WORCESTER, Mass. – Eight Crusaders on the Holy Cross track and field teams have been named to the Indoor Track and Field All-Patriot League Teams at the conclusion of the 2024-25 Patriot League Indoor Championship.
Freshman Khalil Antoine and senior captain Josh Exantus were both named First Team All-Patriot League. Exantus won the 60m hurdles final with a time of 8.12 to take home the gold medal. Antoine won gold in the high jump, tying the meet record, with a mark of 2.13m. He also took the bronze in the 60m hurdles (8.24) and placed fourth in the triple jump (14.76m). The freshman was the top scorer of all first-year male athletes and was named Men's Rookie of the Meet.
Junior captain Liam Lyons, senior Ella Grey and the members of the women's 4x400m relay team including, freshmen Abby Desmarais and Danielle DiEsso and senior captains Molly O'Connor and Haley Murphy, were all named Second Team All-Patriot League. Lyons claimed the silver medal in the mile with a time of 4:01.94. Grey took the silver in the 60m hurdles final, setting a new school record for the fifth consecutive time, clocking in at 8.530. The women's 4x400m relay clinched the silver with a time of 3:47.92.
Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championship Records Broken
Men's Mile Run – Foster Malleck, Boston University, Gr., 3:58.11
Women's Long Jump – Peace Omonzane, Boston University, Jr., 6.20 meters
Women's 800m – Abby Klebe, Lehigh, Jr., 2:07.01
Women's Mile Run – Vera Sjöberg, Boston University, Jr., 4:40.14
2024-25 Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championships Major Awards
Women's Coach of the Year – Grant Cartwright, Boston University
Men's Coach of the Year – Jamie Cook, Navy
Women's Rookie of the Meet – Alex Lea, Bucknell
Men's Rookie of the Meet – Khalil Antoine, Holy Cross
Women's Highest Point Scorer – Vera Sjöberg, Boston University
Men's Highest Point Scorer – Nathan Kent, Navy
Women's Field Athlete of the Meet – Peace Omonzane, Boston University
Men's Field Athlete of the Meet – Robby Manse, Army West Point
Women's Track Athlete of the Meet – Vera Sjöberg, Boston University
Men's Track Athlete of the Meet – Nathan Kent, Navy
Men's Indoor Track & Field First-Team All-Patriot League (First-Place Finishers)
American: Carver Morgan (800m)
Army West Point: Kasen Jeitz (800m), Brian McSweeney (Pole Vault), Robby Manse (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
Boston University: Foster Malleck (Mile, 3,000m), Guy Margalit (Triple Jump)
Colgate: Cole Blair (Long Jump)
Holy Cross: Khalil Antoine (High Jump), Joshua Exantus (60-meter hurdles)
Navy: Dane Eike (4x800m), Colby Fahrney (4x400), Nathan Kent (200m, 400m), Luke Nester (DMR, 4x800m), Matthew Newell (DMR, 4x800m), William Pierce (4x400), Brian Schloeder (4x400), Carson Sloat (DMR, 4x800m), Nicolas Simmons (4x400), Murphy Smith (5,000m), David Walker (DMR), William Yurich (60m)
Men's Indoor Track & Field Second-Team All-Patriot League (Second-Place Finishers)
American: Kaden Kluth (DMR), Carver Morgan (DMR), Daniel O'Neill (DMR), Brandon Williams (DMR)
Army West Point: Shawn Carter (4x400), Chad Dohl (4x400), Kasen Jeitz (4x400, 4x800m), Jack Musgrave (4x800m), Carlos Posey (Long Jump), Huston Powers (4x400), Jonathan Segujja (Weight Throw), Ammon Smith (4x800m), Brady Smith (4x800m), Bret Wingard (Triple Jump)
Bucknell: Brian Scotto (60-meter hurdles)
Holy Cross: Liam Lyons (Mile)
Navy: Gunnar Kimball (Pole Vault), Alexander Kirkland (5,000m), Jonah Johnson (60m, 200m), Jacques Guillaume (400m), Murphy Smith (3,000m), Sheldon Ulmer (High Jump)
Women's Indoor Track & Field First-Team All-Patriot League (First-Place Finishers)
Army West Point: Hannah Andrews (4x800m), Alma Lazo Cazares (4x800m), Cherokee Chambers (4x800m), Mikayla Cheney (4x800m), Zoe Whaley (High Jump)
Boston University: Olivia Hughes (Pentathlon), Peace Omonzane (Long Jump, Triple Jump), Ellie Roan (Weight Throw), Vera Sjöberg (Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m)
Colgate: Claire Gillis (200m)
Lafayette: Ida Moczerniuk (60m)
Lehigh: Abby Klebe (800m)
Navy: Jia Anderson (60-meter hurdles), Kylie Bedard (4x400), Helen Emerick (Pole Vault), Katherine Leddy (DMR), Sophia Richter (4x400), Elektra Sanchez (DMR), Katelyn Pepin (DMR), Savannah Swanda (4x400), Alexandra Wercinski (DMR), Taylor Woodworth (400m, 4x400)
Women's Indoor Track & Field Second-Team All-Patriot League (Second-Place Finishers)
American: Lorelei Bangit (400m)
Army West Point: Zoe Eggleston (Pentathlon), Charlotte Richman (3,000m, 5,000m)
Boston University: Jamie Chamberlain (Long Jump), Emma Lawrence (Triple Jump)
Holy Cross: Ella Grey (60-meter hurdles), Abigail Desmarais (4x400), Danielle DiEsso (4x400), Haley Murphy (4x400), Molly O'Connor (4x400)
Lafayette: Nava Chevan (800m), Ida Moczerniuk (200m)
Lehigh: Amber Barrios (DMR), Lauren Bower (DMR), Izabel Fronc (High Jump), Lauryn Heskin (DMR), Abby Klebe (DMR), Laura Reigle (Pole Vault)
Loyola: Lauryn Clarke (60m)
Navy: Julia Blake (4x800m), Katelyn Pepin (4x800m), Alexandra Wercinski (4x800m), Taylor Woodworth (4x800m)
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