UDC's Simone Grant Repeats as ECC Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year; Host of Firebirds Earn All-Conference Honors

Firebirds Put on a Show at ECC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Finish Runners-Up

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The University of the District of Columbia's Simone Grant was selected as the East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year as voted on by the conference's coaches.

Grant makes it a sweep of the ECC major awards on the year (she shared the Indoor honor with Chelsea Hayward of Roberts Wesleyan) and also repeats as the ECC Outdoor Athlete of the Year. She ranks in the top-five in the East Region in three individual events and in the top three as part of two relay teams. Her best event is the long jump, which she paces the region in with a mark of 5.76M. She's also 4th in the 400M dash with a time of 56.74s and 5th in the 200M dash with a time of 25.00s.

The Bronx, NY native was at her best during the ECC Championship, earning All-Conference honors in five different events to also claim the Most Outstanding Athlete of the ECC Women's Championship Meet. She won the Long Jump (5.72M), and 4x400M Relay (3:59.61), came in 2nd in the 4x100M Relay (48.43) and 200M dash (25.18s), and finished 4th in the 100M dash (12.45s).

In the four years the ECC has sponsored Outdoor Track & Field as a championship sport, UDC has claimed all four Athlete of the Year honors (Kaydian Jones 2013 & 2014; Grant 2015 & 2016), and at least a share of the Athlete of the ECC Championship Meet award in three of the four years (Jones 2013 & 2014; Grant 2016).

In addition, the ECC also announces the All-Conference finishers from the championship meet. The top two finishers in each event were named First Team All-Conference, while the third and fourth place finishers earned Second Team All-Conference distinction. A list of all winners can be found below.



2016 ECC Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference

Women's First Team
100 meter dash - Chelsea Hayward, Roberts Wesleyan & Terrilyn Britton, Queens
200 meter dash - Chelsea Hayward, Roberts Wesleyan & Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia
400 meter dash - Jerily Benjamin, Dist. Columbia & Kristina Button, Roberts Wesleyan
800 meter run - Gabriela Sloezen, St. Thomas Aquinas & Kristen Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas
1,500 meter run - Rachel Hutchinson, Roberts Wesleyan & Kristen Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas
5,000 meter run - Elizabeth Stirling, LIU Post & April Sablan, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Amy Trabert, Daemen & Kaitlin O'Grady, St. Thomas Aquinas
100 meter hurdles - Stacy-Ann Rowe, Dist. Columbia & Damira Banks, Queens
400 meter hurdles - Brianna Calderon, Roberts Wesleyan & Damira Banks, Queens
3,000 meter steeplechase - Cecelia Pfleging, St. Thomas Aquinas & Addison Sgroi,, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Danielle Budd, Kathleen Amstad, Kristina Button, Chelsea Hayward)
4 x 400 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Marlena Wright, Jerily Benjamin, Jasmine Walker, Simone Grant)
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Kristen Borriello, Gabriela Sloezen, Meaghan Ventarola, Patricia Nersten)
High Jump - Saida Burns-Moore, Dist. Columbia & Myla Somerville, Dist. Columbia
Pole Vault - Kyra Kress, Daemen & Molly Luger, Roberts Wesleyan
Long Jump - Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia & Brittany Okon, Dist. Columbia
Triple Jump - Saida Burns-Moore, Dist. Columbia & Saralee Martelly, Queens
Shot Put - Katherine Mollahan, St. Thomas Aquinas & Brittany Sepe, Molloy
Discus - Brittany Sepe, Molloy & Emily Johnson, Daemen
Hammer - Brittany Sepe, Molloy & Danely Rodriguez, Queens
Javelin - Kristina Button, Roberts Wesleyan & Tiara Goode, Dist. Columbia

Women's Second Team
100 meter dash - Kathleen Amstad, Roberts Wesleyan & Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia
200 meter dash - Kathleen Amstad, Roberts Wesleyan & Terrilyn Britton, Queens
400 meter dash - Danielle Budd, Roberts Wesleyan & Ronsheica Trotman, Queens
800 meter run - Patricia Nersten, St. Thomas Aquinas & Emilee Durso, Roberts Wesleyan
1,500 meter run - Rachel Prutsman, Roberts Wesleyan & Mackenzie Donahue, Daemen
5,000 meter run - Ashley Cheff, Daemen & Brittany Ward, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Veronica Stauffer, Roberts Wesleyan & Kellie Lawton, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Saralee Martelly, Queens & Brianna Calderon, Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter hurdles - Saralee Martelly, Queens & Meaghan Ventarola, St. Thomas Aquinas
3,000 meter steeplechase - Hannah Putman, Roberts Wesleyan & Kymberly Johnson, Queens
4 x 100 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Stacy-Ann Rowe, Jerily Benjamin, Jasmine Walker, Simone Grant)
4 x 400 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Danielle Budd, Brianna Calderon, Chelsea Hayward, Kristina Button)
4 x 800 meter relay - LIU Post (Elizabeth Stirling, Kaitie Schillaci, Cllara Fischer, Talya Williams)
High Jump - Kristina Button, Roberts Wesleyan & Saralee Martelly, Queens
Pole Vault - Nicole Hein, Molloy
Long Jump - Katherine Dovi, Roberts Wesleyan & Saida Burns-Moore, Dist. Columbia
Triple Jump - Kristina Button, Roberts Wesleyan & Breanna Lyn, St. Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put - Tajah Franklin, Dist. Columbia & Ellory Roberts, Daemen
Discus - Kelsey Barnes, St. Thomas Aquinas & Ellory Roberts, Daemen
Hammer - Renee Lustin, Queens & Ellory Roberts, Daemen
Javelin - Brittany Sepe, Molloy & Aaliyah Holt, Roberts Wesleyan

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