EASTON, Mass. (May 3, 2025) – Graduate student Abigail Larsson (Bayport, N.Y.) won the lone gold medal for the Stonehill College track and field team as the Skyhawks competed on day one of the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships at W.B. Mason Stadium on Saturday.
 
The men’s team sits in sixth place with 17.5 points after the first day of competition, with the women ranking in a tie for third place with 40 points. Central Connecticut State is out in front in both the men’s and women’s standings, posting 72 on the men’s side and 46 on the women’s.
 
WOMEN’S EVENTS

• Larsson highlighted the day one finishes for the Skyhawks, winning the pole vault final with a personal record of 3.75m (12′ 3.75″), tallying 10 points towards the team score for Stonehill.
• Sophomore Morgan Correia (North Dighton, Mass.) also podiumed in the pole vault, placing third with a vault of 3.35m (11′ 0″), while freshman Kendall Barton (Concord, N.H.) placed fourth with the same mark as the duo combined for another 11 points.
• Sophomore Kayla Oakes (Kingston, N.Y.) finished runner-up in the long jump final, narrowly missing the top spot by 0.01m as she reached 5.79m (19′ 0″), a new personal record. Oakes’ second-place finish adds eight points to the Skyhawks’ team total.
• In the shot put finals on Saturday, freshman Makenna Dube (North Andover, Mass.) placed seventh to secure two points for the Stonehill team score with a mark of 11.36m (37′ 3.25″), a new personal record.
• Senior Madison Gunderway (Cranston, R.I.) placed eighth in the hammer throw final, scoring one point for the Skyhawks with a season-best mark of 42.68m (140′ 0″).
• Four Skyhawks qualified for tomorrow’s 1,500-meter final after today’s preliminary race, with junior Emily Young (Newton, Mass.) leading the way with a fifth-place finish at 4:51.75.
• Junior Jordan Malloy (Colchester, Conn.) finished one spot after Young with a time of 4:57.28, followed by sophomore Anna Casey (Medford, Mass.) in 10th at 5:04.30, and freshman Rachael Korowski (Hudson, Mass.) secured the final spot in tomorrow’s race, finishing 12th at 5:06.17.
• Senior Madison Rousseau (Canton, Mass.) qualified for the 100-meter hurdles final on Sunday, placing second in the prelim at 14.37 seconds.
• Graduate student Kaytlin Encarnacao (Reading, Mass.) recorded the top time in the 400-meter preliminary race, clocking in at 56.32 seconds. Sophomore Madison Stott (Dartmouth, Mass.) will join Encarnacao in tomorrow’s 400m final after placing sixth in the prelim, finishing in 58.01 seconds.
• Encarnacao later qualified for the final in the 200-meter dash with a sixth-place finish at 24.90 seconds, a new personal record for the grad student.
• Senior Emma Lawrence (Milford, Mass.) won the 800-meter race qualifier, finishing with a time of 2:14.40, the second-best time of her career and the second-best time in the NEC this spring.
• Freshman Emmy Belvin (Chepachet, R.I.) also notched a top-five finish in the 800m run, placing fifth at 2:16.09, the fastest time of her career.
• Senior Madison Rousseau (Canton, Mass.) and junior Grace Tyrrell (Cavendish, Vt) qualified for tomorrow’s 400-meter hurdles final with Rousseau coming in second at 1:02.06 and Tyrrell coming fifth at 1:04.72. Rousseau’s time of 1:02.06 is a personal record and a program record for the Skyhawks.
• In the final event of the day, the Stonehill 4×800-meter relay race team of Belvin, freshman Mallory Hildreth (Pittsford, N.Y.), Lawrence, and Malloy secured a spot on the podium with a silver medal finish in the final, combining for a time of 9:07.06 to secure eight more points for the Skyhawks.

