Crawley Earns Performer-of-the-Meet Honors at CC Indoor Championships
Sheena Crawley ’13 captured Franklin & Marshall’s first Performer of the Meet honor at the Centennial Conference Indoor Championships at Ursinus College on Feb. 25. (Photo courtesy of GoDiplomats.com)
By Staff
Sheena Crawley ’13 struck gold three times and captured Franklin & Marshall’s first track Performer of the Meet as the women’s track & field team placed fourth at the Centennial Conference (CC) Indoor Championships on Feb. 25 at Ursinus College.
Crawley claimed two individual events for the Diplomats and was a member of a winning relay team. She earned her first gold in the mile with a 5:05.39, beating her closest competition by three seconds. Crawley picked up her second gold in the 800-meter run, crossing with a time of 2:14.86.
F&M's other individual gold medal came from Caitlin Regan ’12 in the 400-meter run. Regan crossed for a first-place finish at 59.59, while teammate Henley Siegrist ’12 earned a silver medal at 59.66. Crawley, Regan and Siegrist later joined Ariel Lefkovits ’13 to place first in the 4 x 400 relay at 4:02.69.
The relay team of Siegrist, Alexandra Hawkins ’15, Brea Smith ’15, and Regan also took first place in the 4 x 200 relay with a 1:48.28, edging Ursinus by four-tenths of a second.
On the men’s side, F&M finished in sixth place overall. The Diplomats won a gold medal in the 4 x 800 relay, as Joe Strawitz ’13, Derek Pawlush ’15, Greg Olenginski ’15 and Luk Olenginski ’15 finished at 7:58.27, four seconds ahead of their nearest competition.
