Women's Track and Field 1/25/2025 6:56:00 AM

Hawks Shine at Pat Heenan Invitational

Naperville, IL: The Hawks women's track and field team kicked off their 2025 season with a strong showing at the Pat Heenan Invitational, hosted by North Central College. Eight athletes competed for the Hawks, highlighted by personal bests and scoring performances from several team members.

Sophomore Delaney Gale led the way in the 60m hurdles, clocking her best indoor time of 9.82 in the prelims to advance to the finals where she took 7th place. Gale also competed in the 200m, finishing with a time of 28.58. Fellow sophomore Natalia Pocica matched Gale's 7th-place effort, this time in the 400m, running an indoor personal best of 63.24. Pocica showcased her versatility by recording a triple jump mark of 31' 3.75". Pocica's time and mark both met the 2025 NJCAA National Qualifying standard as well.

Lucia Sanchez Scriven rounded out the scoring trio with an 8th-place finish in the triple jump, achieving a mark of 32' 5", just ahead of her previous best from 2024. She also set an indoor personal best of 16' 1.5" in the long jump and cleared 8' 2.5" in the pole vault. All three of her marks met the national 2025 NJCAA National Qualifying standard as well.

Other sophomores contributing to the team effort included throwers Kasey Ledinsky and Rose Wagner. Ledinsky posted a weight throw mark of 31' 4.5", while Wagner threw 30' 7.75" in the same event and added a shot put mark of 22' 7.25". Sprinter Zoe Pavlu competed in the 60m and 200m, running 9.04 and 30.66, respectively.

Two newcomers, Roza Puchalski and Hannah Schulz, made promising debuts for the Hawks. Puchalski impressed in the mile with a time of 6:14.23, while Schulz joined the throws squad, recording marks of 31' 3" in the weight throw and 27' 2" in the shot put.

The Hawks will look to build on their strong start when they travel to Olivet Nazarene University for the Walt Cramer Open on January 31.

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Players Mentioned

Delaney Gale: Sophomore; 100mH, 400mH

Zoe Pavlu: Sophomore; 100m, 200m

Natalia Pocica: Sophomore; 200m, 400m, TJ

Lucia Sanchez Scriven: Sophomore; 100mH, 400mH, PV, LJ, TJ

Rose Wagner: Sophomore; Throws

Roza Puchalski: Freshman; 5k, 10k

Hannah Schulz: Freshman; Throws

Players Mentioned

Delaney Gale
: Sophomore; 100mH, 400mH

Zoe Pavlu
: Sophomore; 100m, 200m

Natalia Pocica
: Sophomore; 200m, 400m, TJ

Lucia Sanchez Scriven
: Sophomore; 100mH, 400mH, PV, LJ, TJ

Rose Wagner
: Sophomore; Throws

Roza Puchalski
: Freshman; 5k, 10k

Hannah Schulz
: Freshman; Throws