BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Army West Point, Boston University and Lehigh each took home a Patriot League Outdoor Track and Field weekly award when the accolades were announced by the League office on Tuesday.
 
Boston University junior Vera Sjöberg earned Patriot League Outdoor Women’s Track Athlete of the Week after logging a 5,000-meter time of 15:40.76 at Penn Relays. The mark leads the Patriot League and ranks 27th in NCAA DI.
 
Army West Point senior Emily Fink was named Patriot League Women’s Field Athlete of the Week after winning the hammer throw (65.95m | 216’ 4”) and finishing as the runner-up in the shot put (16.12m | 52’ 10.75”) at Penn Relays. Fink leads the Patriot League in both events.
 
Lehigh first-year Emily Kolodziej earned Patriot League Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Rookie of the Week honors after a victory in the discus at the Carol and John Covert Classic. Her mark of 45.40m (148’ 11”) ranks seventh overall in the League and is the best this season by a first-year student-athlete.
 
Boston University’s Asia Hamilton, Lehigh’s Grace Kennedy and Navy’s Jia Anderson earned honorable mention honors this week.  
 
Patriot League Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
Vera Sjöberg, Boston University, Jr., Distance, Stockholm, Sweden/Rudbeck
*Sjöberg logged a 5,000m time of 15:40.76 at Penn Relays.
*The time broke a BU school record and leads the Patriot League this season.
*Her mark ranks 27th in NCAA DI.  
 
Patriot League Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Emily Fink, Army West Point, Sr., Throws, Three Lakes, Wisc./Three Lakes
*Fink won the hammer throw (65.95m | 216’ 4”) and finished as the runner-up in the shot put (16.12m | 52’ 10.75”) at Penn Relays.
*Fink leads the Patriot League in both events.

Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Week
Emily Kolodziej, Lehigh, Fy., Throws, Branchburg, N.J./Somerville
*Kolodziej won the discus with a personal-best mark of 45.40m (148’ 11”) at the Carol and John Covert Classic.
*Her mark leads all League first-years in the event.
 
Honorable Mention
Asia Hamilton, Boston University, Sr., Jumps, Mississauga, Ontario/St. Edmund Campion
*Hamilton finished as the runner-up in the long jump at the Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Meet with a mark of 6.12m (20’ 1”).
 
Grace Kennedy, Lehigh, Jr., Sprints/Hurdles, Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood
*Kennedy logged a 400-meter hurdle mark of 1:00.00 at Penn Relays.
*The mark is second-best in Mountain Hawks’ history.  
 
Jia Anderson, Navy, Jr., Sprints/Hurdles, Wilmington, Del./ Padua Academy
*Anderson posted the program's second-fastest 100-meter hurdles time of 13.64 to finish in 11th place at the Penn Relays.
*Her mark is best in the Patriot League this season.
 
Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
3.25 – Liam Lyons, Holy Cross, Jr.
4.1 – Karsen Vesty, Boston University, So.
4.8 – Nathan Kent, Navy, So.
4.15 – Anthony Diaz, Army West Point, Jr.
4.22 – Nathan Davis, Army West Point, Jr.
4.29 – No award presented

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
3.25 – Ida Moczerniuk, Lafayette, So.
4.1 – Mikayla Cheney, Army West Point, So.
4.8 – Annie Lemelin, Navy, Sr.
4.15 – Abby Klebe, Lehigh, Jr.,
4.22 – Vera Sjöberg, Boston University, Jr.
4.29 – Vera Sjöberg, Boston University, Jr.

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week
3.25 – Owen Faulha, Boston University, Sr.
4.1 – Skyler Mott, Lehigh, Sr.
4.8 – Carlos Posey, Army West Point, Jr.
4.15 – Wil Jaques, Lehigh, Jr.
4.22 – Javan Guevara-Cragwell, Army West Point, Sr.
4.29 – No award presented
 
Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
3.25 – Ellie Roan, Boston University, Jr.
4.1 – Emily Fink, Army West Point, Sr.
4.8 – Emily Fink, Army West Point, Sr.
4.15 – Emily Fink, Army West Point, Sr.
4.22 – Peace Omonzane, Boston University, Jr.
4.29 – Emily Fink, Army West Point, Sr.
 
Men’s Rookie of the Week
3.25 – Wyatt Shaw, Navy, Fr.
4.1 – Thomas Cowan, Boston University, Fr.
4.8 – Brian Schloeder, Navy, Fr.
*4.15 – John Phelps, Army West Point, Fr. & Gabriel Pecaitis, Bucknell, Fr.
4.22 – Guy Margalit, Boston University, Fr.
4.29 – No award presented
*Co-Rookie of the Week
 
Women’s Rookie of the Week
3.25 – Zoie Tesi, Navy, Fr.
4.1 – Noelani Sadler, Bucknell, Fr.
4.8 – Alex Lea, Bucknell, Fr.
4.15 – Abby Desmarais, Holy Cross, Fr. 
4.22 – Abby Desmarais, Holy Cross, Fr. 
4.29 – Emily Kolodziej, Lehigh, Fy.
 
PATRIOT LEAGUE OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2024-25 Patriot League Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held in Worchester, Mass. at the College of the Holy Cross. Events at Hart Track begin Friday, May 2, and conclude on Saturday, May 3. All nine men's programs and each of the 10 women's teams will compete. The Patriot League will stream a majority of the two-day meet on ESPN+ at PatriotLeague.tv. 
 
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