PITMAN, NJ -- Gabriella Pagano, Izzy Deal, and Nyla Jones took home marquee honors from the New Jersey Athletic Conference in the announcement of the NJAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Teams.

Pagano was named the Thomas M. Gerrity Most Outstanding Athlete with Deal selected the Outstanding NJAC Field Athlete for the second straight year and Jones capturing the NJAC Rookie of the Year to highlight 14 Profs selected.

All-conference selections are based off of the results of the NJAC Outdoor Championships while the major awards were voted upon by each institution's head coaches.

Pagano was the high scorer at the NJAC Championship meet, winning gold in both the 1500 and 5000 meters and silver in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Her time of 4:39.26 in the 1500 meters was a personal and season best and is the fifth-fastest 1500 in the NCAA Metro Region this season. She ran an 18:18.62 in the 5000 meters and currently owns the second-fastest Metro Region time of the season. The senior clocked in at 11:32.89 in the steeplechase for a second-place finish and also owns the second-fastest time in the region in that event.
 
Deal earns the conference's top field athlete honor for the second straight year after repeating as NJAC champion in both the shot put and javelin. Deal moved up to ninth in Division III with her winning shot put heave of 14.12 meters, marking a personal best and a Rowan program record. She threw for 39.17 meters in the javelin and currently ranks 12th in the country in that event.

Jones a three-time NJAC Rookie of the Week, swept the hurdles events at her first conference outdoor championship meet. She posted the third-fastest 400 hurdles time in Division III, clocking in at a NJAC championship meet record time of 1:00.42. The freshman won the 100 hurdles (14.35) and currently ranks 21st in the country in that event. Jones also ran on Rowan's winning 4x400 meter relay that clocked a 3:49.32 and ranks 23rd in Division III.

Also earning first-team honors were Molly Lodge (200 meters), Anna Sasse (3000 meter steeplechase), Sidney Whetstone (Long Jump), and the 4x400 relay of Lodge, Jones, Nevaeh Lorjuste, and Paige Franklin.

Lodge (400 meters), Pagano (3000 meter steeplechase), Sasse (1500 meters), Mya Walker (100 meters), and Rhi'Onna Timmons (Long Jump) all earned second-team honors.

Ava Rizzo (800 meters), Shannon Stakelbeck (10,000 meters), Emily Zanni (3000 meter steeplechase), and Alaijha Wilson (Discus) were named honorable metion.

The Profs were runners-up at the NJAC Championships, nearly unseating defending champion TCNJ.

Here is a rundown of the all-conference awards:
Deal - 1st (Shot), 1st (Javelin)
Franklin - 1st (4x400 relay)
Jones - 1st (100 meter hurdles), 1st (400 meter hurdles)
Lodge - 1st (4x400 relay), 1st (200 meters), 2nd (400 meters)
Lorjuste - 1st (4x400 relay)
Pagano - 1st (1500 meters), 1st (5000 meters), 2nd (3000 meter steeplechase)
Rizzo - HM (800 meters)
Sasse - 2nd (3000 meter steeplechase), 2nd (1500 meters)
Stakelbeck - HM (10,000 meters)
Timmons - 2nd (Long Jump)
Walker - 2nd (100 meters)
Whetstone - 1st (Long Jump)
Wilson - HM (Discus)
Zanni - HM (3000 meter steeplechase)

Rowan will head to the Widener Final Qualifier meet on Monday, May 12th before selections to the Division III Outdoor Championships, which get underway on May 22nd in Geneva, Ohio.