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Three Titles Highlight Blue Track at NEWMAC Championships

NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Wellesley College track team notched a sixth place finish competing at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Track and Field Championships for the first time in program history. Blue athletes recorded three event titles and totaled four All-Conference bids at the event, held on the campus of the United States Coast Guard Academy.

Leading the way for Wellesley was junior standout Leah Clement, who picked up the first two NEWMAC titles of her career. Clement won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:49.85, setting a NEWMAC record and provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the process. Later in the day, she won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:17.52.

Sophomore Camille Basurto also won her first NEWMAC Championship. She won the 5,000-meter run in a time of 18:08.27, qualifying her for the New England Intercollegiate Championships.

The Blue also received a point boost from sophomore Cristina Lucas, who earned All-Conference honors in the 1,500-meter run. She took second in a time of 4:45.61, finishing behind only Ann Holt-Gosselin of MIT (4:41.54). After Lucas, first-year Jane Lodwick took fifth place in 4:54.13 while sophomore Evelyn Haro added an eighth place finish in 5:00.59. 

Other top performers for the Blue were first-years Margaret Wehner, Doris Berman, and Katie Shulenberger, who all recorded fourth place finishes. Wehner finished the 800-meter run in a time of 2:22.61, Berman ran the 10,000-meter event in 44:18.23 and Shulenberger placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:08.59.

Rounding out the scorers for Wellesley were senior Jami-Lin Williams and first-year Skye Roberts. Williams placed seventh overall in the 10,000-meter run in  42:25.59, while Roberts took eighth in the 5,000-meter run in 20:17.10. Wellesley's 4x100m relay team (Alexis Puccetti, Eden Bass, Sheena Dupuy, and Shulenberger) finished 6th i n 52.96. The Blue's 4x400m team (Shulenberger, Wehner, Lucas, and Clement) took 5th in 4:13.69.

In the team scores, MIT claimed the NEWMAC championship for the third straight year, and for the fourth time in the last five years. The Engineers won with 216.5 points while Springfield was second with 154 points. Wheaton (103.5), Smith (77), WPI (77), Wellesley (68), Coast Guard (47), Mount Holyoke (17) and Babson (15) rounded out the team standings.

The Blue are back in action next weekend at MIT, competing in the New England Division III Championships.

 


2011 NEWMAC Track and Field Championships
All-Conference Performers

Hammer Throw
1—Tope Waheed (Wheaton) – 154-03
2—Sylvia Okoye (Wheaton) – 135-07       

Javelin
1—Kelly Curtis (Springfield) – 131-1 #
2—Colleen Brague (Springfield) – 130-6 #

Long Jump
1—Kelly Curtis (Springfield) – 17-1.5
2—Ashley Dell'Aira (Wheaton) – 17-0.75

Pole Vault
1—Karin Fisher (MIT) – 12-0.75 #                                CGA Facility Record
2—Lauren Kuntz (MIT) – 11-5.75

Shot Put
1—Jacinta Edebeli (Mount Holyoke) – 37-5.75
2—Alexa Hunko (Coast Guard) – 36-7

Discus
1—Syliva Okoye (Wheaton) – 125-2
2—Rebecca Gordon (Smith) – 109-4

Triple Jump
1—Ashley Dell'Aira (Wheaton) – 38-11.75 #               CGA Facility Record
2—Karin Fischer (MIT) – 35-7.25

High Jump
1—Julie Eagle (WPI) – 5-5 #
2—Maya Rittmanic (Smith) – 5-3
2—Kelly Curtis (Springfield) – 5-3

100 Meters
1—Laurie Jenkins (Springfield) – 12.53
2—Kyla Wesley (WPI) – 12.66

200 Meters
1—Portia Jones (MIT) – 25.27
2—Martha Gross (MIT) – 25.40

400 Meters
1--Jamie Simmons (MIT) – 57.65                          CGA Facility Record
2--Noelle Richard (MIT) – 58.37

800 Meters
1—Leah Clement (Wellesley) – 2:17.52
2—Lacey Cartier (Springfield) – 2:18.17

1500 Meters
1—Anna Holt-Gosselin (MIT) – 4:41.54
2—Cristina Lucas (Wellesley) – 4:45.61

3000 Steeplechase
1—Leah Clement (Wellesley) -10:49.85 #                  NEWMAC Record
2—Martina de Geus (MIT) – 11:17.23             

