Landmark Honors Eight Competitors As Players of the Week
MADISON, N.J. - With one Landmark winter championship is in the books and the regular season winding down for others eight student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of the Week for their performances. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
Men's Basketball:
Freshman Jeremy Hays turned in a pair of strong all-around games
for Juniata as the Eagles swept a two-game Landmark home weekend.
He scored in double figures in both games, netting 14 in a win over
Moravian and hitting for 18 as the Eagles topped Scranton. He shot
68-percent from the field and 60-percent from three-point range in
the wins, and averaged four rebounds, four assists and 2.5 steals
over the two-game series.
Women's Basketball:
Kate McDonald had a pair of strong all-around games to help Juniata
sweep Moravian and Scranton in Landmark action. She scored a
team-high 19 points with nine rebounds, five steals and three
assists as the Eagles downed Moravian, then followed it up with her
seventh double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while adding
three assists and two steals in an overtime win over Scranton. For
the week she averaged 17.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals, three
assists and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 62-percent
from the field.
Men's Field:
Susquehanna’s Ken Schetroma had a pair of top-3 finishes at
the Susquehanna Indoor Invitational. He finished second in the
weight throw with a mark of 13.85-meters, and then tossed the shot
14.35-meters. Both marks rank as the best in the Landmark this
season.
Women's Field:
Micah Leonard won a pair of events for Moravian at the
Lafayette-Rider Winter Games. She posted an NCAA provisional leap
of 11.39-meters to place first in the triple jump, and then
narrowly missed another NCAA mark by jumping 5.45-meters to win the
long jump at the meet. Both her jumps rank as the best in the
Landmark this year.
Men's Swimming & Diving:
Catholic freshman Caleb Capozella was named the Male Swimmer and
Rookie of the Year at the Landmark Swimming & Diving
Championships. He won three individual events over the three days,
setting one Landmark record and another Championship meet record.
He won the 200 IM in a Landmark-record time of 1:54.83, followed
with a meet record time of 52.45 to win the 100-backstroke and then
claimed the 200-backstroke on the final day of the meet with a time
of 1:53.65.
Women's Swimming & Diving:
With three individual victories in three days Catholic’s
Joanna Ladas was named the Female Swimmer of the Year and Rookie of
the Year at the Landmark Swimming & Diving Championships. The
freshman won the 500-freestyle with a Landmark record time of
5:07.09, won the 200 freestyle with another Landmark record time of
1:56.16 and then swam an NCAA provisional qualifying time and broke
another Landmark record in winning the 1,650-freestyle in
17:31.64.
Men's Track:
Moravian’s Eric Woodruff set a pair of school records
competing at the Lafayette-Rider Winter Games. He won the 60-meter
dash in 6.87 seconds, which was an NCAA provisional qualifying
time, and also won the 200-meter dash in 21.55 seconds. Both times
are school records and the best in the conference this year.
Women's Track:
Susquehanna’s Alycia Woodruff fared well at the Susquehanna
Indoor Invitational. She broke her own school record and ran the
fastest time in the conference this season in winning the mile with
a time of 5:11.20. She outran 26 competitors to win the event.
