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A busy weekend paid off for Olivia Jendrzejewski and the Lebanon Valley women&#8217;s track team.The junior competed in four events and the results earned the Hanover Area grad the Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and helped the Dutchwomen finish third in the team standings last weekend in Reading. She also earned the league&#8217;s final Field Athlete of the Week honor.Jendrzejewski finished first in the high jump with a 5-5 effort and first in the triple jump with a 37-4 performance. She also finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.84. It&#8217;s an event she began running this spring. She also picked up points by finishing seventh in the long jump with a 16-5 &#190; effort.The Athlete of the Year honor gave Jendrzejewski a sweep of the award. She was named the Indoor Field Athlete of the Year after she won the high jump and triple jump titles at the league meet Feb. 26-27 in Bethlehem.Hayward hurdles foesSt. Joseph&#8217;s senior Dannah Hayward captured the 400-meter hurdles at last weekend&#8217;s Atlantic 10 Conference Outdoor Track Championships in Fairfax, Va.The Coughlin grad broke the school record she set as a freshman by finishing with a time of 100.04. That broke her old mark by .07 seconds and bettered the runner-up by .03 seconds.It was Hayward&#8217;s fifth victory in six meets this spring. She finished 23rd out of 52 competitors at the Penn Relays with an ECAC qualifying time of 1:02.08.Freshman Nathaniela Bourdeau, another Coughlin grad, finished second in the 200 dash (24.50) and fourth in the 100 (12.32). She also picked up a point by running a leg on the 4x100 relay which finished fifth (48.40).Hayward and Bourdeau totaled 24 points almost half of the Hawks&#8217; team total of 49, good for ninth place in the team standings.An easy victory for RomeWilliam &amp; Mary All-American Regan Rome captured her first 5,000-meter run title at last weekend&#8217;s Colonial Athletic Conference Outdoor Track Championships in Elon, N.C.Rome, a Dallas High grad, posted a time of 16:27.55 to earn the title and beat the runner-up by more than 11 seconds. It was a modest time for Rome, but she has already qualified for the NCAA Division I Semifinals after posting a time of 16:12.82 to capture the Colonial Relays title on April 1.Rome also finished third in the 1,500 run at the CAA event with a lifetime best time of 4.24.16.The Tribe finished tied for third out of eight teams.Matthews wraps it upSenior Brandon Matthews played his final match for the Temple men&#8217;s golf team at the American Athletic Conference Championships on May 3 in LeCanto, Fla.The Pittston Area grad finished fifth with a three-under-par score of 213 and had a two-under 70 in his final round playing for the Owls. He finished four strokes behind the medalist, shooting a three-under 69 in the first round but had to settle for a two-over 74 in the second round.&#8220;In my opinion Brandon is the best player in Temple history,&#8221; coach Brian Quinn told the media after the tourney. &#8220;His future in golf is going to be long and hopefully prosperous. He is an incredible talent and it has been a privilege to watch him play and improve as a player.&#8221;Temple finished eighth in the nine-team field.Top honor for VitiSenior Amy Viti was named Middle Atlantic Conference Female Track Athlete of the Year after leading the Misericordia women&#8217;s team to victory in the league outdoor championships.Viti, a Hanover Area grad, finished first in the 400 (55.96) and 800 (2:12.48). She also ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x400 relay (3:57.00). All three times qualify her for the ECAC Division III Championship next week in Westfield, Mass.Cougars senior Bianca Bolton, a Pittston Area grad, also did well in the meet. She captured the 1,500 (4:41.54) and ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x800 relay (9:31.70). Both times are ECAC qualifiers. She also picked up points for finishing fifth in the 800 (2:20.94).A first for Fransoza Duquesne senior Julie Franzosa captured the javelin throw at last weekend&#8217;s Atlantic 10 Conference Outdoor Track Championships in Fairfax, Va. Franzosa, a Hazleton Area grad, posted a heave of 150-feet, 3-inches.Senior Julia Wignot, a Holy Redeemer grad, also competes for the Dukes. She was ninth in the long jump (17-02) and 20th in the 100 (13.22).The Duquesne women finished sixth out of 13 teams with 75 points.Nijmeh&#8217;s freshman season ends Freshman Omar Nijmeh and the Concordia men&#8217;s lacrosse team saw the season come to a close in a 13-11 loss to Aurora in the Midwest Lacrosse Conference Championship game last Saturday night in Aurora, Ill. The team ended with a 12-5 record.Nijmeh, a Dallas High grad, finished with five goals and three assists for the Wisconsin-based Falcons. He picked up his first college goal and assist in a 12-10 victory over Olivet. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound midfielder had two goals in a 25-4 triumph over Mount Saint Vincent and had a goal and an assist in a 12-5 victory over Cornell College.Polachek an MVPSUNY Fredonia held its awards ceremony last Sunday and Bobby Polachek was named Most Valuable Player in men&#8217;s hockey.Freshman Polachek, a 6-4, 210-pound forward from Kingston (Wyoming Seminary), had seven goals, a team-high 16 assists and was second on the team in scoring with 23 points.The Blue Devils posted an 8-14-3 overall record and a 4-10-2 mark in the State University of New York Athletic Conference.Demko helps RamsJunior Rebecca Demko played shortstop and served as the designated hitter for the Winston Salem State softball team, which posted a 30-23 record and saw the season end with losses to West Virginia Wesleyan (3-0) and Bloomsburg (6-0) in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals last weekend.Demko, a Hazleton Area and Monroe Community College grad, was playing her first season with the Rams. She hit .270 (41 for 152) with three doubles, a triple, a home run, 21 runs scored and 13 runs batted in. In the field, she made 10 errors on 162 chances (.938) with two double plays.Markowski a winner Sophomore Brian Markowski posted a 4-2 record as a starter for the Scranton baseball team, the Royals finishing 16-21 overall and a 9-12 mark in the Landmark Conference.The left-hander, a Crestwood grad, pitched 45.2 innings and gave up 50 hits and 29 runs, 23 earned, with 23 walks and 34 strikeouts.Sophomore Anthony Caladie, another Crestwood grad, pitched 10 games in relief and was 0-1 with three saves. In 15.1 innings, the right-hander gave up 16 hits and seven runs, all earned, with five walks and 13 strikeouts. He also hit .306 (15-for-49) in 17 games.Senior catcher Dominick Gulius, a Coughlin grad, hit .244 in 14 games.Snyder, Mates NCAA-boundJunior Elliott Snyder and the 24-16-1 Widener baseball team will find out Sunday where and who they will play in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.Snyder picked up a victory in relief as the Pride took three games to capture the MAC Commonwealth title last weekend in York. The 6-foot, 180-pound left-hander, a Crestwood grad, pitched 1.2 innings in an 11-7 victory over Stevenson last Saturday. He gave up four hits and three runs, but just one earned.On the season, Snyder is 1-1 with two saves and a 2.20 earned run average.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Hanover Area graduate, Olivia Jendrzejewski, was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and helped the Dutchwomen finish third in the team standings last weekend in Reading. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_olivia-jendrzejewski-ncaa-high-hump.jpg</photo0><caption0>Hanover Area graduate, Olivia Jendrzejewski, was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and helped the Dutchwomen finish third in the team standings last weekend in Reading. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Bill ArsenaultFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

College Corner:Olivia Jendrzejewski named MAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year