Track and Field: Women Claim PAC Outdoor Championship Share on: Posted on Sunday, May 2, 2021 MORGANTOWN W.Va. – The Westminster College women's track and field team won their first Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Outdoor Championship since 2012 at Mylan Park in Morgantown, West Virginia on Friday, while the men finished third.
The women started the day with a victory in the 4x100-meter relay, as seniors Maura Belding(Columbiana, OH / Crestview) and Selena Thomas (Farrell, PA / Farrell Area), junior Haley Moore(Greensburg, PA / Greensburg Central Catholic) and first-year Jessica Fatigati (McDonald, PA / West Allegheny) formed the winning quartet with a time of 50.90. Thomas went on to earn Overall Most Outstanding Performer honors after scoring a total of 26.50 points for the Titans, winning the long jump title with a jump of 5.21 meters, taking second in the 200-meter dash and crossing the line in third in the 100 meters. Fatigati also led Westminster on the track, scoring 25 points by winning the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.62 and running a personal-best 26.69 in the 200 meters. For her efforts, Fatigati earned Most Outstanding Track Performer honors and was named PAC Newcomer of the Year. Senior Erin Ward (Euclid, OH / Lake Catholic) locked down the mid-distance events, collecting victories in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:52.80 and the 800 meters with a time of 2:18.64. Moore ran personal-best times in both hurdle events, taking second in the 400-meter hurdles (67.44) and finishing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.94). Senior Katie Schrantz (New Castle, PA / Neshannock) followed up her day one 10,000 meters victory with a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters, crossing the line in 18:18.39. Belding and senior Allison Hampton (Ten Sleep, WY / Ten Sleep) earned fourth-place finishes for the Titans with Belding running the 400-meter dash in 1:04.18 and Hampton running a personal-best time of 12:11.60 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The 4x400-meter relay squad of Moore, Fatigati, Belding and Ward wrapped up the track events with another win after running a season-best 4:11.73.