HADLEY, Mass. – Wesleyan senior Grace Devanny, Amherst first-year Arissa Grace McGowan, and the Middlebury coaching staff along 2023 NESCAC Women's Track & Field Individual Awards.

Devanny was voted as the Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer) recipient. She posted four combined first-place finishes at the NESCAC Championship meet to help Wesleyan to post its highest team finish since 2003. Devanny won the 200m and 400m races while also helping the Cardinals to first place in both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. Devanny became just the third athlete in NESCAC history to win both the 200m and 400m events in the same season and is the first Wesleyan athlete to win the Sabasteanski Award.

McGowan was voted as the NESACAC Most Outstanding Rookie and is the second consecutive Mammoth to garner the accolade and the fourth Amherst athlete overall. McGowan won the women's 100m hurdles in her NESCAC Championship debut and helped the Mammoths claim third place in the team standings for its best team finish since 2008.

The Middlebury staff was selected as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year for the second season in a row as the Panthers won the NESCAC title for the second consecutive season and fourth time overall. The recognition includes head coach Martin Beatty and assistants Nicole Wilkerson, Bruce Ingersoll, Luke Hotte, Peter Kim, Jason MacCallum, Michael Pallozzi, and Kevin Chu. This season marks the fifth time a Panther Coach/Coaching Staff has been honored since 2003.

2023 NESCAC Women's Track & Field Awards
Women's Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Grace Devanny, Wesleyan
Women's Most Outstanding Rookie: Arissa Grace McGowan, Amherst
Women's Coaching Staff of the Year: Middlebury

Women's All-NESCAC Performers
The top three finishers in each event and the top three relay teams earn All-NESCAC honors // # - NESCAC meet record

EVENT	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Women's Shot Put	12.14 - Emma Miller, Williams	11.82 - Julia Tulimieri, Middlebury	11.78 - Emma Hargraves, Bowdoin
Women's Javelin	40.52 - Carolina Andrade, Amherst	35.55 - Lia Rotti, Tufts	34.78 - Jaxon Palmer, Middlebury
Women's Long Jump	5.57 - Morgan Nasir, Williams	5.50 - Cady Barns, Middlebury	5.45 - Kristen Chou, Williams
Women's Hammer	47.96 - Kamilia Zygadlo, Trinity	45.60 - Emma Hargraves, Bowdoin	44.09 - Jada Scotland, Bowdoin
Women's Pole Vault	3.65 - Kelsie Hao, Tufts	3.65 - Sarah Firth, Tufts	3.55 - Ellie Fitzgerald, Williams
Women's High Jump	1.70 - Jaidyn Appel, Tufts	1.67 - Gabriella Grattan, Trinity	1.62 - Emily Rubio, Middlebury
Women's Triple Jump	11.79 - Lia Rotti, Tufts	11.51 - Cady Barns, Middlebury	11.33 - Erica MacSweeney, Conn. College
Women's Discus	39.66 - Madeline Sauders, Middlebury	37.42 - Jada Scotland, Bowdoin	37.38 - Kamila Zygadlo, Trinity
Women's 10,000m	37:10.79 - Fiona Picone, Williams	37:11.76 - Allison Lounsbury, Amherst	37:25.54 - Meghan Davis, Tufts
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase	10:43.56 - Molly Fitzgibbons, Williams	10:57.83 - Mary Kate McGranahan, Amherst	11:12.69 - Audrey Grimes, Middlebury
Women's 4x100 Relay	47.73 # - Wesleyan Gabby Harris, Kenzie Kelly Augusta Burhans, Grace Devanny	48.32 - Middlebury Melissa White, Michelle Louie, Eva Kaiden, Cady Barns	48.57 - Williams Kiara Tan, Rachel Arthur, Camryn Taylor, Scarlet Rusch
Women's 1,500m	4:37.62 - Hannah Neilon, Tufts	4:28.79 - Chrissy Aman, Bates	4:40.42 - Kate Kenny, Middlebury
Women's 100m Hurdles	15.14 - Arissa Grace McGowan, Amherst	15.31 - Sarah Pillone, Tufts	15.36 - Emily Rubio, Middlebury
Women's 400m	56.45 - Grace Devanny, Wesleyan	58.46 - Casie Eifrig, Amherst	58.53 - Kennedy Mullen, Trinity
Women's 100m	12.29 - Kiara Tan, Williams	12.44 - Malissa Lindsey, Conn. College	12.60 - Gabby Harris, Wesleyan
Women's 800m	2:16.21 - Hannah Neilon, Tufts	2:17.27 - Maeve Hoffman, Wesleyan	2:17.29 - Lucy Gagnon, Williams
Women's 400m Hurdles	1:03.33 - Fiona Mejico, Colby	1:03.59 - Ciara Dale, Middlebury	1:04.01 - Camryn Taylor, Williams
Women's 200m	24.83 - Grace Devanny, Wesleyan	25.04 - Kiara Tan, Williams	25.22 - Malissa Lindsey, Conn. College
Women's 5,000m	17:02.53 - Ella Ball, Williams	17:08.05 - Jillian Richardson, Bates	17:15.02 - Mary Kate McGranahan, Amherst
Women's 4x400 Relay	3:55.96 - Wesleyan Sophie Mack, Maeve Hoffman, Kenzie Kelly, Grace Devanny	3:58.75 - Trinity Cate Kneebone, Julianna Kennedy, Kennedy Mullen, Sophia Jones	3:58.82 - Middlebury Michelle Louie, Anna Krouse, Annabel Cloney, Ciara Dale
Women's 4x800 Relay	9:23.12 - Middlebury Tatum Peskin, Lilly Bulczynski, Audrey Grimes, Elle Thompson	9:29.82 - Amherst Julia Schor, Bella Lozier, Piper Lentz, Margo Pedersen	9:40.46 - Tufts Amelia Neiman, Emma Sasonov, Julia Dolce, Carly Rinko