MEN’S EVENTS

• Graduate student Patrick Garratt (Westwood, Mass.) ran in the first men’s event of the morning, placing third in the 10,000-meter final with a time of 32:28.67. This was Garratt’s first 10,000m appearance, earning six points toward the Skyhawks’ team score.
• In the high jump final, sophomore Keagan Fletcher (Wrentham, Mass.) tied for fifth place, tying his PR of 1.93m (6′ 4″).
• Sophomore Christopher Gill (Boston, Mass.) led the Skyhawks in the shot put final, tallying four points as he placed fifth with a new PR of 15.38m (50′ 5.5″).
• Sophomore Joseph Chesney (Cumberland, R.I.) notched a point for the Skyhawks, placing eighth in the shot put at 14.98m (49′ 1.75″), another personal record in the shot put.
• In the first preliminary race of the day for the men, sophomore Nicholas Davies (Auckland, Mass.) set a new PR in the 1500m race, placing third and qualifying for tomorrow’s final at 3:56.96.
• Classmate Colin Keane (Blackwood, N.J.) also qualified for the 1500m final, finishing fifth at 3:59.94.
• Sophomore Will Tinkham (Stoughton, Mass.) came in fifth place in the 110-meter hurdles prelim, crossing the finish line in 14.82 seconds to qualify for tomorrow’s final.
• Sophomore Jon Dougherty (Reading, Mass.) placed third in the 400-meter dash preliminary race, setting a new PR in the event for the second weekend in a row at 48.27 seconds.
• A trio of Skyhawks qualified for the 100-meter dash final, finishing in succession with freshman Miles Burr (Trenton, Maine) leading the way in sixth at 10.91 seconds. Senior Shea Drugan (Westfield, Mass came in seventh at 10.92 seconds, and classmate Zachary Ofurum (Brockton, Mass.) secured the final qualifying spot with an eighth-place finish at 10.99 seconds, a new PR for the senior.
• Drugan also qualified for tomorrow’s 200-meter dash final as he clocked in at 21.72 seconds, good for a sixth-place finish.
• In the 800-meter run prelim, sophomore Matthew Malora (Harrington, N.J.) qualified for the final on Sunday, finishing in third place at 1:54.77.
• The final event of the day was the 4×800-meter relay race with Malora, freshman Nathan Binda (Auburn, Mass.), junior Thomas Forde (Mystic, Conn.), and Keane placing sixth with a combined time of 7:56.58 in the Skyhawks’ first 4x800m relay of the season.

NEXT UP

• Stonehill Track and Field closes out Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships at W.B. Mason Stadium tomorrow with field events beginning at 9:30 a.m. and track events starting at noon.

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Men’s Outdoor Track and Field | 5/3/2025 11:25:00 PM

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Bloomsburg men’s track and field program recorded 11 personal-bests and a new Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying mark in the shot put from Kaleb Zimmerman (Lancaster, Pa./Garden Spot) at the LHU Qualifier in Lock Haven on Saturday afternoon.
 
Zimmerman qualified for the PSAC Championships in the shot put with a winning throw of 14.68 meters (48′ 2″).
 
Daniel Ajuz (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) moved into 11th on the PSAC performance list in the triple jump with a personal-best jump of 14.10 meters (46’3.25″).
 
In the long jump, Andrew Kane (/) took first with a jump of 6.20 meters (20′ 4.25″).
 
The Huskies saw a pair of personal bests in the javelin from Brian O’Connor (/) and Matthew Staffin (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area). O’Connor moved into 16th on the conference list with PR of 53.95 meters (177′) while taking third. Staffin placed fifth with a PR of 50.68 meters (166′ 3″).
 
Stephen Vaughn (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) set a personal best of 38.87 meters (127′ 6″) in the discus while placing eighth. Shaheem Hill (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) placed fourth in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.82 meters (5’11.5″). Jack Donchez (Bethlehem/Liberty High School) finished fifth in the hammer throw with a mark of 43.38 meters (142′ 4″).
 
On the track, Peyton Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:53.51. Caden Dufrene (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run High School) finished third in the event, crossing the line at 10:23.04.
 
Jaxson Hoffman (/), Tyler Leitzel (/), Jalik Hill (Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon) and Patrick Moore (Blakeslee, Pa./Commonwealth Charter Academy) ran a 43.01 in the 4×100-meter relay to take second.
 
Three Huskies recorded personal bests in the 400-meter dash, including Landon Kester (). Kester took fourth in the event with a time of 51.32. Finnegan Purtle (/) placed fifth with a 52.00. Evan Mann (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) set a PR with an eighth-place time of 52.85 while Lucas Pearson (/) ran a personal best time of 53.76 to place tenth.
 
Ryan Casagrande (/) ran a 4:56.15 in the mile to place seventh and set a personal-best in the event. Colin Snyder (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York) ran a PR of 5:03.68 to finish in eighth.
 
Michael Gehman (/) finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 1:03.96. Evan Babarsky (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) ran a PR of 2:08.25 in the 800-meter.
 
The Huskies head to Slippery Rock on Thursday, May 8 for day one of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.
 
 

NEW LONDON, CT. – Marking 80 points to top a field of 47 collegiate institutions, the Wesleyan’ men’s track and field team took first place at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships for the first time in program history, breaking three school records in the process as they walked away with 17 Top 10 finishes at the United States Coast Guard Academy.

