The William & Mary women's track & field team took home field advantage and hit paydirt in nearly every event it competed in Saturday at the 45th ECAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, piling up 28 points to stand fourth overall at the midway point of the team standings.  This is the furthest south the ECAC Championships has ever been held, and the weather continued clearing throughout the day to herald strong performances throughout the meet.  Delaware has a slim lead in the 31-team event, leading Harvard by two points, 35-33, while Army West Point is third with 30 points.  Following the Tribe with 28 points, Stony Brook rounds out the top five teams with 26 points.

Results

Hammer Throw
The day began out at the Dan Stimson Throwing Events Area with the hammer throw, and W&M picked up two All-East performances right off the bat.  Grad student Eva Mustafic (Zagreb, Croatia) threw 51.51m (169-0) to finish in sixth place, with Keeley Suzenski (Fleetwood, Pa.) finishing right behind her in 50.63m (166-1) for seventh overall.  They join all-time great Leia Mistowski '18 as the only women's throwers in program history to be named All-East in the hammer throw.

Shot Put
Next up for Suzenski was the her signature event, the shot put, and she did not disappoint.  The redshirt-sophomore broke her own school record for the second time this spring (and third time this school year) with a put of 14.97m (49-1.5), and took second overall for her second All-East award of the day.  It was the best finish ever for a Tribe women's thrower in the ECAC shot put outdoors.

Javelin
The third event of the day out in the throwing fields was the javelin, where redshirt-sophomore Kristen Herr (Willow Street, Pa.) threw 43.49m (142-8) for fifth overall and her first career All-East honor.  Herr's finish was the best for a Tribe javelin thrower since Wendy Warren '88 took fourth overall at the 1986 ECAC Championships.

Long Jump
Inside of Zable Stadium, the action including the long jump, where Megan Heidebrecht (Amissville, Va.) cleared 5.75m (18-10.5) for fourth place overall and All-East honors.  She is the first jumper in program history to be named All-East in the long jump outdoors, and recorded the eighth-best single performance in school history to earn that distinction.

3,000m Run
W&M's day wrapped up with the 3,000m championship, where two harriers earned All-East honors.  Sophomore Kyra Holland (Warrenton, Va.) ran 9:56.97 in her first collegiate 3,000m to take fifth overall, and freshman Arianna DeBoer (Charlottesville, Va.) added a pair of team points with her seventh-place finish in 10:08.47.

The ECAC Championships wrap up on Sunday at Zable Stadium and the Stimson Throwing Events Area, with action in the 100m, 200m, and 400m dash, as well as the 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay, 4x800m relay, discus throw, high jump, pole vault, and triple jump.  The day is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM with the discus throw, and at 11:30 AM on the track with the 100m hurdles.  Live results for the meet are available on TribeAthletics.com.

45th ECAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Zable Stadium/Dan Stimson Throwing Events Area
11 of 22 Events Scored

1. Delaware 35
2. Harvard 33
3. Army West Point 30
4. William & Mary 28
5. Stony Brook 26
6. James Madison 25
T7. Bucknell 20
T7. Hampton 20
T9. Lehigh 19
T9. Richmond 19
11. Fordham 16
12. Towson 15
13. George Mason 14
T14. Albany 13
T14. Elon 13
T14. Long Island 13
T17. Lafayette 10
T17. Saint Francis (Pa.) 10
T19. Boston University 9
T19. New Hampshire 9
T19. Northeastern 9
T22. Navy 6
T22. Siena 6
T22. St. Joseph's 6
T22. UMBC 6
T26. Ricder 5
T26. Vermont 5
28. Marist 4
29. Canisius 2
T30. Colgate 1
T30. Manhattan 1