April 28, 2009

NEWMAC Announces 2009 Track & Field Post-Season Award Winners

BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2009 Men's and Women's track & field award winners on Tuesday. Steve Headley (Wilbraham, Mass.) and Nikki Hay (Norwalk, Conn.) of Springfield were named the Men's and Women's Track Athletes of the Year, respectively. Coast Guard's Carl Luxhoj (Somerset, N.J.) and Wheaton freshman Mickey Jusme (Providence, R.I.) took home the Male and Female Field Athlete of the Year awards. Portia Jones (Queens, N.Y.) of MIT was named the Female Rookie of the Year while WPI's Kyle Morrette (Leominster, Mass.) took home the award on the Men's side.

After leading his team to the NEWMAC Championship on Saturday, MIT coach Halston Taylor was selected as the Women's Coach of the Year. His counterpart for that award on the Men's side was Brian Chabot, who helped WPI secure a second-place finish at the Conference Championship. Mount Holyoke and Coast Guard received the NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award for the Women and Men, respectively.

All-Conference selections were announced at Saturday's Championship meet.

2009 NEWMAC Track and Field Awards

Men's Track Athlete of the Year
Steve Headley, Springfield

Women's Track Athlete of the Year
Nikki Hay, Springfield

Men's Field Athlete of the Year
Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard

Women's Field Athlete of the Year
Mickey Jusme, Wheaton

Men's Coach of the Year
Brian Chabot, WPI

Women's Coach of the Year
Halston Taylor, MIT

Men's Sportsmanship Award
Coast Guard Academy

Women's Sportsmanship Award
Mount Holyoke College

2009 NEWMAC Women's Track and Field All-Conference
(NEWMAC Championships records denoted by *)

Event

First Team

Second Team

100-meter dash

Nikki Hay (Springfield) - 12.39

Laurenmaria Smith (Wheaton) -12.68

200-meter dash

Nikki Hay (Springfield) - 25.61

Portia Jones (MIT) - 26.57

400-meter dash

Portia Jones (MIT) - 57.69

Renee Thompson (Wheaton) - 58.01

800-meter dash

Andrea Bradshaw (MIT) - 2:17.03

Jacqui Wentz (MIT) - 2:17.94

1,500-meter run

Katherine Eve (MIT) - 4:45.03

Jennifer Doyle (MIT) - 4:46.42

5,000-meter run

Anna Holt-Gosselin (MIT) - 18:50.01

Amanda DiPaolo (Springfield) - 19:01.27

10,000-meter run

Tania Morimoto (MIT) - 39:13.45

Amanda Rawson (Wheaton) - 40:59.05

100-meter hurdles

Amy Magnuson (MIT) - 14.48 *

Didi Jusme (Wheaton) - 15.78

400-meter hurdles

Jamie Simmons (MIT) - 1:06.04

Christine Moreau (Wheaton) - 1:07.52

3,000-meter steeplechase

Jacqui Wentz (MIT) - 11:05.56

Liz Labuz (MIT) - 11:49.59

4 x 100-meter relay

Portia Jones, Jamie Simmons, Margaret Leibovic, Amy Magnuson (MIT) - 49.47

Nicole Reynolds, Kelly Murphy, Erica Marks, Nikki Hay (Springfield) - 50.35

4 x 400-meter relay

Lauren Cardarelli, Natana Jules, Renee Thompson, Laurenmaria Smith (Wheaton) - 3:55.85 *

Jamie Simmons, Andrea Bradshaw, Martha Gross, Portia Jones (MIT) - 4:05.64

High Jump

Alexa Untermann (Babson) - 1.55 meters

Erin Neville (Wheaton) - 1.55 meters

Pole Vault

Emily Hwang (MIT) - 3.82 meters *

Etta Grover-Silva (3.66)

Long Jump

Nikki Hay (Springfield) - 5.59 meters

Mickey Jusme (Wheaton) - 5.47 meters

Triple Jump

Mickey Jusme (Wheaton) - 11.98 meters *

Nikki Hay (Springfield) - 11.86 meters

Shot Put

Fatima Rose (Springfield) - 12.10 meters

Shakwana Etienne (Smith) - 11.19 meters

Discus

Krista Baker (WPI) - 37.41 meters

Fatima Rose (Springfield) - 36.72

Hammer

Kelsey Bishop (Springfield) - 48.77 meters

Tope Waheed (Wheaton) - 48.49 meters

Javelin

Caitlin Ritchie (Smith) - 35.36 meters

Cherelle Allen (Springfield) - 35.00 meters

2009 NEWMAC Men's Track and Field All-Conference
(NEWMAC Championships records denoted by *)

Event

First Team

Second Team

100-meter dash

Steven Headley (Springfield) - 10.78

Cailean Robinson (Wheaton) - 11.04

200-meter dash

Steve Headley (Springfield) - 21.78

Nickel Hay (Springfield) - 22.26

400-meter dash

Mark Williamson (Wheaton) - 48.22 *

Nickel Hay (Springfield) - 48.80

800-meter dash

Mike Griffin (Springfield) - 1:53.66 *

Justin Bowman (1:56.09)

1,500-meter run

Yermie Cohen (MIT) - 3:58.31

Jake Ruzevick (MIT) - 3:59.51

5,000-meter run

Dan Harper (MIT) - 15:51.86

Jake Ruzevick (MIT) - 16:00.15

10,000-meter run

Gihan Amarasiriwardena (MIT) - 33:11.64

Jack Bourbonnais (MIT) - 33:34.81

110-meter hurdles

Howard Powell (Wheaton) - 15.09

Ben Roy (WPI) - 15.35

400-meter hurdles

Kyle Coleman (Coast Guard) - 55.00

Joe Krasinskas (WPI) - 55.05

3,000-meter steeplechase

Richard Prevost (MIT) - 9:35.51

Paul Welle (MIT) - 9:38.08

4 x 100-meter relay

Matt Amendola, Tom Brognano, Nickel Hay, Steve Headley (Springfield) - 41.51 *

Cailean Robinson, Merzudin Ibric, Mark Williamson, Michael Wright (Wheaton) - 41.52

4 x 400-meter relay

Tom Brogano, Chris Quetant, Kevin Behlmer and Nickel Hay (Springfield) - 3:19.94

David Boyle, Jesse Cremeans, Josh Wofford, Kyle Coleman (Coast Guard) - 3:22.50

High Jump

Tyler Ashner (Coast Guard) - 1.90 meters

Matija Zelic (WPI) - 1.85 meters

Pole Vault

Greg Tao (MIT) - 4.84 meters *

Kyle Morette (WPI) - 4.55 meters

Long Jump

Carl Luxhoj (Coast Guard) - 7.02 meters

Stephen Morton (MIT) - 7.02 meters

Triple Jump

Carl Luxhoj (Coast Guard) - 14.74 meters

Stephen Morton (MIT) - 14.07 meters

Shot Put

Jarrett Arredondo (WPI) - 14.61 meters

Tony McDonald (MIT) - 14.13 meters

Discus

Fran Collins (WPI) - 44.22 meters

Carl Stokes (Coast Guard) - 43.08 meters

Hammer

Jarrett Arredondo (WPI) - 51.15 meters

Fran Collins (WPI) - 49.35 meters

Javelin

Jeff Baker (WPI) - 56.73 meters

Vlad Sobes (MIT) - 55.23 meters