2020-21 Alfred State Women's Track & Field News

2020-21 CSAC All-Academic Team Pictured is a professor lecturing to his class with the CSAC logo.
24 Track & Field Athletes Earn Academic Honors from the CSAC

August 02, 2021

24 members of the Alfred State Track & Field team have been named to the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Winter/Spring 2021 All-Academic Team. A total of 881 student-athletes were honored.

Marina Miketish and Emma Taggart named USTFCCCA All-Academic
Miketish and Taggart Named USTFCCCA All-Academic - Team Named All-Academic

July 23, 2021

Marina Mikestish (Olean) and Emma Taggart (New Windsor, MD) have been named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes. The pair are part of the 650 women who were honored in NCAA Division III Track & Field. The women's track team as a whole was also honored as an All-Academic Team.

Josh Laurie, Katherine Frascella, and Ryan Lohr named the winners of the 2020-21 Pioneer Legacy award. All three are pictured with the background of Pioneer Stadium at dusk
Frascella, Laurie & Lohr Honored with Pioneer Legacy Awards

July 09, 2021

Kate Frascella (Franklinville), Josh Laurie (LeRoy), and Ryan Lohr (West Seneca) have been named the recipients of the 2020-21 Pioneer Legacy Awards. This award is given to the male and female athletes who have achieved success on and off the field throughout their career at Alfred State. The nominees have demonstrated sportsmanship and leadership, been involved in civic engagement activities, along with earning athletic honors during their career.

Katherine Frascella Named AMCC Woman of the Year
Frascella Named the 2021 AMCC Woman of the Year

June 21, 2021

Alfred State senior Katherine Frascella (Franklinville) has been named the 2021 AMCC Woman of the Year. She is a member of the Pioneers cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field teams, graduating with a 3.94 GPA in Nursing.

Katie Watkins and Zack Linderman Named to the AMCC All-Academic Team
Watkins and Linderman Named to AMCC All-Academic Team

May 26, 2021

Alfred State cross country and track & field athlete Katie Watkins (Addison) and soccer player Zack Linderman (Olean) have been named to the AMCC All-Academic Team.

Emma Taggart and Marina Miketish have been named All-Region by the USTFCCCA
Taggart and Miketish Earn All-Region Honors to Highlight to Track & Field Honors

May 24, 2021

Emma Taggart (New Windsor, MD) and Marina Miketish (Olean) both earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Mideast Region honors recently. These recognitions highlight a successful 2021 outdoor season for Alfred State.

Marina Miketish and Emma Taggart display their awards in the heptathlon
Taggart Breaks School Record in Heptathlon

May 20, 2021

Emma Taggart (New Windsor, MD) set a new Alfred State standard in the heptathlon at the All-Atlantic Region Championships. She improved her personal best by nearly 500 points.

Marina Miketish, Alyssa Delany, and Emma Taggart in the 100m hurdles
Taggart Leads Heptathlon After Day One, Perlino Set New School Record

May 19, 2021

Emma Taggart (New Windsor, MD) leads the heptathlon after day one while Dylan Perlino (Holland) set a new Alfred State record in the hammer throw as the Pioneers competed in the All-Atlantic Region Championship at St. John Fisher.

Alfred State ready for All-Atlantic Regionals Pictured are Student-Athletes competing.
Track Team Ready to Compete at All-Atlantic Regionals

May 18, 2021

The Alfred State track & field team will head to St. John Fisher tomorrow (5/19) and Thursday (5/20) to compete in the All-Atlantic Region Championships. The Pioneers are one of 50 colleges that could send athletes to compete.

Pictured are the winners of the 2021 Alfred State Academic Award. From left to right - Emma Taggart, Riley Mucher, Isabelle Popoff, AJ Gartland, and Stuart Yates
Taggart, Mucher, Popoff, Gartland, and Yates Earn ASC Academic Award

May 17, 2021

Emma Taggart (New Windsor, MD), Riley Mucher (Warsaw), Isabelle Popoff (Cicero North Syracuse), AJ Gartland (Irondequoit), and Stuart Yates (Naples) were recently named the 2021 Alfred State Academic Award winners. The quintet was honored at a ceremony held in the Cappadonia Auditorium. 

My'ana Davis finishing the 4x100m relay
Pioneers Compete at Roberts Wesleyan

May 14, 2021

The Alfred State women's outdoor track & field team competed at the Roberts Wesleyan Capstone Meet on Friday evening.

2021 CSAC Champions - Alfred State Track & Field
Pioneers Win CSAC Championship, Taggart Honored

May 08, 2021

The Alfred State women's track & field team won the CSAC Championship on Saturday. The championship is the first CSAC Championship for Alfred State.

Taggart Leads Way as Pioneers Compete at Geneseo
Taggart Leads Way as Pioneers Compete at Geneseo

May 01, 2021

The Alfred State women's track & field team performed well in their final tune-up before the CSAC Championships. The team recorded nine top-8 finishes at the Geneseo It's Gonna Be May Meet.

Madeline Cole named the CSAC Track Athlete of the Week.
Cole Earns CSAC Honor

April 29, 2021

Madeline Cole (Homer) has been named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Track Athlete of the Week. This is the second week in a row that a Pioneer female student athlete has earned a CSAC honor. 

Pioneers Record Seven Top-8 Finishes
Pioneers Record Seven Top-8 Finishes

April 24, 2021

The Alfred State women's track & field team continued their outdoor season on Saturday at the St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic. The Pioneers recorded seven top-8 finishes.

Miketish Named CSAC Field Athlete of the Week - picture features a headshot of Marina Miketish with a picture of Pioneer Stadium in the background.
Miketish Honored by the CSAC

April 21, 2021

Marina Miketish (Olean) has been named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) field athlete of the week after her record breaking performance in the heptathlon.