Wheaton Women Capture NEWMAC Track & Field Title

Northampton, MA: The women of Wheaton College and the men of MIT captured the 2008 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Track & Field Championships held today at Smith College. Wheaton (205 points) squeaked by Springfield (203 points) to reclaim the title that it had held from 1998-2006 while the MIT men took home their eighth consecutive title.

Junior Chizoba Ezeigwe (Brockton, MA) led the Wheaton women taking the 100m and 200m and was the fourth leg of the winning 4x100m relay team. Nikki Hay (Norwalk, CT) was a double winner for Springfield sweeping the long & triple jumps while MIT's Aline Thomas (Miami, FL) won the shot and set a new Conference record in the hammer with a throw of 13.15m. Three other NEWMAC records were set by the women including Lacey Cartier (York ME) from Springfield College in the 800 m (2:16.26), Emily Hwang (Shrewsbury, MA) from MIT in the pole vault (3.58m), and 4x400m relay team from Wheaton (3:56.81).  The women's final standings were:

MIT's Stephen Morton (Lexington, KY) was the only double winner on the men's side taking the 100m and long jump.  Jeff Baker (Wallingford, CT) set a new mark in the javelin with a throw of 60.50m while Wheaton's 4x100m relay team established a new record of 42.45.  The men's final standings:

Final Women's Standings:                                                    Final Men's Standings:
1.  205   Wheaton                                                                    1.  240     MIT
2.  203   Springfield                                                                2.  188.5  Coast Guard
3.  178   MIT                                                                           3.  146     Springfield
4.    67   Coast Guard                                                              4.  119.5  WPI
5.    52   Smith                                                                         5.    71     Wheaton
6.    28   Mount Holyoke                                                         6.      3      Babson
7.    25   WPI
8.    18   Babson 

2008 NEWMAC Women's Track & Field All Conference
Event               First Team                                          Second Team
100m               Chizoba Ezeigwe, Wheaton                 Nikki Hay, Springfield
200m               Chizoba Ezeigwe, Wheaton                 Nikki Hay, Springfield
400m               Renee Thompson, Wheaton                 Natana Jules, Wheaton
800m               Lacey Cartier, Springfield                    Andrea Bradshaw, MIT
1500m             Megan Brousseau, Wheaton                Adrienne Bolger, MIT
5000m             Amanda Rawson, Wheaton                 Alyssa Brigham, Springfield
10000m           Amanda DiPaolo, Springfield              Lauren McCarthy, Lauren
100HH             Chanel Lee, Coast Guard                     Morgan Jamiel, Wheaton
400IH              Leanne Veldhuis, MIT                         Lauren Blackburn, Babson
3000 
Steeplechase     Jacqui Wentz, MIT                             Katie Pratt, Wheaton
4x100              Morgan Jamiel, Wheaton                     Katie Parente, Springfield
                        Laurenmaria Smith,                             Nicole Reynolds,
                        Renee Thompson                                 Caitlin Breault
                        Chizoba Ezeigwe                                 Nikki Hay
4x400m           Kelly Libert, Wheaton                         Nicole Reynolds, Springfield
                        Lilian Calderwood                               Sarah Rioux
                        Christine Moreau                                   Jen McBride
                        Renee Thompson                                 Lacey Cartier
HJ                    Erin Neville, Wheaton                         Ashley Palmer, Springfield
PV                   Emily Hwang, MIT                              Etta Grover-Silva, Smith
LJ                    Nikki Hay, Springfield                         Amy Magnuson, MIT
TJ                    Nikki Hay, Springfield                         Kayla Robertson, Springfield
Shot                 Aline Thomas, MIT                             Diana Kornberg, Wheaton
Discus              Anne Jefferson, Coast Guard              Rachel Keyworth, Springfield
Hammer           Aline Thomas, MIT                             Kesley Bishop, Springfield
Javelin             Katie Bolton, Springfield                     Morgan Jamiel, Wheaton

2008 Men's All Conference Team
Event               First Team                                         Second Team
100m               Stephen Morton, MIT                          Jeff Bruno, Springfield
200m               Merzudin Ibric, Wheaton                     Stephen Morton, MIT
400m               Mark Williamson, Wheaton                 Nickel Hay, Springfield
800m               Chris McCann, WPI                             Jason Erickson, Coast Guard
1500m             Mike Haas, Coast Guard                      Chris McCann, WPI"
5000m             Joe Roy-Mayhew, MIT                        Kevin Jillson, WPI
10000m           Jack Bourbonnais, MIT                       Matt Eyler, Coast Guard
110HH             Albi Skenderi, Wheaton                       Omari Stephens, MIT
400IH              Kyle Coleman, Coast Guard                Albi Skenderi, Wheaton
3000
Steeplechase  Paul Welle, MIT                                   Richard Provost, MIT
4x100m           Mark Ciminio, Wheaton                      Matt Amendola, Springfield
                        Merzudin Ibric                                    Jeff Bruno
                        Mark Williamson                                Nickel Hay
                        Raiyan Banaji                                      Tom Brognano
4x400m           Jason Erickson, Coast Guard               Merzudin Ibric, Wheaton
                        Matt Romano                                       Mark Williamson
                        Kyle Coleman                                      Jonathan Cunha
                        Thomas Adams                                    Albi Skenderi
HJ                    Mike Miller, Springfield                       Tyler Ashner, Coast Guard
PV                   Greg Tao, MIT                                     Omari Stephens, MIT
LJ                    Stephen Morton, MIT                          Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard
TJ                    Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard                    Nick DeCelle, Springfield
Shot                 James Oleinik, MIT                             Jarrett Arredondo, WPI
Discus              John Lewis, Springfield                       James Oleinik, MIT
Hammer           Dominick Uguccioni, Springfield           Chris Hunt, Coast Guard
Javelin             Jeff Baker, WPI                                   Steve Blum, Coast Guard

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