Joseph, McFadden Collect CCC Women’s Track & Field Weekly Awards

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- Graduate student Joanna Joseph (Brockton, Mass.) and rookie Isis McFadden (Telford, Pa.) of the Eastern Nazarene College women's track and field team each picked up their first career Commonwealth Coast Conference weekly awards as Joseph claimed CCC Field Athlete of the Week honors while McFadden was tabbed the CCC Track Rookie of the Week, announced the league office Monday.

The Lions captured ninth at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Classic, placing ahead of Massachusetts Maritime, Lasell, Community College of Rhode Island, and the Northeastern Running Club.

Joseph placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 9.84 meters.

McFadden posted a pair of top-10 finishes on the day, claiming sixth in the long jump with a mark of 4.9 meters and racing to eighth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.53 seconds. She also ran the lead-off leg of the 4x100 meter relay as the Lions clocked in with a time of 56.48 seconds to grab fifth.

Up next, Eastern Nazarene will compete at the Mount Holyoke College Spring Fling Invitational April 14.