FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Frostburg State senior sprinter Kayla Truesdel was selected as the CAC Women's Outdoor Athlete of the Year for the second straight year to headline the 2018 All-CAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field team. Penn State Harrisburg freshman Sarah Lehman and Salisbury head coach Jim Jones collected the other top honors as Rookie and Coach of the Year, respectively. 

Truesdel has now secured back-to-back Athlete of the Year awards in both outdoor and indoor track & field, collecting four AOTY honors throughout her stellar career for the Bobcats. That ranks as the second-most in CAC history, behind only former Salisbury's standout Chelsea Tavik, who won the award five times throughout her career. Individually, Truesdel repeated at champion in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the CAC Championship meet. She also had success in the relays, running the leadoff leg of the victorious 4x100 relay for the Bobcats and anchoring the runner-up 4x400 relay. 

Lehman, who also secured Rookie of the Year honors at the indoor championships, becomes the first Penn State Harrisburg athlete to win Outdoor Rookie of the Year. Lehman won the triple jump and finished second in the long jump for the Lions at the championships. 

Jones was voted as Coach of the Year by his peers for the fifth time after guiding the Sea Gulls' to second-place team finish, falling just two points shy of team champion Christopher Newport. Jones also received the award for four straight years from 2010-13. 

Team champion Christopher Newport earned the most spots on the All-CAC squad, securing 10 of the 40 all-star nods, led by sophomore Monica Lannen's gold-medal performances in the 800 and 1,500 meters. Senior Hannah Shoemaker joined Lannen on the All-CAC first team for CNU in the shot put while also earning second-team accolades in the hammer throw. Second-team performers for the Captains included sophomore Samantha Dickerson (5,000m & 10,000m), junior Sarah Johnson (discus & shot put), and junior Hannah Bowden (100h & high jump). 

Salisbury and Mary Washington each placed six on the All-CAC team. For Salisbury, sophomore Kyleigh Dumas repeated as champion in the pole vault to earn first-team All-CAC honors, with senior Jacqueline Seymour also picking up first-team recognition in the high jump. Second-teamers for the Sea Gulls included junior Glory Ebinama in the 100 and 200 meters, junior Jamie Farley in the 400 and sophomore Shea McCloskey in the 800. 

Four Mary Washington athletes secured All-CAC first-team honors, led by Jillian Weisbeck in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Sophomore Erin Andrewlevich (400m) and senior Samantha Gorton (hammer) also picked up first-team nods for the Eagles. UMW also nabbed a pair of second-team placins in the field events, with sophomore Yamina James in the pole vault and freshman Jackie Smith in the javelin. 

Truesdel was joined on the All-CAC squad by her 4x100 and 4x400 relay teammates, along with sophomore Keileen Estrada individually in the 400 hurdles. Estrada earned second-team honors in the 400 hurdles, and was also a part of the first-team All-CAC 4x100 and the second-team All-CAC 4x400 for the Bobcats. Destiny Logan also contributed to both all-conference relays, while Gabbriell Reason (4x100) and Maddison Watson (4x400) also nabbed spots in the all-star team for FSU. 

Penn State Harrisburg, Wesley and York each landed four on the All-CAC team. Along with Lehman, Penn State Harrisburg freshman Rae Rae Taylor secured a pair of individual titles in the long jump and javelin en route to All-CAC first team accolades. 

Wesley senior Ashley Morris led the Wolverines as a repeat All-CAC performer in the 100 hurdles, elevating to first team in 2018 after claiming second team honors last spring. Freshman Lekeshia Brown-Myrick was a second-team honoree in the triple jump with her runner-up finish. The Wolverines placed a pair of relays on the all-star squad, with the 4x400 team of Quadira Minus, Briana Artis, Briyanna Woods, and Maysha Foster picking up first-team awards and the 4x100 team of Artis, Foster, Rakiya Taylor, and Evelina Sloboh landing on the All-CAC second team. 

York junior Alayna De Bruin repeated as champion in the 3,000 steeplechase and was joined on the All-CAC first team by senior Anne Measley in the 400 hurdles. Spartan junior Jess Delviscio earned her third consecutive second-team award in the 1,500, while Rachel Banchiere was a second-teamer in the 3,000 steeplechase. 

Southern Virginia freshman Mesi Havea represented the Knights on the All-CAC list, earning first-team honors with her individual title in the discus throw - the first-ever individual title for the Knights at the CAC Championships. 

Athlete of the Year: Kayla Truesdel, Frostburg State (2nd straight)
Rookie of the Year: Sarah Lehman, Penn State Harrisburg
Coach of the Year: Jim Jones, Salisbury (5th time)

2018 All-CAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field First Team

2018 All-CAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Second Team