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Caroline Banas stamped herself as one of the top high jump performers in Division III after she earned All-American honors for finishing seventh in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships last March.The 5-foot-9 Banas, from Dallas and a Holy Redeemer grad, has finished first in 10 high jump events in her career with the University of Scranton Royals. She was the winner of both the Landmark Conference indoor and outdoor championships in her first year with the team last season. She&#8217;s a junior academic-wise but a sophomore eligibility-wise because Scranton didn&#8217;t field a track team her first year at the school.&#8220;Caroline has truly been a blessing for our program,&#8221; second-year coach Ozzie Brown said. &#8220;To walk in and have an athlete of her caliber at the school to use as an example has helped immensely as a coach.&#8221;The coach said that the goal last season was to get to the NCAAs both indoors and outdoors as well as beating her high school personal record of 5 feet, 7 inches. She did both, finishing 17th at the outdoor championships and posting a 5-foot-7 &#188; inch effort to win Cornell&#8217;s Deneault Memorial last February in Ithaca, N.Y.&#8220;As for this year, I would like to see Caroline again reach both NCAA meets as well as consistently jump at higher heights so the big jumps at high-level meets will become easier,&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;The more she works and the more experience she gains, the better high jumper she will be. I look forward to her future growth because I know she is just scratching the surface of her potential.&#8221;Banas opened this indoor season by finishing first at the River Hawk Opener on Dec. 30 in Selinsgrove with a 5-foot, 4 &#188; inch effort. That was the team&#8217;s only indoor meet thus far. She and the Royals are scheduled to return to action at Lehigh&#8217;s John Covert Classic Saturday in Bethlehem.Lydia Lawson (Elizabethtown)The junior shattered a pair of records to lead the women&#8217;s basketball team to an 82-74 overtime victory over Susquehanna on Jan. 12 in Selinsgrove. The 5-foot-4 guard, a Holy Redeemer grad, scored 37 points and hit 19 of 24 free throws in the game. Her previous career-high came three days earlier when she had 25 points in an 81-48 victory over Goucher. The old school record was 31 points and the most free throws ever made in a game were 16. Lawson leads the 11-5 Blue Jays in scoring (16.2), assists (78) and steals (60). She also is averaging 3.9 rebounds a game.Jill Warabak (Lafayette)The freshman had a solid meet for the women&#8217;s indoor track team in a 115-66 loss to rival Lehigh in a dual meet last Saturday in Bethlehem. Warabak, from Pittston and a Holy Cross grad, captured the 60 meter hurdles in a season-best time of 9.06, finished fourth in the 60 meter dash in 8:15 and ran a leg on the 1,600 relay, which finished second in 4:14.76. She finished fourth in the 60 hurdles (9.17) at the Spartan Invitational on Jan. 11 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y.Payden Montana (Penn State)The freshman finished third in the shot put for the women&#8217;s indoor track team at the Big Ten Invitational last Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Berwick grad had a toss of 50 feet, 4 &#189; inches. She also finished 16th in the weight throw with a 43 foot, 8 &#189; inch effort. Montana posted personal bests in both events at the Nittany Lion Invitational on Jan. 12 in University Park. She finished second in the shot put with a heave of 51 feet, &#190; inches and hit 45 feet, 3 inches to finish 15th in the weight throw.Matthew Edkins (St. Lawrence)The senior remained unbeaten in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives after he opened the second semester with the men&#8217;s swim team by winning both at a dual meet against SUNY-Potsdam last Saturday in Potsdam, with the hosts winning 87-58. The Lake-Lehman grad, a four-time Division III All-American, had scores of 252.45 in each event as he gears up for the Liberty League Championships Feb. 20-23 in Ithaca, N.Y. He&#8217;s a two-time league Diver of the Week this season.Naseem Guillaume (East Stroudsburg)The freshman kicked off his indoor track season with a solid effort for the men&#8217;s team by finishing sixth in both the 55 meter hurdles and the 200 meter dash at the Golden Bear Invitational on Jan. 11 in Kutztown. The Pittston Area grad finished the 55 hurdles with a time of 8.46 after an 8.57 clocking in the preliminaries and the 200 with a time of 25.51. The 55 hurdle time is a PSAC qualifier, and the title meet is Feb. 23-24 in Edinboro.Katie Kravitsky (Cincinnati)The redshirt sophomore finished third in the high jump for the women&#8217;s indoor track team at Indiana&#8217;s Gladstein Invitational last Saturday in Bloomington, Ind. The Dallas grad had a height of 5 feet, 3 &#190; inches. Kravitsky has improved in each of her first three meets indoors. She opened the season by posting a 5-foot, 3 inch effort to finish ninth at the Hoosier Invitational on Dec. 7 in Bloomington and hit 5 feet, 3 &#188; inches with a ninth place finish at the Jim Green Invitational on Jan. 12 in Lexington, Ky.Ashley Blannard (Bloomsburg)The freshman opened up the second half of the season with the women&#8217;s indoor track team by finishing fourth in both the long jump and triple jump at Bucknell&#8217;s Gulden Invitational last Saturday in Lewisburg. The Wyoming Valley West grad had a 17 foot, 3 &#189; inch leap in the long jump and hit 36 feet, &#188; inches in the triple jump. She was the second-place Division II finisher in the long jump and trailed three Bucknell athletes in the triple jump.Julia Makowski (Arcadia)The 5-foot-7 freshman guard has played in all 18 games with nine starts for the 7-11 women&#8217;s basketball team. The Crestwood grad is second on the team in scoring with a 12.7-point average and second in steals with 27. She&#8217;s also averaging 6.1 rebounds and has 23 assists. Makowski is closing the season on a high note. She&#8217;s hit double figures in nine of the Knights&#8217; last 10 games. She had a college career-high 26 points earlier in the season in an 89-77 victory over Hood on Dec. 1 in Glenside.Carly Ray (Lock Haven)The junior helped the women&#8217;s swim team finish second to host California in the four-team Vulcan Invitational last Friday in California. The meet was limited to just one day because of the bad weather. The Coughlin grad finished second in the 100 freestyle (57.02) and seventh in the 500 freestyle (5:47.14). Ray also swam the anchor legs on the 200 free relay (1:47.92) and the 400 medley relay (4:20.05) both of which finished second. Senior Steph Parker, a Berwick grad, finished third in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.52).Ben Rachella (Quincy)The 6-foot-6, 170-pound freshman opposite has played in all three matches and eight sets for the men&#8217;s volleyball team. The Hawks opened the season at 2-1 after dropping a 3-0 decision in a home match against Barton last Sunday in Lebanon, Tenn. The Holy Redeemer grad was second on the team with eight kills and four total blocks in the match. On the season, Rachella has 18 kills, nine digs and five total blocks.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Holy Redeemer grad Caroline Banas opened the indoor track and field season with a high jump victory for the University of Scranton at River Hawk Opener on Dec. 30 in Selinsgrove. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web1_Banas-Caroline-11-30-18-4-.jpg</photo0><caption0>Holy Redeemer grad Caroline Banas opened the indoor track and field season with a high jump victory for the University of Scranton at River Hawk Opener on Dec. 30 in Selinsgrove. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted Photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Bill ArsenaultFor Times-Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta></shirttailMeta></div>

College Corner: Holy Redeemer grad Banas leading Scranton track and field team