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Women’s Track & Field Close Out Season Breaking Records at the NEICAAA Championships
Story Links AMHERST, Mass. – The Hawks women’s track and field competed this Saturday at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Rapid Recap: Sophomore Jordan Murphy (East Hampton, Conn.) placed fifth overall in the high jump event with a height of 1.67 meters. Junior Destinee Majett (Brick Township, N.J.) threw a […]
AMHERST, Mass. – The Hawks women’s track and field competed this Saturday at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Rapid Recap:
- Sophomore Jordan Murphy (East Hampton, Conn.) placed fifth overall in the high jump event with a height of 1.67 meters.
- Junior Destinee Majett (Brick Township, N.J.) threw a distance of 44.67 meters in the hammer throw event; she took 13th place in this competition. This distance set a new all-time personal record for Majett as she now holds the third all-time mark at the University of Hartford.
- Junior Madison DiPasquale (Wallingford, Conn.) claimed 11th place in the discus throw event with a toss of 39.23 meters which sets a new personal best for DiPasquale. She also took 13th place in the shot put event with a distance of 12.05 meters.
- Senior Cali Leonard (Boston, Mass.) set a new all-time record for the University of Hartford with her performance in the 100m hurdles. Leonard ran a time of 14.36 seconds to take 11th in this competition.
- Freshman Tamara Greene (Hartford, Conn.) set a personal best for herself this afternoon in the 100m hurdles as she ran a time of 14.60 seconds beating her previous best of 15.48 nearly a whole second faster. This time gave her 14th place in the competition.
- Sophomore Caroline Crocker (Bernardston, Mass.) came in just behind Greene in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.62 seconds. This is also her personal best beating her previous fastest time of 15.39 seconds.
Post Game Press:
“It’s been a long season where at most times the weather impacted the team,” said sophomore Jordan Murphy (East Hampton, Conn.). But we pushed through every time. Today, we had the opportunity to have great weather. Everyone showed up, put their best foot forward, and exceeded expectations.”
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The Hawks have completed an impressive 2025 outdoor season with this competition.
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