New Orleans, La. - Regional Athletes and Coaches of the Year for the 2024 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season were announced on Friday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), and included Head Coach Katie Rees, Assistant Coach Valmore Holt and student-athlete Katherine Marsh. 

Award winners were determined by a vote of USTFCCCA member coaches following the conclusion of the 2024 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. Performances from both the NCAA Championships and the regular season were considered.

Marsh, who hails from East Meadow, New York, completed an impressive run at the 2024 Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships. She won individual titles in the 800 meters and mile, and assisted on the gold-medal winning 4×400, 4×800 and distance medley relays. Named NE10 Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and NE10 Conference Track Performer of the Meet, her 27.5 points helped lead Adelphi to its highest team finish in program history at the indoor conference championship. Marsh finished the year Second-Team All-American at the 2024 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 800 meters.

Rees, in her 14th year as Head Coach/Assistant Athletic Director at Adelphi, led the Panthers to have the most qualifiers of any team in the East Region for the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships. Adelphi finished a program-best second place in the NE10 Conference Indoor Championships, winning seven events.

Holt, in his 12th year as assistant coach at Adelphi, coached athletes to score 32 of the Panthers' 42 points at the 2024 NE-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships. Co-Field Athlete of the Meet Lindsey Wilson won the high jump and finished runner-up in the triple jump to lead the way. Valencia Beaubrun also starred with a third-place effort in the long jump. Holt also assisted Amari Johnson, who won the 60-meter hurdles.

The program opens up the outdoor season on Friday, March 22 at the Fred Hardy Invitational in Richmond, Virginia.