2008 NESCAC Men's & Women's Track & Field All-Conference Teams
HADLEY, Mass. - Following the completion of the 2008 NESCAC Men's and Women's Track and Field Championships, the league has announced the 2008 NESCAC All-Conference Team. The top three finishers in each event during the championship, hosted by Hamilton College on April 26, receive All-Conference recognition.
Williams senior Carrie Plitt (Wenham, Mass.) received the Sabasteanski Award as the Most Outstanding Female Performer as determined by the conference coaches. Plitt set a NESCAC meet record in the 200-meter dash, winning the event in a time of 24.95. She also finished first in the 400-meter dash (57.05) and was part of two of the Ephs' three winning relay teams, the 4x100-meter and the 4x400-meter. Williams won its eighth consecutive NESCAC crown on Saturday with a team score of 160.5.
On the men's side, the Sabasteanski Award as the Most Outstanding Male Performer was shared between Williams junior Deividas Seferis (Klaipeda, Lithuania) and Hamilton sophomore Peter Kosgei (Kapsabet, Kenya). Seferis placed first in both the 200-meter (21.61) and the 400-meter (49.05) while finishing second in the 100-meter (10.88), 0.01 seconds behind senior teammate Andrew Arons. The Continentals' Kosgei was first in both the 800-meter and 1500-meter, as his 800 time of 1:50.62 was not only both a championship and program record but is also the fastest time in Division III currently.
Most Outstanding Rookie Performer accolades went to Colby first-year Emma Linhard (Brunswick, Maine) and Bates freshman Christopher Murtagh (Rowley, Mass.). Linhard came in first in the 1500-meter run (4:34.43), one-tenth of a second shy of the Colby program record, and was also a part of the Mules' 4x800-meter relay team which finished second at the championship. Murtagh placed first in the javelin throw with a distance of 54.94 meters, and was eighth in the hammer, recording a throw of 43.81 meters.
Women's Coach of the Year honors went to Williams head coach Peter Farwell, while Tufts head coach Ethan Barron came away as the Men's Coach of the Year. Farwell guided the Ephs to their eighth consecutive NESCAC title and 16th overall. In his third year at the helm of the Jumbos track & field team, Barron won Coach of the Year for the third year in a row as Tufts finished second by 12 points to 2008 champion Williams.
Men's All-Conference Performers
| Amherst |
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| Peter Harrison |
1,500-Meter Run |
| Jimmy Swanson |
800-Meter Run |
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| Bates |
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| Jerome Bennett |
Pole Vault |
| Noah Gauthier |
Hammer Throw, Shot Put |
| Richard McNeil |
Hammer Throw, Shot Put, Discus Throw |
| Christopher Murtagh |
Javelin Throw |
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| Bowdoin |
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| Brendan Egan |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Kyle Hebert |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Eric Lee |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Zach Winters |
4x400-Meter Relay |
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| Colby |
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| Camden Bucsko |
Discus Throw |
| Chris Copeland |
Long Jump |
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| Connecticut College |
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| Shawn Mulcahy |
5,000-Meter Run |
| Alex Samma |
High Jump |
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| Hamilton |
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| Greg Fullman |
400-Meter Hurdles |
| Peter Kosgei |
800-Meter Run, 1,500-Meter Run |
| James Russell |
Pole Vault |
| Claudius Zorokong |
Long Jump |
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| Middlebury |
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| Jimmy Butcher |
10,000-Meter Run |
| Nick Plugis |
Javelin Throw |
| Abhishek Sripad |
Pole Vault |
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| Trinity |
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| Alex Baillargeon |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Mike Goulet |
Discus Throw |
| Ricky Lynn |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Shaun McDonough |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Bill Monahan |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Brendan Powers |
800-Meter Run |
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| Tufts |
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| Ikenna Acholonu |
110-Meter Hurdles |
| Jeremy Arak |
High Jump |
| James Bradley |
High Jump |
| Scott Brinkman |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Trevor Donadt |
110-Meter Hurdles, 400-Meter Hurdles |
| Jared Engelking |
110-Meter Hurdles |
| Jesse Faller |
5,000-Meter Run, Distance Medley Relay |
| Colin Fitzgerald |
200-Meter Dash, 4x100-Meter Relay |
| Billy Hale |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Andrew Longley |
4x100-Meter Relay, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Dan Marcy |
Triple Jump |
| Phil Rotella |
100-Meter Dash, 4x100-Meter Relay, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Dave Sorensen |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase, Distance Medley Relay |
| Marc Soskin |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Marvin Walker |
Distance Medley Relay |
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| Wesleyan |
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| Jonah Blumstein |
10,000-Meter Run |
| Chris Foster |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Chris Greene |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Sam Grover |
Triple Jump |
