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Charlie Covell

Women's Track & Field

Emily Pereira, 3200 Meter Relay Team Named Second Team All-NEC

Somerset, NJ - Emily Pereira (Fr., Howell, NJ / Freehold Township) and the 3200 meter relay team, consisting of Samantha Lauro (So., Staten Island, NY / St. John Villa), Alexis Bivona (So., Staten Island, NY / St. John Villa), Kelly Pereira (Howell, NJ / Freehold Township) and Emily Pereira, were each named to the 2012 All-Northeast Conference (NEC) Outdoor Women's All-Conference Second Team as announced by the league office.

Emily Pereira led the Seahawks with a team-best 11.5 points at the 2012 NEC Outdoor Women's Track & Field Championship, highlighted by taking second in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:14.68 for her first conference accolade. She then clinched the Green & White's second All-NEC Second Team citation by running the anchor leg of of 3200 meter relay, as Wagner placed second with a time of 9:18.62, outdistancing Quinnipiac by just over a second. Lauro began the relay, before passing the baton to Bivona. Kelly Pereira then ran the third leg, before the aforementioned Emily Pereira capped the race.

Also garnering a spot on the 2012 NEC Outdoor Women's All-Rookie Team was Emily Pereira, who narrowly missed a third conference award as she ran a leg of the Seahawks' 1600 meter relay team that placed third. Nicole Cooper (Fr., Sicklerville, NJ / Washington Township) joined Pereira on the All-Rookie Team, leaping 35-8 in the triple jump.

On the men's side freshman Dante Fernandez (Newark, NJ / Central) was named to the All-Rookie Team thanks to placing fourth with a time of 55.16 in 400 meter hurdles.
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