Track Ninth at MAC Championships

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - The Shenandoah University men's and women's track & field teams completed their first-ever participation in the MAC outdoor championships Saturday afternoon with a pair of ninth place finishes.

Four different student-athletes earned a total of six All-MAC awards in the three-day meet, including three by junior Kelley Mitchell.

Mitchell earned first team All-MAC honors in the shot and was a second-team honoree in both the discus and the hammer.

Mitchell now has earned six All-MAC honors in 2008-09.

Freshman Kevin Schaeffer was the Hornets other first team honoree - he finished third in the men's 400 meter hurdles.

Brandi Sobanko and Amy Smith rounded out the athletes earning All-MAC honors with a fourth place showing in the heptathlon and a fifth in the steeplechase, respectively.