5000 Meters
1—Camille Basurto (Wellesley) – 18:08.27
2—Tania Morimoto (MIT) – 18:21.41

100 Meter Hurdles
1—Didi Jusme (Wheaton) – 14.18
2—Amy Magnuson (MIT) – 14.59

4x100 Meter Relay
1—MIT (Jacqueline Brew, Martha Gross, Jamie Simmons, Portia Jones) – 42.28 #    CGA Facility Record
2—Wheaton (Didi Jusme, Laurenmaria Smith, Amanda Claflin, Lauren Cardarelli) – 48.36  #

4x400 Meter Relay
1—Springfield (Kathryn Schmann, Jenn Kapinos, Kelly Murphy, Gabriella Gaudreault) – 4:01.93
2—WPI (Caroline Allen, Michelangela Yusif, Jill Perreira, Noelle Richard) – 4:07.83

400 Meter Hurdles
1—Jamie Simmons (MIT) – 1:03.22 #               CGA Facility Record
2—Ashante Little (Wheaton) – 1:03.46 #

10,000 Meters
1—Sarah Sprague (MIT) – 41:19.78
2—Katie Burns (Springfield) – 41:57.26

 

* NCAA Automatic
# NCAA Provisional

omen 800 Meter Run

    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points




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1 Clement, Leah Wellesley 2:17.52 10




4 Wehner, Margaret Wellesley 2:22.61 5




10 Bass, Eden Wellesley 2:25.92




17 Roundy, Sarah Wellesley 2:32.90









Women 1500 Meter Run




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1 Holt-Gosselin, Anna M I T 4:41.54@ 10




2 Lucas, Cristina Wellesley 4:45.61 8




5 Lodwick, Jane Wellesley 4:54.13 4




8 Haro, Evelyn Wellesley 5:00.59 1









Women 5000 Meter Run




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1 Basurto, Camille Wellesley 18:08.27@ 10




8 Roberts, Skye Wellesley 20:17.10 1









Women 10000 Meter Run




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1 Sprague, Sarah M I T 41:19.78 10




4 Berman, Doris Wellesley 42:25.59 5




7 Williams, Jami-Lin Wellesley 44:18.23 2




10 Roseman, Catherine Wellesley 44:34.16









Women 400 Meter Hurdles




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1 Simmons, Jamie M I T 1:03.22# 3 10




4 Shulenberger, Katie Wellesley 1:08.59 3 5









Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase




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1 Clement, Leah Wellesley 10:49.85* 10




2 de Geus, Martina M I T 11:17.23@ 8














Women 4x100 Meter Relay




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1 M I T 'A' 48.28# 10




6 Wellesley 'A' 52.96 3




1) Puccetti, Alexis 2) Bass, Eden




3) Dupuy, Sheena 4) Shulenberger, Katie









Women 4x400 Meter Relay




1 Springfield 'A' 4:01.93 2 10




5 Wellesley 'A' 4:13.69 2 4




1) Shulenberger, Katie 2) Wehner, Margaret




3) Lucas, Cristina 4) Clement, Leah



















Women - Team Rankings - 20 Events Scored




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1) M I T 216.50 2) Springfield 154




3) Wheaton (Mass.) 103.50 4) Smith College 77




4) W P I 77 6) Wellesley 68




7) Coast Guard 47 8) Mount Holyoke 17




9) Babson 15




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Eden Bass

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Camille Basurto

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2013
Doris Berman

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2014
Leah Clement

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2012
Sheena Dupuy

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Evelyn Haro

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2013
Katie Shulenberger

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2014
Jane Lodwick

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2014
Cristina Lucas

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2013
Alexis Puccetti

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2011
Skye Roberts

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2014
Margaret Wehner

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2014

Players Mentioned

Eden Bass

Eden Bass

2013
Camille Basurto

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2013
Doris Berman

Doris Berman

2014
Leah Clement

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2012
Sheena Dupuy

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2014
Evelyn Haro

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2013
Katie Shulenberger

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2014
Jane Lodwick

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2014
Cristina Lucas

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2013
Alexis Puccetti

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2011
Skye Roberts

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2014
Margaret Wehner

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2014
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