Women's Track & Field Places Four On All-ECC Teams

3/21/2020 11:42:00 AM

By: By Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for External Operations & Communications

AMHERST, N.Y. - Kassandra Nolet (Fort Erie, Ont.), Savannah Warner (Elma, N.Y.), Taylor Haude (Rochester, N.Y.) and Betty Jones (Camillus, N.Y.) of Daemen College are among the honorees as the All-East Coast Conference women's indoor track and field teams for the 2019-20 season were unveiled Friday. The selection of all-conference teams stems from individual performances at the ECC Indoor Track and Field Championships held February 22 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island. The top two finishers in each event were named to the All-ECC First Team, while the third and fourth place finishers earned All-ECC Second Team distinctions.

Daemen's quartet of All-ECC honorees, all second-team selections, led the team to an eighth place finish in the conference standings and were among a group of six Wildcats to earn top-five finishes at the conference championship meet.

Nolet, a redshirt sophomore long distance specialist, capped off a solid indoor season as she placed third in the 5,000 meter run with a personal-best time of 18:33.07. She eclipsed her previous best time of 18:42.93, which earned her a first-pace showing just two weeks prior at the Brockport Multi. Nolet posted a top-five finish in each of Daemen's five indoor meets this season. She was also an All-ECC Second Team honoree during the fall cross country season when she placed 13th at the conference championship meet.

Warner, a junior, was one of four Daemen runners to take part in the 1,000 meter run, placing fourth with a personal-best time of 3:11.76. It marked the fourth-straight meet that she had posted a top-five finish. Warner has now been an All-ECC Second Team honoree in three-straight indoor seasons, earning a pair of past accolades for performances in the 800 meter run.

Haude, the two-time defending ECC pole vault champion, placed third this time around by clearing 3.20 meters. The Daemen senior remains the ECC indoor record holder with a leap of 3.26 meters set two years ago. Haude has now been an All-ECC honoree in four-straight indoor seasons, and her career total of all-conference selections (including outdoor seasons) now stands at seven.

Junior thrower Jones earned the second All-ECC selection of her career - her first for an indoor season - by placing third in the weight throw with a personal-best toss of 12.92 meters. She had previously earned All-ECC Second Team honors in the hammer throw following the 2019 outdoor season.

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