Women’s Track & Field Repeats as ECC Indoor Track & Field Champions, Men’s Track & Field Shares First ECC Indoor Track & Field Title

The men’s and women’s track & field teams were honored for their ECC Championship victories during halftime of the women’s basketball CACC Tournament Quarterfinal Game in the Campus Center on February 28.

The Holy Family University women’s track & field team repeated as the 2023 East Coast Conference (ECC) indoor track & field champions.

The men’s and women’s track & field teams were honored for their ECC Championship victories during halftime of the women’s basketball CACC Tournament Quarterfinal Game in the Campus Center on February 28.

Ahead by 4.33 points entering the final event of the evening, the 4x400m relay, the women’s team left little doubt in defending its title as Nyoki Jones ’24, Ariel Salkey ’25, Kenisha Greenwood ’24, and Shania Le Maitre ’24 set a new meet record, 3:54.68, to defeat the next closest quartet by over 10 and a half seconds. 

That left the Tigers with 10.33 more points than second-place Georgian Court, 119-108.67.  
At the same meet, the Holy Family University men’s track & field team tied Georgian Court University for the 2023 East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship, the first in program history. 

Trailing Georgian Court by two points entering the final event of the evening, the 4x400m relay, the quartet of Kouto Anyika ’26, Nafis Zollicoffer ’24, Jade Acevedo ’23 and Tyler Wesley ’26 defeated the Lions by over five seconds with a season-best time of 3:22.12 to capture the 10 points and therefore tie the score at 143.

Women’s soccer alumna Melissa Murphy ’03 was one of four honorees inducted into the CACC Hall of Fame Class of 2022. 

Murphy became Holy Family’s fourth CACC Hall of Fame inductee, joining former women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin, the 2007-08 women’s basketball team, and Catherine Carr ’11. Murphy was honored during halftime of the January 25 women’s and men’s basketball doubleheader.

Murphy had a sensational career on the pitch as she starred from 1999-02. 

She is the only goalkeeper in program history to hold a career goals against average under 1.00 (0.99), and she also is the program's all-time leader with 426 career saves. 

Murphy was a three-time All-CACC selection and went on to earn the league’s player of the year award in 2002 when she was also named all-region and NAIA All-America Honorable Mention.

The program thrived under her stellar play as Holy Family won three consecutive CACC Championships from 1999-2001 while earning a bid to the NAIA regional tournament in each of her four seasons.

 

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