Holy Family's
Dwight Brandon and
Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) have received major honors from the East Coast Conference, the league's offices recently announced.
Brandon earned the ECC's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year award, while Pierre was voted both the Indoor Track & Field Male Athlete of the Year and the Men's Most Outstanding Athlete of the ECC Championship.
Brandon led both the HFU men and women to titles at the ECC Championship on Feb. 19, with the women repeating and the men winning their first-ever title.
Pierre currently ranks fifth in all of Division II in the high jump after clearing a school record 2.18m at the Spartan Invitational on Jan. 13.
He will compete at the 2023 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in the event on Saturday.
Pierre is also 20th in Division II the triple jump after marking at 14.97m to win silver at the ECC Championships on Feb. 19.
That was one of three medals for Pierre at the event, as he won gold in both the high jump (2.03m) and long jump (6.94m) to accumulate a meet-high total of 28 points.
Pierre was one of 24 Tigers to earn All-ECC honors at the championship. First and second place individual finishers, as well as members of winning relay teams, earn First Team honors, while third and fourth place individual finishers, as well as members of second place relay teams, earn Second Team honors.
Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) (200m and 400m),
Korryn Braxton-Young (Newark, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) (shot put),
Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) (60H) and
Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent) (800m) all joined Pierre in winning gold at the ECC Championship.
Additionally, Anyika, Jones, Le Maitre,
Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College),
Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder) joined Pierre as three-time All-ECC honorees, while Braxton-Young,
Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica/),
Emma McNamee (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic),
Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis),
Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) and
Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) were two-time All-ECC honorees.
Men's Champions
Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) (200m and 400m)
Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) (High Jump and Long Jump)
Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) (60H)
4x400m Relay
Women's Champions
Korryn Braxton-Young (Newark, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) (Shot Put)
Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent) (800m)
4x400m Relay (
Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder),
Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis),
Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica/),
Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent))
Distance Medley (
Teresa Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep),
Desiree Draper (Philadelphia, Pa./John W. Hallahan Catholic),
Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent),
Emma McNamee (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic))
All-ECC First Team (Men)
Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) (High Jump, Long Jump and Triple Jump)
Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) (200m, 400m and 4x400m Relay)
Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) (Long Jump)
Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) (60H)
JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) (60H)
Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) (4x400m Relay)
Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) (4x400m Relay)
Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) (4x400m Relay)
All-ECC First Team (Women)
Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent) (800m, 4x400m Relay and Distance Medley)
Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica/) (400m and 4x400m Relay)
Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder) (500m and 4x400m Relay)
Korryn Braxton-Young (Newark, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) (Shot Put)
Shanell Pusey (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Matanzas) (60H)
Samaria Ward (Upper Marlboro, Md./Largo) (Shot Put)
Desiree Draper (Philadelphia, Pa./John W. Hallahan Catholic) (Distance Medley)
Teresa Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep) (Distance Medley)
Emma McNamee (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) (Distance Medley)
Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) (4x400m Relay)
All-ECC Second Team (Men)
Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) (Long Jump and Triple Jump)
Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) (60m and High Jump)
Alex Pawlowski (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) (1000m)
Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) (Triple Jumpe)
Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) (High Jump)
Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) (800m)
Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) (400m)
All-ECC Second Team (Women)
Korryn Braxton-Young (Newark, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) (Shot Put)
Jillian Gatley (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) (Pole Vault)
Jade Jones (Jamaica) (500m)
Kahdia Jones (Daytona Beach, Fla./Atlantic) (400m)
Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder) (60H)
Emma McNamee (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) (1000m)
Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) (200m)