• About
  • Editorial Board
  • Advertise
  • Join Us
  • Archives
The Wellesley News -
  • News and Features
    • Four Cases of COVID-19 Reported During Winter Break
      Four Cases of COVID-19 Reported During Winter Break
    • Students With Medically Restricted Diets Struggle to Eat On Campus
      Students With Medically Restricted Diets Struggle to Eat On Campus
    • Students find new ways to celebrate Diwali
      Students find new ways to celebrate Diwali
    • News
      • News in Brief
      • Nation & World
      • President’s Corner
      • Senate Report
    • Features
      • Alumnae Spotlight
      • Eye on Science
      • Faculty Focus
      • LGBTQIA+ Column
  • Opinions
    • Wellesley, why can’t you meet our dietary needs?
      Wellesley, why can’t you meet our dietary needs?
    • The block system is a joke
      The block system is a joke
    • Spineless nonpartisanship: how the Girl Scouts convinced me they no longer care about girls
      Spineless nonpartisanship: how the Girl Scouts convinced me they no longer care about girls
    • Staff Editorial
    • Letters to the Editor
    • The Elephant in the Room
  • Arts
    • Music Performance Courses Adapt to an Altered Semester
      Music Performance Courses Adapt to an Altered Semester
    • Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of “Rebecca” fails to deliver compared to its classic counterpart
      Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of “Rebecca” fails to deliver compared to its classic counterpart
    • “Dash & Lily” Find Love, Stranded
      “Dash & Lily” Find Love, Stranded
    • Arts In The News
    • Reviews
    • Music Peek
  • Health and Wellness
    • No image
      Athletic impacts of Covid-19
    • No image
      A new kind of PE
    • No image
      Maintaining wellness as the cold sets in
    • Athlete of the Week
    • Boston Sports Update
    • The Vegan Digest
    • The SHE Corner
  • Miscellanea
    • No image
      Remote students experience existential crises; change class years in email signatures
    • President’s Column: The Butterfly Effect
      President’s Column: The Butterfly Effect
    • Your next on-campus romance isn’t going to work out
      Your next on-campus romance isn’t going to work out
    • The Artichoke
    • The Dose
    • The Olive Branch
    • Multimedia
      • Galleries
      • Infographics
      • Videos
By Anna Cahill, Ivy Jiang Sports and WellnessApril 30, 2015

Wellesley Track & Field sets records at NEWMAC Championships

Wellesley College Track & Field competed at the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships at MIT on Saturday, April 25. The Blue placed fourth with 95 points, a school best at the NEWMAC Championships. MIT claimed its seventh straight first-place title, scoring 249 points, followed by WPI and Wheaton, who earned 125 and 105 points respectively.

The event featured many outstanding performances by Wellesley athletes, including a first place finish for Taylor Bickford ’15 in the 3,000 meter Steeplechase with a time of 11:13.6 to earn NEWMAC All-Conference First Team honors. Edie Sharon ’17 finished close behind Bickford in third place with a time of 11:50.15. Sharon Ng ’16, Priyanka Fouda ’16 and Carolyn Chelius ’16 raced well in the distance events with a fifth- place finish in the 1,500 meter run and third and fifth place finishes in the 5,000 meter run, respectively.

Another pair of strong performers for the Blue was Abena Asare ’18 and Priscilla Lee ’18 who combined for four top-ten finishes and Wellesley College records in all three jumping events. Asare took first place in the long jump, breaking her own school record with 5.63 meters, and grabbed fourth place in the triple jump with another Wellesley record of 10.89 meters. Lee also took fourth place in the high jump, claiming a school record of her own with a 1.58 meter leap.

“As a team, we have been focusing on building more depth,” Bickford said. “The track team is still fairly new at Wellesley, and it used to be simply an extension of the Cross Country team. Now, however, our sprint and field event athletes have been smashing records and earning much deserved recognition week to week. Abena is one of those examples […]”

Asare earned the 2015 NEWMAC Rookie of the Year Award and NEWMAC All-Conference First Team honors for her performance.

“The team itself is getting stronger everyday and it showed as we transitioned from our indoor to outdoor seasons.” Asare said. “My favorite part of being on Wellesley Track & Field is hands down the team. The team dynamic is great and I’ve found such a great group of friends within the team and I can’t imagine Wellesley without them.”

Standout Isabella Narvaez ’17 extended her already impressive spring season with a first place finish in the 400 meter dash to earn NEWMAC All-Conference First Team honors. Narvaez crossed the line in 57.44 seconds followed closely by Kendra Waters ’15 who recorded a time of 59.44 for third place.

In the relay events, Asare and Narvaez joined Kendra Waters ’15 and Kathleen Hanlon ’15 to earn second place in a thrilling 4×100 meter relay with a time of 48.94, just 0.07 seconds behind MIT. The group’s strong showing was a product of hard work this winter and spring.

“The sprinters have been focusing primarily on raising our level of competition, especially in the relays,” Waters said. “Our 4×100 relay has dropped about a second and a half this season alone, which is a huge drop for a relatively short race. We are now ranked in the top 50 nationally for Division III, which is an amazing improvement for our team in that regard.”

The Blue will next compete on Friday in the New England Division III Championships hosted by MIT.

Photo courtesy of Wellesley Blue Track and Field

Anna Cahill ’18 is the Sports & Wellness Editor who is pursuing a major in Physics. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, watching Seinfeld and playing basketball. She can be reached at acahill2@wellelsey.edu.

Ivy Jiang ’18 is the Sports & Wellness Assistant Editor who is majoring in Economics. When she is not studying, she is probably following the NBA, reading, watching emotional films, eating or leisurely exercising. Feel free to contact her at ijiang@wellesley.edu.

Share on

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Google +
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Previous articleBoston Celtics finish season with playoff run
Next articleBrady comes out victorious as Deflategate comes to a close

You may also like

Athletic impacts of Covid-19

A new kind of PE

Maintaining wellness as the cold sets in

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Email Newsletter

Sign up to receive our weekly digest in your inbox

* indicates required

Top Articles

  • Four Cases of COVID-19 Reported During Winter Break

Recent Tweets

Tweets by @Wellesley_News

The independent student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901.

Sign up to receive our weekly digest in your inbox

* indicates required

  • About
  • Editorial Board
  • Advertise
  • Join Us
  • Archives
COPYRIGHT © 2021 THE WELLESLEY NEWS
Back to top