CANTON, Ga. – Ciarra Catton of Trinity earns Women's Outdoor Track athlete of the week honor and Serena McNeilly earns Women's Outdoor Field athlete of the week honor after week six of competition.
Around the SAA:
Berry Field Day Invitational
McMurry Warhawk Classic
Rhodes 7-Way Meet
Lee University Fast Break Athletics Invitational
SAA Performance List
2026 SAA Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championship
Athletes of the Week:
Track:
Ciara Catton | Trinity | FR | Leander, TX - Catton completed a massive double this weekend at the Lee Fast Break Invitational, taking 14th overall in the women's 800-meter in a school record of 2:15.02 to move into 33rd in Division III on day two of the meet. On Friday, she set a new PR of 4:41.77 to take 17th overall and move into fourth in program history in the 1500-meter run. She now owns the fastest first-year times in school history in both the 800-meter and 1500-meter.
Field:
Serena McNeilly | Centre | JR | Radcliff, KY - Serena McNeilly competed in the women's heptathlon this weekend for Centre at the Berry Field Day and Multis, taking first place in the grueling event. Her 4,795 points broke her previous school record in the heptathlon by nearly 400 points. As part of the heptathlon, McNeilly set another program record in the high jump as she cleared 5-8.5 (1.74m). McNeilly currently ranks third nationally in the high jump and eighth in the heptathlon, leading the SAA in both.
Track:
- Evan Thomas | Oglethorpe | JR | Kennesaw, GA - Oglethorpe junior Evan Thomas broke two records and set a pair of high SAA and NCAA marks this weekend at Berry's Field Day Invitational. She ran a school record 24.96 in the 200 meters, posting the fourth-best SAA and 37th-best NCAA mark in the event this year, and she ran a school record 57.58 in the 400 meters, which is the top time in the SAA.
- Eleanor Graham | Sewanee | JR | Maryville, TN - Graham finished second in her heat of the 5000-meters at the Lee University FastBreak Invitational, setting a personal-best with a time of 18:43.97. She improved her PR by more than a minute (20:20) and her time ranks third all-time at Sewanee. Her time was the third best among D3 competitors in the event.
Field:
- Macy Murdock | Berry | SR | Carnesville, GA - Murdock placed 2nd in the Heptathlon at the Berry Field Day Multi’s with a new lifetime PR of 4599pts. The total breaks the Berry school record. During the event, Murdock broke the school record in the 100H running 14.97. She also had lifetime PR’s in the Shot Put and Javelin events. The next day, Murdock once again threw a lifetime PR of 39.02m in the Javelin to move to #3 All-Time at Berry in the event. She is the top ranked Javelin thrower in the conference. She is ranked #1 in the South Region and #11 in the Nation in the Heptathlon.
2026 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Report Archive (AOW Track/Field)
Week One - March 10 (Fiona Selders/Onoyeme Egure)
Week Two - March 17 (Katelin Pilarski/Jaycee Green)
Week Three - March 24 (Chloe Hein/Zoey Shahid-Scott)
Week Four - March 31 (Macy Murdock/Onoyeme Egure)
Week Five - April 7 (Chloe Hein/Annabelle Lanik)
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