Farmington Women Take Home 2025 NAC Track & Field Title

[RESULTS] WATERVILLE, Maine – The University of Maine at Farmington women’s outdoor track & field team edged Thomas College by just two points to win the 2025 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Championship on Saturday at the Alfond Track on the campus of Colby College. The title marks the first NAC women’s outdoor track & field championship in program history.

UMaine-Farmington also won the men’s team title, becoming the first program to sweep the NAC outdoor championships since SUNY Delhi in 2019.

The championship wasn’t decided until the final events, as several key late performances lifted the Beavers to victory. UMF’s 4×400-meter relay team — Cara Perry, Lina Martinez Nocito, Anna MacDonald, and Carrie Burr — secured 10 crucial points with a comfortable win in the meet’s final track event. Around the same time in the throws area, senior Kaitlyn Harmon-Bolding came up clutch in the discus, recording a 29.57m effort on her final attempt to place fourth and add four vital points. Prior to her impressive sixth throw, the senior fell short of 27 meters on each of her previous five attempts.

In the final team standings, UMaine-Farmington finished with 193 points, narrowly ahead of Thomas (191 points). Husson University placed third with 151.5 points, followed by VTSU-Johnson (46.5 points) and Lesley University (1 point). UMaine-Presque Isle competed with individuals but did not record a team score.

UMaine-Farmington won seven total events, including both relay races and individual wins by five individuals: Lina Martinez Nocito (1500), Anna MacDonald (800), Carrie Burr (400-Hurdles), Eve Poteet (5000), and Erica Johnson (Triple Jump).

Thomas College standout Emma Burr put forth an incredible individual effort, as the sophomore competed in 10 total events with six victories and posted a total of 82 points. She highlighted her championship appearance by breaking a pair of NAC records in the Long Jump (5.29m) and 100-Meter Hurdles (15.44). Senior Mary DiSanto also enjoyed a solid showing with wins in the Shot Put and Discus Throw.

Husson University sophomore Alexis Freeman won the Pole Vault with a NAC Championship record 3.00m performance while Ava Dowling (3000-Meter Steeplechase), Molly Dearborn (400), and Megan Fletcher (Hammer) notched individual wins.

VTSU-Johnson junior Kali Wooster posted a second-place finish in the 400-Meter while junior Ida Eames placed second in the 400-Meter Hurdles. Both athletes ran legs for the Badgers’ 4×400-Meter Relay, which finished second with a 1:16.72 time.

Lesley University freshman Rebecca Hall was sixth in the 5000-Meter and UMaine-Presque Isle freshman Evelyn Elijah placed ninth in the Shot Put.

EVENT WINNERS:

100-METER HURDLES: Emma Burr (So., Thomas) – 15.44 – RECORD

100-METER DASH: Emma Burr (So., Thomas) – 12.77

3000-METER STEEPLECHASE: Ava Dowling (Sr., Husson) – 11:59.44

4×100 METER RELAY: UMaine-Farmington – 51.76

Cara Perry, Carrie Burr, Kennedy Todd, Erica Johnson

1500-METER RUN: Lina Martinez Nocito (Fr., UMaine-Farmington) – 5:16.12

400-METER DASH: Molly Dearborn (Fr., Husson) – 1:03.40

800-METER RUN: Anna MacDonald (Sr., UMaine-Farmington) – 2:35.04

400-METER HURDLES: Carrie Burr (Sr., UMaine-Farmington) – 1:13.02

200-METER DASH: Emma Burr (So., Thomas) – 27.20

5000-METER RUN: Eve Poteet (Jr., UMaine-Farmington) – 20:02.44

4×400-METER RELAY: UMaine-Farmington – 4:37.79

Cara Perry, Lina Martinez Nocito, Anna MacDonald, Carrie Burr

SHOT PUT: Mary DiSanto (Sr., Thomas) – 11.36m

DISCUS THROW: Mary DiSanto (Sr., Thomas) – 35.89

LONG JUMP: Emma Burr (So., Thomas) – 5.29m – RECORD

TRIPLE JUMP: Erica Johnson (Jr., UMaine-Farmington – 10.43m

HIGH JUMP: Emma Burr (So., Thomas) – 1.56m

POLE VAULT: Alexis Freeman (So., Husson) – 3.00m – RECORD

JAVELIN THROW: Emma Burr (So., Thomas) – 33.00m

HAMMER THROW: Megan Fletcher (Jr., Husson) – 38.88m