| Matt Katz |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Tommie Lark |
Long Jump, Triple Jump |
| Brad Litchfield |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Mike Moody |
Javelin Throw |
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| Williams |
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| Andrew Arons |
100-Meter Dash, 200-Meter Dash, 400-Meter Dash, 4x100-Meter Relay |
| Chris Beeler |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Mack Brickley |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Joseph Buck |
400-Meter Hurdles, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Grant Burgess |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
| John Chaffee |
1,500-Meter Run, Distance Medley Relay |
| Brian Cole |
Distance Medley Relay |
| Andrew DeSalvo |
Shot Put |
| Matt Desir |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Matt Farley |
Hammer Throw |
| Taylor Fitzgerald |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Alex Hoerman |
400-Meter Dash, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Corey Levin |
5,000-Meter Run |
| Pierre-Alexandre Meloty Kapella |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Jared Oubre |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
| Sy Schotz |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Deividas Seferis |
100-Meter Dash, 200-Meter Dash, 400-Meter Dash, 4x100-Meter Relay |
| Corey Watts |
10,000-Meter Run |
Women's All-Conference Performers
| Amherst |
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| Kristen Ballinger |
400-meter Dash, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Carly Levenson |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Katie Moravec |
5,000-Meter Run |
| Kim Partee |
5,000-Meter Run |
| Mary Doris Reggie |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Elise Tropiano |
10,000-Meter Run |
| Susie Wasserman |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Heather Wilson |
10,000-Meter Run |
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| Bates |
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| Izzy Alexander |
400-Meter Hurdles |
| Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan |
Hammer Throw, Shot Put |
| Jennifer Marino |
Triple Jump |
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| Bowdoin |
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| Amy Ahearn |
4x800-Meter Relay |
| Kelsey Borner |
Shot Put, Discus Throw |
| Chelsea Jackson |
Javelin Throw |
| Grace Kerr |
4x800-Meter Relay |
| Alex Peacock-Villada |
4x800-Meter Relay |
| Hannah Peckler |
Long Jump |
| Dana Riker |
4x800-Meter Relay |
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| Colby |
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| Anna King |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase, 4x800-Meter Relay |
| Cassandra Knight |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase, 4x800-Meter Relay |
| Brianna Kondrat |
Discus Throw |
| Emma Linhard |
1,500-Meter Run, 4x800-Meter Relay |
| Liz Petit |
4x800-Meter Relay |
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| Hamilton |
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| Alexandra Americanos |
100-Meter Dash |
| Akilah Bond |
Triple Jump |
| Kary Pardy |
Hammer Throw |
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| Middlebury |
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| Grace Close |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Kelley Coughlan |
High Jump |
| Jen Currie |
Hammer Throw |
| Laura Dalton |
4x100-Meter Relay, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Ceara Danaher |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
| Anjuli Demers |
4x100-Meter Relay, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Nicole Dvorak |
Pole Vault |
| Liz Huntley |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Jen Katz |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Alexandra Krieg |
5,000-Meter Run |
| Simone Weismen |
4x400-Meter Relay |
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| Trinity |
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| Laura Komarek |
Shot Put, Discus Throw |
| Amanda White |
100-Meter Hurdles |
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| Tufts |
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| Catherine Beck |
800-Meter Run |
| Andrea Caruth |
400-Meter Hurdles |
| Logan Crane |
100-Meter Dash, 200-Meter Dash, 4x100-Meter Relay, Long Jump |
| Andrea Ferri |
100-Meter Hurdles, 4x100-Meter Relay |
| Kaleigh Fitzpatrick |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Kanku Kabongo |
Triple Jump |
| Katy O'Brien |
1,500-Meter Run |
| Joyce Uang |
High Jump |
| Jenna Weir |
4x100-Meter Relay, Long Jump |
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| Wesleyan |
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| Lynn Edmonds |
400-Meter Dash |
| Kathryn Kulowski |
High Jump |
| Fotini Xenidis |
Javelin Throw |
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| Williams |
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| Jessica Clarke |
4x800-Meter Relay |
| Julia Cohan |
Javelin Throw |
| Lizzy Danhakl |
4x800-Meter Relay |
| Elise Johnson |
100-Meter Dash, 200-Meter Dash, 100-Meter Hurdles, 4x100-Meter Relay |
| Emily Heaslip |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Anne Kerth |
4x400-Meter Relay |
| Olga Kondratjeva |
800-Meter Run, 1,500-Meter Run, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Shawna Rae McArdle |
4x100-Meter Relay |
| Nora Mitchell |
400-Meter Hurdles, 4x800-Meter Relay |
| Lauren Phillbrook |
10,000-Meter Run |
| Carrie Plitt |
200-Meter Dash, 400-Meter Dash, 4x100-Meter Relay, 4x400-Meter Relay |
| Rachel Teitelbaum |
Pole Vault |
| Laura Walls |
4x800-Meter Relay |
| Sara Wild |
800-Meter run, 4x400-Meter Relay |
