CNE Announces 22 Track and Field Members to All-Conference Teams

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Conference of New England (CNE) announced its women’s and men’s track and field all-conference teams with eight members named for the women’s team and 14 members named for the men’s team. The CNE also featured junior Madison DiPasquale (Wallingford, Conn.) as field athlete of the year. DiPasquale was also named to the community service team. Along with DiPasquale was junior Guilian Marconi (Southampton, Mass.) from the men’s team who was named to the community service team. 

Women’s Track and Field:

The Hawks to make the CNE first team were senior Cali Leonard (Boston, Mass.) for her performance in the 100m, sophomore Jordan Murphy (East Hampton, Conn.) that earned this accolade with her high jump skills, and DiPasquale was named to first team for her discus event performance. In the second team those who were named were freshman Tamara Greene (Hartford, Conn.), sophomore Averi McCoy (Bensalem, Pa.), sophomore Caroline Crocker (Bernardston, Mass.), Leonard, and DiPasquale. The Hawks named to the third team were Crocker, junior Tommie Barker (Canton, Conn.), and freshman Weeko Thompson (Hopkinton, R.I).

DiPasquale had an incredible season where she consistently broke Hartford records and earned top-placements in tournaments. This season she has set three new records for the University of Hartford. She is number one overall in the women’s shot put with her performance at the CNE Championships on April 25th where she threw a distance of 12.33m. She also holds two number two spots in University of Hartford history that is in the discus throw that she launched a distance of 39.06 at the Silfen Invitational on April 11th, and then earned the number two spot on UHart’s school leaderboard in the hammer throw with a distance of 45.02m. DiPasquale has made the field athlete of the year, to the community service team, and the CNE all-conference first team in the discus event. She has also earned two places on the CNE all-conference second team for her performance in the shot-put and hammer throw.

Leonard in her senior year was named as a member of the CNE all-conference first team in the 100m hurdles. Leonard most recently took first place in the CNE Championships on April 25th that helped her team take second overall. Leonard has finished first place in the 100m event in all of the other competitions her and her team competed in including the Trinity Invitational, Silfen Invitational, Rage in the Cage Invitational, and the UMass Lowell Invitational.

Murphy is named in her junior year as a member of the CNE all-conference first team in the high jump. Murphy most recently was awarded first place in the CNE Championships just this past weekend with a height of 1.61m. She also earned first place in the Trinity Invitational.

Greene was named to the CNE all-conference second team for her performance in the 100m hurdles. She most recently earned second place overall in the CNE Championships where she ran a time of 15.49 seconds. Greene also earned second place with a time of 15.48 seconds at the Rage in the Cage Invitational.

Crocker, Leonard, McCoy, and Greene were all named to CNE all-conference second team for their performance in the 4x100m relay. The team placed second overall in the CNE championships with a time of 51.86 seconds.

Crocker was also named to CNE all-conference third team for her success this season in the 100m hurdles and the long jump event. Crocker earned third place at the CNE Championships and second place at the Silfen Invitational.

Barker was named to the CNE all-conference third team in her junior season in the shot put event. Barker earned third place most recently at the CNE Championships and third place at the Trinity Invitational. Barker also earned another palace on the third team for her performance in the hammer throw. Tommie placed third overall in that event as well at the CNE Championships with a distance of 41.37m.

Thompson was named to the CNE all-conference third team in their freshman season for their great achievements in the discus event. Weeko placed third at the CNE Championships with a distance of 33.11m.

 

Men’s Track and Field:

Those 14 named for the men’s track and field team include sophomore William Pavlinsky (New Milford, Conn.), freshman Aidan Lybarger (South Burlington, Vt.), senior Conor Convery (Port Jervis, N.Y.), freshman Owen Klein (Coventry, R.I.), senior Riley Brutvan (Gardiner, N.Y.), sophomore Benjamin Vroeginday (Southington, Conn.), sophomore Stephen Haney (Foxborough, Mass.), senior Brandon Edmund (Xavier, N.Y.), freshman Aidan Quee (Springfield, Mass.), junior Spencer Beane (North Reading, Mass.), senior Jovan Joseph (Wrentham, Mass.), senior Joseph Lothamer (Newburgh, Ind.), senior Joseph Stephenson (Crown Point, Ind.), and freshman Daren Johnson (Meriden, Conn.).

Pavlinsky was named CNE all-conference first team in the shot put event. He earned first place in the CNE Championships this past weekend after throwing a distance of 14.01m, an entire 0.54m separating the second place spot from him. This distance also gave Pavlinsky the all-time fourth mark in University of Hartford history.

Lybarger was named CNE all-conference first team in the discus event. Lybarger took first place at the CNE Championships with a distance of 50.29m, this also made history for University of Hartford as he is now the all-time leader in this event. Second place in history is 3.23m behind Lybarger to make this triumph event greater.

Convery was named CNE all-conference first team in the hammer throw event as he earned first place at the CNE championships tossing a distance of 54.70m. This also set an all-time school record to give him the first place in school history in this event. Convery consistently took first place in the hammer throw event all season including at the Trinity Invitational, Rage in the Cage Invitational, and the UMass Lowell Invitational.

Klein was named CNE all-conference second team in the 5000m event. Klein took second place in the CNE Championships.

Brutvan was named to the CNE all-conference second team and third team for his performance in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m. He took third place overall with a time of 15:31.80 in the 5000m and second place in the 3000m steeplechase at the CNE Championships. Brutvan also holds the second all-time mark for school history in the 3000m steeplechase.

Hartford’s men’s 4x100m relay team was named CNE all-conference second team. This team was made up of Vroeginday, Quee, Beane, and Edmund. The team earned second place this past weekend at the CNE championships with a time of 43.49 seconds.

Hartford’s men’s 4x400m relay team was named CNE all-conference second team. This team was made up of Benae, Haney, Edmund, and Joseph. The team earned second place at the CNE Championships with a time of 3:24.88. This time also earned them the fifth overall all-time mark in the University of Hartford track history.

Lothamer was named to CNE all-conference second team for his performance in the pole vault event. Lothamer earned second place at the CNE Championships clearing a distance of 4.25m. He also placed first overall at the Rage in the Cage Invitational hosted by Hartford with a height of 4.15m cleared. Lothamer is tied for first with his 4.25 height in University of Hartford track history.

Stephenson was named to the CNE all-conference second team in his senior year. Stephenson placed second in the hammer throw event with a distance of 50.63m at the CNE Championships. This also earned the second all-time mark in University of Hartford history.

Edmund was named to the CNE all-conference third team in the 100m and 200m event. Edmund placed third at the CNE championships with a time of 11.21 seconds and third in the 200m dash at a time of 22.72 seconds.

Johnson was named to the CNE all-conference third team in the 1500 meter run. Johnson ran a time of 4:09.79 to earn third place at the CNE Championships. Earlier in the season he placed first overall at the Rage in the Cage Invitational with a time of 4:08.42.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OF NEW ENGLAND:

Originally founded in 1984 as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), and reconstituted as the Conference of New England (CNE) in 2024, the CNE is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of 10 full member and five associate member institutions throughout the New England region. Its membership aims to provide student-athletes with a positive experience in their pursuit of excellence through high academic standards, quality competition, and a meaningful student life. The Conference administers championships in 20 intercollegiate sports.

 

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