The William & Mary women's track & field team piled up a huge number of impressive performances on Friday at the Navy Select meet, collecting five ECAC qualifiers in addition to a school record, freshman record, and a total of 14 new entries on the Tribe's record books.

- Leading the way as she has for the last three years was redshirt-junior Victoria Gersch (Mercer Island, Wash.), who broke her own year-old record in the 400m dash by running 55.81 seconds for the win.  That was also an ECAC qualifier for Gersch.  Freshman Carly Swierbut (Newtown, Conn.) was second overall in 56.64 seconds, the 12th-fastest race in school history.

- Gersch and Swierbut were back at it later in the 200m dash.  Gersch ran 24.81 seconds, the second-fastest time ever at W&M, for second overall and another ECAC qualifier, and Swierbut broke her own freshman record with a fifth-place time of 25.10 seconds.  That was the fifth-fastest race in school history, and ranks Swierbut second all-time among Tribe athletes.  Her classmate Amaya Johnson (Sterling, Va.) was sixth in 25.24 seconds, the seventh-fastest race in school history, and senior Gabby Runge (Midlothian, Va.) ran the eighth-fastest race ever, 25.36 seconds, for seventh overall.  Johnson now ranks third all-time among athletes, and Runge fourth.

- In the 500m dash, redshirt-junior Susanna Maisto (Silver Spring, Md.) was third in 1:14.72, an ECAC qualifier and the 12th-fastest single race ever at W&M.

- Senior Alexis Brender a Brandis (Williamsburg, Va.) saved her best for last in the triple jump, jumping a lifetime-best 12.15m (39-10.5) on her sixth and final attempt.  That won the event, and also re-qualified Brender a Brandis for the ECAC Championships.  That was the seventh-longest jump ever at W&M, and ranks Brender a Brandis second all-time among W&M athletes.

- In the weight throw, freshman Keeley Suzenski (Fleetwood, Pa.) improved her lifetime-best by nearly 70 cm, placing eighth overall with a throw of 13.44m (44-1.25).  That improved her to 11th all-time among W&M throwers.

- In the other throwing event, the short put, sophomore Chelsea Wallace (Chesapeak, Va.) placed third overall, with a put of 13.12m (43-0.5).

- Another third came in the pole vault, where junior Taylor E. Jones (Fairfax Station, Va.) cleared the bar at 3.50m (11-5.75).

- Back on the track, senior Deirdre Lewin (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) improved her lifetime-best in the 1,000m run by more than eight seconds, and finished second overall in 2:56.86.  Freshman Kaycee Cox-Philyaw (Linden, Va.) ran alongside her, and took fifth with a lifetime-best 2:59.56.

- Junior Taylor D. Jones (Virginia Beach, Va.) took a bronze medal of her own in the 800m run, crossing the finish in 2:14.62.

- Jones (the runner) also led-off an all-distance 4x400m relay that placed third overall in 4:05.89, leading-off the quartet that also included Cox-Philyaw, Megan Dougherty (Sinking Spring, Pa.), and Lewin.

- Junior Jadyn Currie (Virginia Beach, Va.) placed third overall in the 60m hurdles, clearing the course in 9.01 seconds.

- Rounding out the notable performers was redshirt-sophomore Julia Lambert (Virginia Beach, Va.), who took fourth in the mile after improving her lifetime-best by more than 11.5 seconds, down to 5:09.56

William & Mary is back in action next weekend, traveling down to Newport News, Va., for the CNU Qualifier on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 29 and March 1.