park (Pa.)
2020 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER TEAMS
| School | Name |
| Brescia University | Madison Hopkins |
| Carlow University | Sydney Achtzehn |
| IU East | Sarah Mallory |
| Midway University | Loren Seely |
| Ohio Christian University | Morgan Maffett |
| Point Park University | Mackenzie Mangum |
| University of Rio Grande | Sierra Cress |
| WVU Tech | Jamie Fauver |