USTFCCCA All-Region

NEW ORLEANS – The TCNJ women's track and field team hoarded a trove of All-Metro Region accolades from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the outdoor campaign.

All-region honors are awarded to the top five performers in each event in addition to the members of a top-3 ranked relay.

Maria Grill paced the pride with four separate all-region awards, while Eliza Bruncaj and Alli Uhl picked up three apiece to headline a host of Lions with multiple certificates.

Amanda Demko, Grill, Ashlyn MacLure, and Valandra Riggins owned the best time in the Metro in the 4x100-meter relay, clocking a 46.64 to place fifth in the preliminary heat the NCAA Championships.

Uhl, Bruncaj, Grill, and Megan Gasnick had the best 4x400 time in the region by a full 2.50 seconds, a 3:47.61 they registered at the AARTFC Championship. That same unit went on to place ninth at nationals.

Bruncaj ranked fourth in the region in the 100-meter hurdles (14.92) and second in the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.43). Teammate Victoria Purritano joined her on both lists, placing fifth in the 100 hurdles (15.07) and third in the 400 hurdles (1:03.93).

Grill sits third in the 200-meter dash (24.92) and second in the 400-meter dash (56.48), and was an NCAA qualifier in the 400.

Demko tops the Metro in the 400 with a time of 56.15, the winning performance from the NJAC Outdoor Championship and comfortably in the qualification standards for nationals.

Uhl joined Demko and Grill in the regional top-five in the 400 with a mark of 57.25 while easily topping the Metro with a 2:10.10 in the 800, a time that placed her 11^th at the NCAA Outdoor Championship.

Riggins made her individual outdoor all-region debut with a winning time of 12.09 in the 100-meter dash at the NJAC Championship.

The Lions had several all-region field performers as well, headlined by All-American javelin thrower Amanda Murillo. The senior's top mark of 42.68 meters from the Widener Invitational was second-best in the Metro, and she went on to place eighth at nationals.

Nicole Lester ranks second in the region in the pole vault with a top mark of 3.56 meters from the Princeton Elite Invitational. Lester was the NJAC champion in both the indoor and outdoor campaigns.

Zoe Iovino boasts the top standard in the Metro in the triple jump, a distance of 11.27 meters from the Lions Invitational. She was also the NJAC outdoor champion.