Final Results

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Allegheny women's track and field team won the 2023 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Indoor Championship Thursday (Feb. 23), their ninth indoor conference title in program history.
 
Competing in their first PAC Championships since rejoining the conference this year, this marked the 23rd overall conference title between both indoor and outdoor and the first since they won the 2021 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Outdoor Championship.
 
The team finished with 126 points, 17 points ahead of runner-up Grove City, while capturing four individual titles.
 
In addition to winning the team title, the Gator coaching staff consisting of Head Coach Ben Mourer '07 and Assistant Coaches Wade Floyd, Bri Ratliff and Challen Jackson were named the PAC Coaching Staff of the Year. 
 
Mihaela Toader (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) earned two of those individual titles. Toader earned her first victory of the championships in the 400 meter dash. As the only sub-one minute runner, Toader won with a time of 58.45. Her second title of the day came in the 200 meter dash. Crossing the finish line with a time of 25.49, Toader earned 10 more team points. That time broke the program's indoor record as well as the PAC Championship record.
 
Shortly after running the 400, Toader placed third in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.94, earning six more points. That time broke the previous program record of 7.98 held by Natalie Corrado. In addition to the track events, Toader also competed in the triple jump. With a distance of 10.29 meters, Toader placed fifth and gained the Gators four points.
 
The Gators swept the throwing events. Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy) earned an individual title for the Gators in the shot put. With a toss of 12.24 meters, Miller brought home the title and gave the Gators 10 more points. Miller also finished fifth in the weight throw with a toss of 12.96 meters.
 
Lydia Giannini (Warren, Pa./Eisenhower) was victorious in the weight throw with a toss of 14.97. That win earned 10 more points for the team. In addition to the win, Giannini earned the team five more points, taking fifth in the shot put with a toss of 11.55 meters.
 
Celia Cocca (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) nearly won the 800 meter run. Finishing the race in a time of 2:19.59, Cocca was just .05 seconds behind the winner.  Nelly Stafford (Middletown, Md./Middletown) placed sixth in the event with a time of 2:25.43. Those two top finishes gained the Gators 11 points. Stafford also finished fifth in the one mile run with a time of 5:22.38, which earned the team four points. 
 
Laila Davis (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) was third in the shot put with a toss of 11.79 meters while Caitlyn Faust (Northfield, Minn./Northfield) placed seventh in the weight throw with a heave of 12.30 meters.
 
Melina Mangino (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) qualified for the finals in three sprint events. In the 60 meter hurdles, Mangino earned five team points after clocking in at 9.54 to place fourth. In the 60 dash, Mangino finished eighth with a time of 8.31. She also placed eighth in the 200 dash with a time of 27.47. Those three finishes netted the team seven points.
 
In addition to Toader's 400 win, two other Gators earned top-eight finishes in the event. Renee Tetlow (Geneva, Ohio/Geneva) took sixth with a time of 1:02.10 while Emma Anderson (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) finished eighth with a time of 1:02.96. The pair combined to earn four more points.
 
Megan Aaron (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) had a pair of top-eight finishes. She placed third in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 18:18.66. Aaron led the way for the Gators in the 3,000 meter run as she placed fourth with a time of 10:30.39, earning five points. 
 
Leuca Hanish (Baden, Pa./Ambridge) took fourth in the 5,000 with a time of 18:22.47. Mazzie Standish (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) placed sixth in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 10:4464 while Tara Chillingworth (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) ran a time of 11:16.30 to finish eighth.
 
The Distance Medley Relay team of Cocca, Kelsey Anderson (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton), Marrin Crist (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) and Standish placed fourth with a time of 13:11.23.
 
In the final event of the evening, the 4x400 Meter relay team of Tetlow, Stafford, Julieta Schworm (Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) and Toader collected a runner-up finish with a time of 4:10.33, securing the team title.
 
Allegheny Finishes
 
60 Meter Dash
3rd. Toader (7.94)
8th. Mangino (8.31)
18th. Ayah Sham (Houston, Texas/Klein) (8.68)
 
200 Meter Dash
1st. Toader (25.49)
8th. Mangino (27.47)
11th. Emma Anderson (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) (27.68)
18th. K. Anderson (28.58)
 
400 Meter Dash
1st. Toader (58.45)
6th. Tetlow (1:02.10)
8th. E. Anderson (1:02.96)
12th. Schworm (1:03.95)
 
800 Meter Run
2nd. Cocca (2:19.59)
6th. Stafford (2:25.43)
14th. Chloe Bonson (Penn Township, Pa./Penn-Trafford) (2:45.49)
 
1 Mile Run
5th. Stafford (5:22.38)
10th. Crist (5:39.37)
 
3,000 Meter Run
4th. Aaron (10:30.39)
6th. Standish (10:44.64)
8th. Chillingworth (11:16.30)
9th. Bonson (11:42.12)
 
5,000 Meter Run
3rd. Aaron (18:18.66)
4th. Hanish (18:22.47)
9th. Hailey Stupay (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights) (19:32.28)
14th. Eva Kerr (Fredericksburg, Va./James Monroe) (20:06.47)
15th. Madeline Allen (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) (20:13.99)
 
60 Meter Hurdles
4th. Mangino (9.54)
 
4x400 Meter Relay
2nd. Tetlow, Stafford, Schworm, Toader (4:10.33)
 
Distance Medley Relay
4th. Cocca, K. Anderson, Crist, Standish (13:11.23)
 
Long Jump
15th. Schworm (4.44 meters)
 
Triple Jump
5th. Toader (10.29 meters)
 
Shot Put
1st. Miller (12.24 meters)
3rd. Davis (11.79)
4th. Giannini (11.55 meters)
14th. Libby Babcock (Adamsville, Pa./Jamestown) (10.42 meters)
19th. Matilda Earwood (Pitsburg, Ohio/Franklin Monroe (9.83 meters)
 
Weight Throw
1st. Giannini (14.97 meters)
5th. Miller (12.96 meters)
7th. Faust (12.30 meters)
12th. Davis (11.12 meters)
13th. Jacqueline DiGiacomo (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny) (11.03 meters)
19th. Earwood (9.44 meters)