The Aurora University women's track team won the 2019 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the eighth consecutive year that the Spartan women have returned the crown to AU. The Spartans finished with 224 points, 98 points ahead of their closest competition.

AU senior Jazzmine had a tremendous NACC meet as she was named the 2019 Track Athlete of the Meet. Reyes led the way with two of the four individual AU NACC Championships. Tikia Harris won in the high jump and Adriana Ramirez repeated as champion in the javelin were the other two NACC individual champs.

As a team, AU scored points in all 21 events while having multiple Spartans on the award stand in two different events. The Spartan women accumulated points from 44 individuals with 17 top three finishers.

Top Aurora University Women's Performance: - Complete results here
100 meter – Gina Ramundo (5th - 12.94)
100 meter hurdles – Taryn Davis (4th – 15.68)
200 meter – Maddie Dawson (6th – 27.00)
400 meter – Maddie Dawson (3rd – 1:00.23)
400 meter hurdles – Jazzmine Reyes (3rd – 1:08.54)
800 meter – Yanira Robledo (7th - 2:35.57)
1,500 meter – Jazzmine Reyes (2nd - 4:52.15)
5,000 meter – Jazzmine Reyes (1st - 19:13.23)
10,000 meter - Jackie Schane (2nd - 39:57.34)
3,000 meter Steeplechase - Jazzmine Reyes (1st - 12:03.77)
4x100 meter relay - Gina Ramundo / Taryn Davis / Destinee Haugabook / Maddie Dawson (4th - 50.01)
4x400 meter relay - Gina Ramundo / Kristin Gessay / Jazzmine Reyes / Maddie Dawson (2nd - 4:11.19)
High Jump – Tikia Harris (1st – 1.61m)
Pole Vault – Elizabeth Branigan (2nd – 3.30m)
Long Jump – Destinee Haugabook (2nd – 5.41m)
Triple Jump – Manuela Foonde (3rd – 11.00m)
Shot Put – Katie Gonterman (2nd - 12.68m)
Discus - Jocelyn Ocon (2nd - 38.71m)
Hammer – Jocelyn Ocon (2nd – 50.36m)
Javelin – Adriana Ramirez (1st - 38.60m)
Heptathlon - Caitlyn Graff (3rd - 3338 points)

NEXT ACTION:
Next action for the Spartan women's track and field team comes on Thursday, May 9 and Friday, March 10 when individuals compete in the Dr. Keeler Last Chance Meet at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Events begin at 11:45 am on Thursday and 3:00 p.m. on Friday.