Track and Field 5/6/2016 12:00:00 AM

Track & Field Earns NEWMAC Sportsmanship, All-Conference Honors

WELLESLEY, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced the 2016 Sportsmanship Award Recipients this week and Wellesley track & field was awarded the women's honor. This award is voted on by the league's student-athletes following the conference championship.

During last weekend's NEWMAC Championship, the Blue also earned five NEWMAC first team All-Conference honors. A pair of Wellesley seniors earn all-conference honors at their final NEWMAC Championship, as Priyanka Fouda (Wellesley, Mass.) was first in the women's 5000m and Sharon Ng (Sunnyvale, Calif.) captured the Women's 800m race. Junior Mary Keenan (Boerne, Texas) took home the title in the women's 1,500m, while classmate Edie Sharon (Winchester, Mass.) took first in the women's 3,000m Steeplechase. Finally, sophomore Abena Asare (Berlin, N.J.) won her second straight NEWMAC Long Jump title, with a facility record leap.

For a complete list of NEWMAC women's Track & Field award and all-conference winners, see below.

2016 NEWMAC Women's Track & Field All-Conference

Men's & Women's Coach of the Year
Brian Chabot, WPI

Women's Track Athlete of the Year
Liz Pellegrini, WPI

Women's Field Athlete of the Year
Jackie Vahey, MIT

Women's Rookie of the Year
Cathryn MacGregor, Wheaton

Women's Team Sportsmanship
Wellesley

Women's 1,500 meters

1 – Mary Keenan (Wellesley), 4:43.76
2 – Emily Newman (WPI), 4:46.03

Women's 10,000 meters
1 – Camila Thanos (MIT), 38:24.29
2 – Caitlin Walde (WPI), 38:51.01

Women's 110 meter hurdles
1 – Liz Pellegrini (WPI), 15:01
2 – Hannah Chen (MIT), 15:03

Women's 3,000 meter Steeplechase
1 – Edie Sharon (Wellesley), 11:28.92
2 – Julie Tevenan (WPI), 11:39.59

Women's 4x100 meter relay
1 – Wheaton (Kalah Thomas, Emily Gustavson, Raevyn Fontaine, Francesca Flynn), 47.98
2 – WPI (Taylor Teed, Liz Pellegrini, Alex Price, Sara Velleca), 48.27

Women's High Jump
1 – Brittney Lambert (WPI), 5-4.25
2 – Meghan Cochran (Wheaton), 5-2.25

Women's Long Jump
1 – Abena Asare (Wellesley), 18-9.75 -- (Facility Record)
2 – Nneoma Okonwo (MIT), 18-6.5

Women's Triple Jump
1 – Erin Womboldt (Springfield), 34-8.5
2 – Darian Dailey (Springfield), 34-2.75

Women's Hammer Throw
1 – Jackie Vahey (MIT), 167-5
2 – Carly Markos (Springfield), 159-1

Women's Javelin Throw
1 – Cathryn MacGregor (Wheaton), 121-05
2 – Caitlin Piker (CGA), 121-03

Women's 400 Meters
1 – Emily Gustavson (Wheaton), 58.05
2 – Kendra Knittel (MIT), 58.55

Women's 100 meters
1 – Franceca Flynn (Wheaton), 12.11
2 – Sara Velleca (WPI), 12.31

Women's Pole Vault
1 – Sherry Wan (MIT), 10-11.75
2 – Monet Masters (CGA), 10-6

Women's 800 meters
1 – Sharon Ng (Wellesley), 2:18.65
2 – Lea Strangio (WPI), 2:18.85

Women's 400 meters
1 – Liz Pellegrini (WPI), 1:02.52 – (Facility Record)
2 – Hannah Chen (MIT), 1:03.01

Women's Discus
1 – Jackie Vahey (MIT), 153-01 – (NEWMAC and Facility Record)
2 – Ariela Slutsky (MIT), 139-07

Women's 200 meters
1 – Emily Gustavson (Wheaton), 24.79 – (NEWMAC and Facility Record)
2 – Sara Velleca (WPI), 25:00

Women's Triple Jump
1 – Erin Womboldt (Springfield), 34-8.5
2 – Darian Dailey (Springfield), 34-2.75

Women's 5000 meters
1 – Priyanka Fouda (Wellesley), 17:43.47
2 – Mary Eccles (MIT), 17:49.57

Women's 4x400 meter relay
1 – WPI (Kimberlee Kocienski, Katie Nugent, Maggie LaRoche, Lea Strangio), 4:03.29
2 – Wheaton (Abby Epplett, Emily Gustavson, Kalah Thomas, Isabel Anderson), 4:05.06

Women's Shot put
1 – Isabella Stuopis (MIT), 40-7.5
2 – Jackie Vahey (MIT), 40-0