Track & Field All-Conference Teams Announced

5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM

HADLEY, Mass. - Following the completion of the NESCAC Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships this past Saturday at Bowdoin, the NESCAC has announced its 2017 All-Conference Teams. The top three finishers in each event during the championship receive All-NESCAC recognition (a complete list of All-NESCAC performers by event can be found on page two).

Bates senior Allison Hill (Brunswick, Maine) is the recipient of the Sabasteanski Award as the Most Outstanding Female Performer. She won the 200-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles. In addition, she ran the second leg of Bates’ victorious 4x100-meter relay and was a member of the Bobcats' second-place 4x400 relay squad. Bates earned runner-up honors, marking the program’s highest finish at the NESCAC Championship. Hill is the second athlete from Bates to earn the honor, joining former Bobcat Keeliln Godsey (2005 & 2006).

Bates junior Adedire Fakorede (Newark, N.J.) won the Sabasteanski Award as the Most Outstanding Male Performer. He won both the discus throw and hammer throw on Saturday and placed third in the shot put to lead the Bobcats to a fifth-place finish. Fakorede’s hammer and shot put marks represented personal bests in both events. He is the sixth Bobcat to earn the award and first since David Pless earned the honor in 2012 and 2013.

The Sabasteanski Award is named in honor of the late Frank Sabasteanski, who graduated from Bowdoin and later led the cross country and track and field programs at the college for 28 years.

Rookie Most Outstanding Performer honors went to Megan Powell (Washington, D.C.) of Williams and Yaw Sekyere (Tampa, Fla.) of Bowdoin. Powell won the 400-meter dash to contribute to the Ephs’ championship title. She also placed fourth in the 200-meter dash and was a member of Williams’ 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams, that finished third and first, respectively. Sekyere helped the Polar Bears earn their best finish since 2002. He placed second in the 100-meters, third in the 200-meters and was a member of the Bowdoin 4x100 relay team that placed fourth. Powell is the second straight Eph to earn the honor, joining Denver Williams who garnered the award last season, and Sekyere is the first Bowdoin athlete win the award.

Jay Hartshorn’s staff earned Women’s Track & Field Coaching Staff of the Year for the first time in program history, after leading Bates to a second-place finish with 107 points behind the strength of four event winners and 10 top-three event finishes. The Bowdoin men’s coaching staff, led by head coach Peter Slovenski, was selected as the Men’s Track & Field Coaching Staff of the Year for the first time in the history of the award. Slovenski, in his 30th season with the Polar Bears, guided Bowdoin to a third-place finish with 110 points.

Allison Hill Bates	Adedire Fakorede Bates	Megan Powell Williams	Yaw Sekyere Bowdoin	Jay Hartshorn Bates Staff	Peter Slovenski Bowdoin Staff

2017 NESCAC Men's Track & Field All-Conference Honorees

Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
100-meter dash	Anthony Kardonsky (Tufts), 10.85	Yaw Sekyere (Bowdoin), 10.94	Robert Jones (Tufts), 10.99
200-meter dash	Eli Saucier (Hamilton), 22.03	Marcques Houston (Colby), 22.05	Yaw Sekyere (Bowdoin), 22.06
400-meter dash	Alex Nichols (Middlebury), 48.43	Tobias Muellers (Williams), 48.46	Andrew DiMaiti (Tufts), 49.14
800-meter run	Kristian Sogaard (Amherst), 1:51.94	James Mulliken (Middlebury), 1:52.88	Patrick Griffin (Bates), 1:53.52
1,500-meter run	Peter Hale (Williams), 3:50.34	David Folsom (Williams), 3:50.69	Kevin Serrao (Middlebury), 3:52.89
3,000-meter Steeplechase	Luke O'Connor (Tufts), 8:58.46	Ben Torda (Bowdon), 9:04.57	Evan Ferguson-Hull (Bates), 9:32.35
5,000-meter run	Peter Hale (Williams), 14:51.23	Tim Nichols (Tufts), 14:54.20	Austin Anderson (Williams), 14:54.77
10,000-meter run	Tim Nichols (Tufts), 30:47.31	Jack Pierce (Hamilton), 31:06.24	Noah Williams (Williams), 31:07.40
110-meter hurdles	Josh Etkind (Tufts), 14.53 #	Joseph Staudy (Bowdoin), 14.63	Landon Summers (Colby), 14.82
400-meter hurdles	Andrew DiMaiti (Tufts), 54.15	Nicholas Usoff (Tufts), 55.05	James O'Donnell (Colby), 55.65
High Jump	Stefan Duvivier (Tufts), 1.98m	Ian Outhwaite (Williams), J1.98m	Joseph Staudt (Bowdoin), 1.88m
Long Jump	Christian Holway (Williams), 6.93m	Tobias Muellers (Williams), 6.82m	Isaiah Seetram (Bates), 6.77m
Triple Jump	Brian Greenberg (Bowdoin), 14.60m	Christian Holway (Williams), 14.28m	Jeffrey Jones (Bates), 14.23m
Javelin	Tyler Harrington (Bates), 59.91m	Alfred Hurley (Middlebury), 57.77m	Colin Tiernan (Bowdoin), 54.51m
Discus	Adedire Fakorede (Bates), 49.60m	Magnus Herweyer (Williams), 45.73m	Michael Paloian (Tufts), 43.12m
Hammer	Adedire Fakorede (Bates), 57.83m	John Pietro (Bowdoin), 55.26m	Minhaj Rahman (Middlebury), 50.84m
Shot Put	Magnus Herweyer (Williams), 15.90m	John Pietro (Bowdoin), 15.72m	Adedire Fakorede (Bates), 15.45m
Pole Vault	John Natalone, (Middlebury), 4.40m	Andrew McCracken (Wesleyan), J4.40m	Pierceson Brown (Williams), J4.40m
4x100-meter relay	Colby, 41.81 (Roy Donnelley, Brian Sommers, Landon Summers, Marcques Houston)	Tufts, 42.15 (Patrick Milne, Tommy Miller, Anthony Kardonsky, Robert Jones)	Bates, 42.61 (Isaish Seetram, Rayn Corley, Beaufils Kimpolo-Pene, Colin Kraft)
4x400-meter relay	Middlebury, 3:17.45 (Cam Mackintosh, Arden Coleman, Jimmy Martinez, Alex Nichols)	Williams, 3:20.12 (Dysron Marshall, Kevin LeFleche, Steve Yannacone, Tobias Muellers)	Tufts, 3:21.90 (Andrew DiMaiti, Billy Witrock, Jordan Abate, Tom Doyle)
4x800-meter relay	Williams, 7:44.69 (David Folsom, Tristan Colaizzi, Lucas Estrada, Nick Gannon)	Bates, 7:50.68 (Mark Fusco, Robert Flynn, Jack Kiely, Patrick Griffin)	Tufts, 7:51.01 (Colin Raposo, Hiroto Watanabe, Christian Swenson, Jackson Mihm)
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2017 NESCAC Women's Track & Field All-Conference Honorees

Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
100-meter dash	Kennedy Green (Williams), 12.23	Catherine Berry (Hamilton), 12.33	Katherine Marlow-Benedick (Trinity), 12.37
200-meter dash	Allison Hill (Bates), 24.82	Catherine Berry (Hamilton), 25.11	Katherine Marlow-Benedick (Trinity), 25.27
400-meter dash	Megan Powell (Williams), 56.64	Taylor DePalo (Colby), 57.44	Denver Williams (Williams), 58.09
800-meter run	Ayden Eickhoff (Bates), 2:12.68	Anna Passannante (Williams), 2;12.95	Yvonne Bungei (Williams), 2:13.84
1,500-meter run	Anna Harleen (Williams), 4:31.09	Jessica Wilson (Bates), 4:35.05	Abigail Nadler (Middlebury), 4:36.96
3,000-meter Steeplechase	Catie Skinner (Middlebury), 11:09.11	Elowyn Pfeiffer (Williams), 11:16.91	Sarah Kinney (Bowdoin), 11:24.71
5,000-meter run	Emma Zahner (Williams), 17:25.70	Caitlin Lawlor (Colby), 17:30.05	Jessica Wilson (Bates), 17:40.13
10,000-meter run	Brittany Bowman (Tufts), 35:37.17	Katherine Treanor (Amherst), 36:41.84	Emma Herrmann (Williams), 36:47.51
100-meter hurdles	Allison Hill (Bates), 14.38	Maddie Pronovost (Middlebury), 14.83	Jenna Athanasopoulos (Colby), 14.97
400-meter hurdles	Kayley McGonagle (Williams), 1:03.05	Alyza Ngbokoli (Williams), 1:03.97	Sara Ory (Bowdoin), 1:04.07
High Jump	Helene Hall (Williams), 1.73m	Summer-Solstice Thomas (Williams), 1.68m	Emma Egan (Williams), 1.68m
Long Jump	Candice Dyce (Williams), 5.48m	Sally Ceesay (Bates), 5.47m	Brita Dawson (Tufts), 5.29m
Triple Jump	Candice Dyce (Williams), 11.82m	Sally Ceesay (Bates), 11.56m	Abbey Asare-Bediako (Amherst), 11.29m
Javelin	Devon Player (Middlebury), 41.92m	Ellen Masalsky (Bowdoin) ,41.08m	Lauren Kennedy (Conn. College), 40.27m
Discus	Pamela Zabala (Bowdoin), 40.60m	Michaela Garrett (Colby), 39.05m	Jennifer Sherwill (Tufts), 38.98m
Hammer	Michaela Garrett (Colby), 53.21m	Emily Hull (Hamilton), 45.28m	Katie Hughes (Bates), 43.78m
Shot Put	Koko Mensah (Conn. College), 13.05m	Kabari Burabari (Trinity), 12.37m	Lauren Kennedy (Conn. College), 12.35m
Pole Vault	Katie Loftus (Williams), 3.55m	Kreager Taber (Middlebury), 3.25m	Christine Andersen (Bowdoin), J3.25m
4x100-meter relay	Bates, 48.30 (Sally Ceesay, Allison HIll, Anna Beaudet, Claire Markonic)	Trinity, 48.60 (Kathareeya Tonyai, Katie Lazur, Katherine Marlow-Benedick, Morgan Hallow)	Williams, 48.73 (Ally Isley, Megan Powell, Denver Williams, Kennedy Green)
4x400-meter relay	Williams, 3:54.20 (Sierra Loomis, Laney Teaford, Denver Williams, Megan Powell)	Bates, 3:54.67 (Allison Hill, Paige Rabb, Ayden Eickhoff, Claire Markonic)	Colby, 3:55.14 (Rachel Leonard, Sophie Stokes Cerkvenik, Michaela Athanasopoulos, Taylor DePalo)
4x800-meter relay	Williams, 9:21.85 (Stella Worters, Yvonne Bungei, Anna Passannante, Leah Rosenfeld)	Middlebury, 9:22.91 (Anna Willig, Meg Wilson, Catie Skinner, Lucy Lang)	Bowdoin, 9:23.52 (Eleanor Brakewood, Demi Feder, Caroline Shiipley, Meghan Bellerose)
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