Women's Track & Field

12th Annual AMC Women's Track & Field Championship
Saturday, April 26, 2003
University of Rio Grande - Rio Grande, Ohio

Outstanding Performer of the Meet
Sara Riley, Tiffin University

Coach of the Year
Bret Otte, Geneva College

Geneva wins first AMC title

RIO GRANDE, Ohio (4.26.2003) - Geneva captured the AMC women's track & field championship with 157 points while four-time defending champion Malone was the runner-up with 134 points. It's the first AMC title in any sport for the Golden Tornadoes, who joined the league in 1998. Geneva's Bret Otte was named the AMC Coach of the Year.

Tiffin's Sara Riley was voted the Outstanding Performer of the Meet. She won the hammer throw with an AMC record toss of 166-feet 1-inch, took 1st place in the javelin (124-6.50), was 2nd in the discus (135-3), and placed 3rd in the shot put (41-0).

Five other AMC women's records fell during the meet and another was set in a new event. Houghton's Sarah Gardner established a new mark in the 100 meter hurdles in 14.60 seconds and Houghton also broke the 4 x 800 meter relay time (9:34.44). Other new records came from Notre Dame's Petra Munroe in the 100 meter dash (12.32), Malone's Tiffany French in the shot put (43-6.25), and Cedarville's Rachael Castro in the pole vault (11-0). Sarah Roberts, also of Cedarville, won the first running of the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase in 11:12.77.