Smith College

Melirah Searcy (fr. Edison, NJ/Edison) helped the women’s indoor track team to a seventh place finish at the ECAC Championships (Mar. 2-3).  She ran the third leg of the first place distance medley relay (11:49.15).  The relay broke the school record (12:06.17) from earlier this season at the New Balance Invitational.  Searcy captured third place in the 500 meters with a time of 1:17.61.  She improved upon her previous school mark of 1:18.53 at the Princeton University Invitational.  She was named the NJAC Rookie of the Week.  Searcy will run on the distance medley relay at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships in Grinnell, IA on Friday, March 9 at 8:20 p.m.