The William & Mary women's track & field team put together a complete team effort on Saturday at the ECAC Championships, setting seven personal-bests, two school records, and earning one All-East honor.  With six of the 20 events scored, the Tribe is tied for 16th overall with four points, while Towson leads the 24-team field with 33 points.

Complete Results

- In the pole vault, junior Taylor E. Jones (Fairfax Station, Va.) cleared a lifetime-best height of 3.75m (12-3.5), finishing fifth overall for her first career All-East award.  It's the first time a W&M vaulter has finished top-eight at the ECAC Championships (indoor or outdoor) since 2015, when Director of Operations Lizzie Hissey '15 was runner-up indoors and seventh outdoors.  Jones' performance improved her to sixth all-time at W&M indoors in the pole vault.  Senior Lauren Graves (Fredericksburg, Va.) also competed, but was unable to clear the opening bar.

- The Tribe's other finals event on the day was the 5,000m, where senior Liv Paxton (Rock Hill, S.C.) finished 10th overall, crossing the finish in 17:11.30.

- The rest of the day was filled with prelims.  Redshirt-junior Victoria Gersch (Mercer Island, Wash.) ran twice, and broke her own school records both times by more than a half-second combined.  First in the 400m dash, she ran 55.44 seconds, the fifth-fastest time in the prelims, and advanced after breaking her previous record by 0.37 seconds.  Later in the afternoon, Gersch came back in the 200m dash and ran the eighth-fastest time of prelims, 24.56 seconds, nearly a full quarter-second (0.23 to be exact) better than her previous best set last season.  She'll be racing Sunday to become the first All-East performer in school history in either event.

- In the 1,000m run, junior Taylor D. Jones (Virginia Beach, Va.) ran the second-fastest time of the day, 2:51.39, to advance to her first ECAC final.  Jones' time was a massive personal-best, and the third-fastest time in school history.  She now ranks second all-time among W&M athletes, behind only record-holder Amy Morris '99.

- The Tribe had two sprinters advance to the finals in the 500m dash, as redshirt-junior Susanna Maisto (Silver Spring, Md.) and senior Gabby Runge (Midlothian, Va.) both ran lifetime-bests.  Maisto, who was sixth in that event last year, won her heat in 1:14.13, the fifth-fastest time of the day.  That was also the seventh-fastest race ever at W&M, and moved Maisto up to fourth among Tribe athletes.  Runge was right behind her in 1:14.75, the seventh-best time in prelims, and the 14th-fastest performance in school history.  That rocketed Runge up the athletes list to sixth all-time at W&M.

- In the mile run, junior Lauren Finikiotis (Gibsonia, Pa.) ran another lifetime-best to advance as the seventh seed to tomorrow's finals.  She crossed the finish in 4:52.71, improving to ninth all-time at W&M.

- The final qualifier came in the 4x400m relay, where the team of Runge, Maisto, and freshmen Amaya Johnson (Sterling, Va.) and Carly Swierbut (Newtown, Conn.) combined to run 3:45.92.  That was both the third-fastest time of prelims, and the third-fastest race in school history.

- Junior Jadyn Currie (Virginia Beach, Va.) ran the prelims of the 60m hurdles, finishing in 9.17 seconds to finish 18th overall.

The ECAC Championships continue on Sunday, starting at 9:30 a.m.

ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Team Standings (Six of 20 Events Scored)
1. Towson 33
2. Connecticut 26.75
T3. Albany 23
T3. Northeastern 23
5. New Hampshire 21
6. Holy Cross 16
7. UMass Amherst 14
8. Bucknell 11.25
9. Columbia 10
10. Elon 8
T11. Quinnipiac 6
T11. Saint Francis 6
T11. Hampton 6
14. LIU 5
15. UMass Lowell 4.25
T16. William & Mary 4
T16. Boston College 4
18. Sacred Heart 3
T19. Monmouth 2
T19. Binghamton 2
T19. Marist 2
22. Rider 1.75
T23. Boston University 1
T23. Vermont 1