Rider junior Mariah Stephens from Egg Harbor Township won her 10th, 11th and 12th individual conference titles over the weekend at the MAAC Championships on her home track in Lawrenceville.
Competing all weekend in cold, rainy conditions, Stephens won the 100 in 12.33, the long jump with a personal-best 19-4 [more on that performance here] and also won the triple jump with a 38-6 ¾. She was also 2nd in the 100-meter hurdles and ran a leg on the 2nd-place 4-by-100 relay team [47.68]. She also PR’d in the 100 meters in Saturday’s trials with a 12.13.
In addition to her 11 individual Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles, Stephens has another first place on a relay team plus 11 more top-three performances in individual events.
That’s a total of 23 top-three finishes in three years.
Thanks in great part to Stephens, Rider won its 2nd straight team title, 227-170 over Quinnipiac. Rider also won team titles in 2004, 2007 and 2013.
Here’s a look at Stephens’ conference titles:
2024 Outdoors
100-Meter Dash [12.33]
Long Jump [19-4]
Triple Jump [38-6 ¾]
2024 Indoors
60-Meter Hurdles [8.64]
Long Jump [19-1 ¼]
Triple Jump [39-8 ¾]
2023 Outdoors
Triple Jump [39-0 ½]
2023 Indoors
60-Meter Hurdles [8.59]
Triple Jump [38-4 ¼]
2022 Outdoors
Triple Jump [39-5 ¼]
400-Meter Relay [47.26]
2022 Indoors
Long Jump [18-5 ¾]
Triple Jump [38-5 ½]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 