The College of New Jersey swept to its 11th consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb. 25 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Conference as the Lions captured the men’s competition with 157 points and won the women’s meet with 184 points.  

The TCNJ men and women have won every indoor championship since the conference began conducting the meet in 1998. The meet featured a conference record 376 student-athletes in competition from nine different NJAC institutions.

With their 157 points, the TCNJ men finished 31 points ahead of second-place Ramapo (126), followed by New Jersey City (80), Montclair State (77), Rutgers-Camden (41), Rowan (28), Kean (17) and an eighth-place tie between Richard Stockton and Rutgers-Newark, with 16 points apiece.

The TCNJ women outdistanced Richard Stockton (108), while New Jersey City finished third (90), followed by Ramapo (61), Montclair State (59), Kean (15), Rutgers-Newark (14), Rowan (9) and Rutgers-Camden (7).

The TCNJ duo of junior Stephanie Herrick and senior Brian Donatelli were named the Most Outstanding Female and Male Athletes respectively. Herrick won both the mile run (5:00.87) with an NJAC record and an NCAA Provisional qualifying time and the 800 M (2:23.34). Donatelli won the weight throw (16.14).

The Co-Outstanding Female Track Athletes were NJCU freshman Iris Wilcox, who won the 400-meter dash (59.49) and was a member of the winning 4x200 relay team (1:47.02) and Richard Stockton sophomore Meredith Malloy, who captured both the 3,000 (10:39.38) and 5,000-meter runs (17:48.34).

The Outstanding Female Field Athlete was Richard Stockton sophomore Lisa Shepherd, who won the high jump with an NCAA Provisional jump of 1.65 meters.

On the men’s side, the Most Outstanding Male Track Athlete was freshman William Brown of Montclair State, who had the only NCAA Automatic Qualifier of the day in winning the 55-meter hurdles (7.54).

The Most Outstanding Field Athlete was Richard Stockton senior Anthony DeFeo, who set the NJAC record with a pole vault of 4.88, which also was an NCAA Provisional height.