YORK, Pa. - Wesley College sophomore Elizsha Streeter, the 2014 CAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Year, won two individual gold medals and added a third as part of a championship relay on the way to being selected by the conference coaches as the 2015 Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. It's the second-straight year a Wolverine sprinter captured the Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year award, following in the footsteps of former teammate and 2014 co-winner Kiona Mency.
Streeter's winning performances in the 200 and 400 dashes and as a member of the 4x400 relay helped Wesley capture a school-record five gold medals at the 2015 CAC Indoor Championships, held Feb. 21 at Christopher Newport University. Streeter finished second in the 200 and 400 in last year's championship. Wolverine freshmen Alexia Mitchell won the 60-meter dash and classmate Ashley Morris took top honors in the 60 hurdles. Mary Washington, led by 2015 CAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Year Rachel Lewis, shared top honors with Salisbury for the most individual gold and silver medal winners at the championship - each with four gold medalists and three silver medalists. Lewis, who won the mile run and finished second in the 800, is the first UMW athlete to win the Women's Indoor Track & field Rookie of the Year award since the championship was added by the CAC Board of Directors in 2012.
Teammates Claire Harrington and Teagan Young joined Lewis on the list of gold medalists at the championship meet. Harrington earned All-CAC recognition in the pole vault for the fourth-straight year - the first four-year all-star in the history of the championship. Young, a two-time indoor all-star in 2014, was a double winner at the championship, crossing the finish line first in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs. Christopher Newport and Salisbury, which battled for the team title before the Captains emerged on top for the second-straight year, shared the 2015 CAC Coach of the Year award. CNU's Tyler Wingard and Sea Gulls' mentor Jim Jones were co-winners in the vote of the CAC coaches. Wingard won the award for the first time while Jones also won the award in 2012, the first year of the indoor championship.
Salisbury saw sophomore Paige DeMent collect two of the team's four first-place awards in the shot put and weight throw. Also on the championship podium for the Sea Gulls was sophomore high jumper Meghan McGowan, a second-team all-star in 2014, along with freshman triple jumper Christine Randall.
CNU sophomore Briana Stewart, in her first season on the track & field team after two all-star seasons for the nationally-ranked Captains volleyball squad, claimed the gold medal in the 800-meter run and as a member of the distance medley relay. She was joined on the All-CAC team by senior Enuma Ezenwa, the 2014 CAC Co-Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year who finished second in the 2015 high jump for the second-straight season and anchored the silver medal 4x400 relay team.
Frostburg State landed the final first-team All-CAC nod when senior Alexis Bush earned top honors in the long jump for the second time in three years. Bush finished her indoor career as a three-year all-star in the event. Freshman Kayla Truesdel finished second behind Streeter in both the 200 and 400 for the Bobcats. York matched Frostburg State's four all-star awards, led by three of silver medal finishes by distance standout Jess Miller. The Spartan senior competed individually in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs and anchored YCP's second-place distance medley relay. Miller finished her indoor career with six individual All-CAC awards while classmate Caroline Delany's second-place finish in the mile run gave her three career awards in that event.
2015 All-CAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Team
First Team Yr. Event Team Hometown/High School Previous Honors (in the event)
Alexia Mitchell Fr. 60 Wesley Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg
Elizsha Streeter So. 200 Wesley Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown 2nd in '14
Elizsha Streeter So. 400 Wesley Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown 2nd in '14
Briana Stewart So. 800 Christopher Newport Oak Hill, Va./Oakton
Rachel Lewis Fr. Mile Mary Washington Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam
Natalie Young So. 3,000 Mary Washington Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park 2nd in '14
Natalie Young So. 5,000 Mary Washington Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park 1st in '14
Ashley Morris Fr. 60 H Wesley Smyrna, Del./Smyrna
Wesley 4x400 Wesley (Angel Hall, Quadira Minus, Elizsha Streeter, Danae Carter)
Christopher Newport DMR Christopher Newport (Hannah Bullen, Kaitlynn Beaulieu, Briana Stewart, Alexa Tabackman)
Meghan McGowan So. HJ Salisbury Odenton, Md./Arundel 2nd in '14
Alexis Bush Sr. LJ Frostburg State Eldersburg, Md./Century 2nd in '14, 1st in '13
Christine Randall Fr. TJ Salisbury Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown
Claire Harrington Sr. PV Mary Washington Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith 2nd in '14, 1st in '13, 2nd in 12
Paige DeMent So. Shot Salisbury Charlotte Hall, Md./La Plata
Paige DeMent So. Weight Salisbury Charlotte Hall, Md./La Plata
Second Team Yr. Event Team Hometown/High School Previous Honors (in the event)
Chanel Beaudoin Fr. 60 Salisbury Upper Marlboro, Md./CH Flowers
Kayla Truesdel Fr. 200 Frostburg State U. Marlboro, Md./Dr. H. A Wise, Jr.
Kayla Truesdel Fr. 400 Frostburg State U. Marlboro, Md./Dr. H. A Wise, Jr.
Rachel Lewis Fr. 800 Mary Washington Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam
Caroline Delany Sr. Mile York Frederick, Md./Tuscurora 2nd in '14, 1st in '13
Jess Miller Sr. 3,000 York Dauphin, Pa./Bis hop McDevitt 1st in '14
Jess Miller Sr. 5,000 York Dauphin, Pa./Bishop McDevitt 2nd in '14, 1st in '13, 2nd in '12
Erin Early Fr. 60 H Frostburg State Hyattsville, Md./Fairmont Heights
Christopher Newport 4x400 Christopher Newport (Karissa Love, Briana Sutton, Jennifer Westerholm, Enuma Ezenwa)
York DMR York (Caroline Delany, Jenna Roberts, Shannon Kuseryk, Jess Miller)
Enuma Ezenwa Sr. HJ Christopher Newport Herndon, Va./Herndon 2nd in '14
Kameko Webb So. LJ Wesley Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt
Ashley Jackson So. TJ Salisbury Elkton, Md./Bohemia Manor
Sarah Taylor So. PV Salisbury Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake 1st in '14
Taylor Cockerille Jr. Shot Mary Washington Strasburg, Va./Strasburg
Sheree Turner So. Weight Mary Washington Fredericksburg, Va./James Monroe
2015 CAC Indoor Athlete of the Year: Elizsha Streeter Wesley (ROY in 2014)
2015 CAC Indoor Rookie of the Year: Rachel Lewis, Mary Washington
2015 CAC Indoor Co-Coach of the Year: Jim Jones, Salisbury
2015 CAC Indoor Co-Coach of the Year: Tyler Wingard, Christopher Newport