SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Roger Williams University Women's Track & Field sophomore
Madison Fancher (Gloversville, N.Y.) and senior
Savannah Fox Tree-McGrath (Billerica, Mass.) have been respectively honored as Commonwealth Coast Conference Track Athlete of the Week and Field Athlete of the Week.
Fancher won both hurdle events on the track at the CCC Championship this week. She took gold in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.08, while finishing the 400 meter hurdles in 1:09.05 later in the day. Fancher was also part of the Roger Williams 4x100 meter relay which took bronze with a time of 4:29.47.
Fox Tree-McGrath competed in three field events at Saturday's (April 27) CCC Track and Field Championship. She medaled in both the javelin and high jump, placing first and second, respectively. She took home the gold in the javelin with a toss of 37.95 meters (124'6"), nearly five meters farther than her closed competitor. In the high jump she cleared 1.52 meters (4'11.75") to take the silver. Fox Tree-McGrath also placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 8.46 meters (27'9.25").
- Release courtesy of the Commonwealth Coast Conference