HADLEY, Mass. – Bowdoin senior Kianne Benjamin is the NESCAC’s Sabasteanski Award winner as the Most Outstanding Performer. Middlebury newcomer Audrey MacLean was named the Most Outstanding Rookie and the Panther’s staff was selected as the Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers.
 
Benjamin is the second Polar Bear to earn the Sabasteanski Award and the first since Elisa Millett in 2012. Benjamin won two individual titles with victories in the 400-meter and 200-meter races while also placing second in the 100-meter dash.
 
MacLean won the 3,000-meter Steeplechase and 5,000-meters to contribute to Middlebury’s NESCAC team title. MacLean is the first Panther to garner the Rookie of the Year since Kate Irvin in 2001.
 
The Middlebury coaching staff of head coach Martin Beatty and assistants Nicole Wilkerson, Bruce Ingersoll, Luke Hotte, Peter Kim, Jason McCallum, Kevin Chu, Max Memeger, and Jake Rigoli, was selected as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year for the third year in a row. The staff led the Panthers to their third consecutive NESCAC title. Middlebury was the third NESCAC program to post a three-peat championship.
 
Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Kianne Benjamin, Bowdoin
Track & Field Most Outstanding Rookie: Audrey MacLean, Middlebury
Coaching Staff of the Year: Middlebury College

Women's Track & Field 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	12.26m - Julia Tulimieri, Middlebury	12.00m - Emma Wheeler, Conn. College	11.82m - Ginger Arnold, Bowdoin
Women's Javelin	40.87m - Corinne Ahern, Bowdoin	38.41m - Jaxon Palmer, Middlebury	37.95m - Mardy Novak, Bowdoin
Women's Long Jump	5.77m - Kennedy Kirkland, Bowdoin	5.64m - Macy Daggitt, Middlebury	5.60m - Eliza Cardwell, Amherst
Women's Hammer	46.12m - Jaxon Palmer, Middlebury	45.42m - Corinne Ahern, Bowdoin	44.55m - Alma Mackic, Bates
Women's Pole Vault	3.70m - Charlotte Hodge, Bowdoin	J3.70m - Ellie Fitzgerald, Williams	J3.70m - Zoe Wang, Middlebury
Women's High Jump	1.62m - Gabby Grattan, Trinity	1.57m - Lexi King, Tufts 1.57m - Anaya Thomas, Amherst
Women's Triple Jump	11.67m - Jordan Andrew, Tufts	11.39m - Lucinda Pollitt, Middlebury	11.35m - Sarah Pillone, Tufts
Women's Discus	45.43m - Emma Ramsingh, Amherst	41.54m - Madeline Saunder, Middlebury	36.13m - Claire Edwards, Wesleyan
Women's 10,000m	35:24.21 - Stephanie Ager, Wesleyan	36:28.28 - Isabel May, Bates	36:36.85 - Fiona Picone, Williams
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase	10:30.98 - Audrey Maclean, Middlebury	10:55.75 - Molly Fitzgibbons, Williams	11:08.04 - Charlene Peng, Williams
Women's 4x100 Relay	46.51 # - Colby Erin Daugherty, Fiona Mejico, Simone Waheed, Sade Greenidge	46.98 - Williams Bella King-Harvey, Cate Donaldson, Camryn Taylor, Rachel Arthur	47.63 - Middlebury Katie Bruno, Melissa White, Michelle Louie, Mackenzie Daggitt
Women's 1,500m	4:31.62 - Grace McDonough, Conn. College	4:33.83 - Julia Schor, Amherst	4:34.33 - Chrissy Aman, Bates
Women's 100m Hurdles	14.44 - Erin Daugherty, Colby	14.65 - Sarah Pillone, Tufts	14.72 - Arissa Grace McGowan, Amherst
Women's 400m	55.59 - Kianne Benjamin, Bowdoin	56.34 - Bella King-Harvey, Williams	56.49 - Kennedy Mullen, Trinity
Women's 100m	11.94 - Rachel Arthur, Williams	12.15 - Kianne Benjamin, Bowdoin	12.17 - Sade Greenidge, Colby
Women's 800m	2:11.66 - Alexa Estes, Conn. College	2:11.91 - Zoe Marcus, Amherst	2:15.18 - Elle Thompson, Middlebury
Women's 400m Hurdles	1:01.77 - Fiona Mejico, Colby	1:03.13 - Myeh Medina, Amherst	1:03.23 - Ciara Dale, Middlebury
Women's 200m	24.16 - Kianne Benjamin, Bowdoin	24.83 - Rachel Arthur, Williams	24.96 - Bella King-Harvey, Williams
Women's 5,000m	17:20.17 - Audrey Maclean, Middlebury	17:24.44 - Stephanie Chun, Bowdoin	17:33.06 - Abby Mueller, Bowdoin
Women's 4x400 Relay	3:49.23 # - Williams Cate Donaldson, Camryn Taylor, Claire Jensen, Bella King-Harvey	3:52.88 - Colby Haley Wims, Kristina Pizzi, Kaitlyn Ewald, Fiona Mejico	3:53.34 - Trinity Cate Kneebone, Sophia Jones, Emma Almoney, Kennedy Mullen
Women's 4x800 Relay	9:15.40 - Amherst Zoe Marcus, Piper Lentz, Ava Zielinski, Isabella Lozier	9:20.47 - Middlebury Elle Thompson, Lily Bulczynski, Caroline VanSchaick, Tatum Peskin	9:28.37 - Conn. College Grace McDonough, Abby Fernald, LK Tucker, Alexa Estes