By Lyle Fulton
Ewing, NJ… On the eve of the NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships, The College of New Jersey’s Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) PHOTO was named as the 2008 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Track Athlete of the Year. She is the first Lion to earn the award since the USTFCCCA started presenting it.
Herrick was announced as the recipient of the award at the annual banquet leading up to the championship event. The two-day NCAA Championship is being held March 14-15 and hosted by Ohio Northern University.
Herrick has had a banner season for the Lions and is competing in three events this weekend. The Lion junior is a returning All-American in the 800 meters and qualified for that event last month breaking her own school record with a clocking of 2:11.78. She is also a two-time All-American in the event during the outdoor season. Her other individual event is the mile and she holds that school record as well. She qualified for the mile with a time of 4:56.25 at the New York University FasTrack Invitational.
Her final event is being part of TCNJ’s distance medley relay.
Herrick has earned various honors this season including being named USTFCCCA Division III Atlantic Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. She was previously selected Gerrity Award recipient as the most outstanding female athlete as the Lions won their 11th consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships. Herrick was a four-time honoree as the NJAC Track Athlete of the Week and was tabbed the ECAC Division III Track Athlete on two occasions.
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