Saturday afternoon marked the third time the Cardinals finished in the Top 10 team rankings at the New England Division III Championships, but the first time at the head of the table. The Cardinals placed 10^th in 2019 but previously tied for sixth at the 1993-94 indoor championship.

Leaving New London with two broken records and a first-place finish, Steve Paul ’28 opened the weekend with a Friday night record break in the 100m dash. Breaking a 13-year record previously held by LaDarius Drew ’15, Paul ran a 10.60 in the preliminary heats of the event, besting Drew’s previous record of 10.69. On Saturday morning, Paul finished as the runner-up, clocking a final 10.68. Paul followed his performance in the 200m, breaking his own outdoor record with a first-place final of 21.24, beating the previously set 21.56 set on April 19.

The record breaking was not finished. Ethan Singleton ’28 cracked his own week-old record in the men’s 400m, as he crossed the line in second place with a 47.83. At the NESCAC Championships on April 26, Singleton completed a 48.37.

A second Cardinal victory was the result of the 5000m distance race. Noah Mahoney ’27, a national contender in the cross country circuit, placed first with a final clocked time of 15:11.26 for the Cardinals. Mahoney’s runner-up was teammate Will Wise ’26, finishing 23 seconds behind at a 15:34.17.

Making up half of the Top 10 contenders in the 1500m, the Cardinals dominated with a pack led by Rob D’Aquila ’26. D’Aquila placed fourth (3:57.19), Liam Calhoun ’26 took fifth (3:57.32), Bruce Lenes ’26 was seventh (3:59.75), Alex Kermath ’26 finished eighth (4:00.04), and Zach Allen ’27 rounded out the club in ninth (4:00.59).

Fourth and fifth place in the 800m went to George Lepska ’25 and Nate Fogarty ’25. Lepska earned fourth place, kicking up a 1:52.51 while Fogarty was on his heels in fifth with a 1:53.90. The final of the individual track events went to Philip Keith’s ’25 sixth-place final in the 10,000m, clocking in a solid 32:37.89.

Fielding a relay team for the 4×800, Fogarty, D’Aquila, Lepska, and Ben Taffet ’26 combined forces for a fourth-place finish and a time of 7:50.92.

The field events were headlined by Javier Orelanna’s ’25 performance at shot put. Throwing for 15.33m, Orellana placed third. Eli Liedtka’s ’27 discus throw of 44.22m earned him a finish at eight.

The Cardinals look ahead to the Open New England Championships on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10.

 

 

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NEW LONDON, CONN. (May 3, 2025) – The Tufts University women’s track and field team secured victory at the Division III New England Championships after another excellent day of competition down in New London at the United States Coast Guard Academy.

Senior Harper Meek became the first Jumbo to score points on day two, finishing second in the high jump with a massive mark of 1.66m. Her second place finish was enough for the 16th best mark in the NCAA Division III.

First year Mia Kurtz became the next Jumbo to score points with her eighth place finish in the discus throw. Her mark of 39.02m picked up a point for the Jumbos, helping to keep them atop the team standings.

Simisola Lawal and Makayla Moriarty made consecutive finishes in the 100m dash finals as Lawal took sixth with a 12.19 and Moriarty seventh with a 12.24. Both finishes were inside the Top 100 fastest times in the NCAA Division III.

Carly Rinko and Phoebe Bryar also took consecutive finishes in the 800m run. Rinko was third with a season-best 2:14.95 for the 60th best time in the NCAA Division III, while Bryar broke the facility record with a personal best time of 2:13.24.

First year Grace Doyle finished just outside the podium in the 3000m steeplechase with a fourth place finish in a personal best time of 11:33.04. Junior Lexi Dean was just a bit behind her in fifth with an 11:39.33.

The Jumbos relay teams saw two facility records fall in both of their races. The 4x100m relay team of Lawal, Chechile, Moriarty and Cumberland took third in a track-best time of 47.17. It was the fastest time posted by the squad this season. The 4x400m relay finished in a track-best time of 3:51.26 for second place. It was the best time posted by the squad of Smith, Moriarty, Chechile and Kral.

The heptathlon’s conclusion saw sophomore Tessa Player leapfrog ahead into first place for the win. Her day started with a fourth place finish in the long jump before she rattled off back-to-back first place finishes in the javelin throw and 800m run. Her points total of 4257 was just 55 points ahead of the runner-up from Bowdoin.

The Jumbos took first place by an overwhelming 34 points with 94 to Connecticut College’s 60. They will have the week off before heading out west to compete in the NEICAAA Championships at UMass Amherst.

–JUMBOS–