HADLEY, Mass. – Conn. College junior Grace McDonough is the NESCAC’s Sabasteanski Award winner as the Most Outstanding Performer. Tufts newcomer Elysse Cumberland was named the Most Outstanding Rookie and the Williams staff was selected as the Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers.
 
McDonough is the second Camel to earn the Sabasteanski Award and the second in four years (Malissa Lindsey, 2022). She established new NESCAC Championship meet records in the 1500 and 5000 meter races en route to winning both events. The junior defended her title in the 1500-meter race and became the first athlete to win back-to-back NESCAC titles in the event since 2016-2017. McDonough posted a time of 4:25.47, which currently ranks first in NCAA Divisoin III, and became the first Camel runner to win a title in the 1500 meters. The middle-distance runner added a second NESCAC title with a record breaking performance in the 5000 meters. Her winning time of 16:41.56 was 10 seconds faster than the record that had stood since 2007. McDonough became the second Conn. College runner to win the 5000-meters at the NESCAC Championship meet and first since 2003. Both of her times were season-bests and also broke the Conn. College school records in the respective events.
 
Cumberland is the fifth Jumbo to be named NESCAC Most Outstanding Rookie after winning the NESCAC title in the long jump and triple jump, while also anchoring the third-place 4x100 relay. Cumberland became the seventh Tufts athlete to win the long jump with a mark of 5.76 meters and was two centimeters shy of breaking the NESCAC record in the event. Cumberland also captured the NESCAC title in the triple jump with a mark of 11.98 meters and is the second consecutive Jumbo and sixth overall to win the triple jump. The newcomer alro ran the anchor leg of Tufts' 4x100 relay team that finished third with a school-record time of 47.38 to earn her third All-NESCAC honor. 

The Williams staff of head coach Nate Hoey and assistant coaches Ethan Barron, Mike Blair, Barb Grossov, Dusty Lopez, Stephanie Mauer were voted as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers. The staff guided the Ephs to their 27th NESCAC Women's Track & Field title and their first since 2019. The 2025 season marks the 11th time the Williams coaching staff has been recognized with the honor.
 
Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Grace McDonough, Conn. College
Most Outstanding Rookie: Elysse Cumberland, Tufts
Coaching Staff of the Year: Williams 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
# indicates NESCAC Championship Meet Record

EVENT	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Women's Shot Put	12.41m - Maria Fareti - Williams	12.18m - Mardy Novak, Bowdoin	12.14m - Mia Kurtz, Tufts
Women's Javelin	41.93m - Mardy Novak, Bowdoin	39.78m - Dana Schwartz, Hamilton	39.72m - Jackie Wells, Tufts
Women's Long Jump	5.76m - Elysse Cumberland, Tufts	5.75m - Mackenzie Daggitt, Middlebury	5.72m - Kennedy Kirkland, Bowdoin
Women's Hammer	49.02m - Maria Fareti, Williams	46.09m - Chloe Schneeberg, Williams	45.33m - Julia Tulimieri, Middlebury
Women's Pole Vault	3.80m - Charlotte Hodge, Bowdoin	3.75m - Ellie Fizgerald, Williams	3.65m - Zoe Wang, Middlebury
Women's High Jump	1.68m - Amelie Jamanka, Williams	1.65m - Harper Meei, Tufts	1.62m - Gabrieanne Chery, Trinity
Women's Triple Jump	11.98m - Elysse Cumberland, Tufts	11.76m - Jordan Andrew, Tufts	11.21m - Campbell Johnson, Bates
Women's Discus	42.16m - Emma Ramsingh, Amherst	39.27m - Lillian Wurtz, Middlebury	38.41m - Julia Saporito, Tufts
Women's 10,000m	36:48.06 - Flora Biro, Amherst	36:55.33 - Julia Brennan, Williams	37:00.38 - Violet Ross, Middlebury
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase	10:21.15 # - Audrey MacLean, Middlebury	10:28.60 - Keira Rogan, Hamilton	10:47.49 - Charlene Peng, Williams
Women's 4x100 Relay	47.11 - Amherst (Rachel Hubley, Camilla Lash, Eliza Cardwell, Heloise Hughes)	47.31 - Colby (Tally Zeller, Fiona Mejico, Simone Waheed, Charlotte Brake-Hoffman)	47.38 - Tufts (Arielle Chechile, Makayla Moriarty, Cameron Stanton, Elysse Cumberland)
Women's 1,500m	4:25.47 # - Grace McDonough, Conn. College	4:33.96 - Lily Yampolsky, Williams	4:34.39 - Sylvan Wold, Amherst
Women's 100m Hurdles	14.68 - Eliza Cardwell, Amherst	14.78 - Myeh Medina, Amherst	14.85 - Emily Rubio - Middlebury
Women's 400m	55.96 - Makayla Moriarty, Tufts	56.27 - Kaitlyn Ewald, Colby	56.33 - Bella King-Harvey, Williams
Women's 100m	12.15 - Simone Waheed, Colby	12.22 - Heloise Hughes, Amherst	12.23 - Blessing Kieh, Conn. College
Women's 800m	2:09.40 # - Alexa Estes, Conn. College	2:10.30 - Annika Paluska, Williams	2:11.00 - Piper Lentz, Amherst
Women's 400m Hurdles	1:00.54 # - Fiona Mejico, Colby	1:01.90 - Myeh Medina, Amherst	1:02.22 - Arielle Chechile, Tufts
Women's 200m	24.95 - Rachel Arthur, Williams	25.18 - Kaitlyn Ewald, Colby	25.22 - Heloise Hughes, Amherst
Women's 5,000m	16:41.56 # - Grace McDonough, Conn. College	16:46.78 - Audrey MacLean, Middlebury	16:48.61 - Kiera Rogan, Hamilton
Women's 4x400 Relay	3:48.13 # - Williams (Claire Jensen, Cate Donaldson, Annika Paluska, Bella King-Harvey)	3:48.75 - Colby (Michelle Barnes, Olivia Doherty, Kaitlyn Ewald, Tally Zeller)	3:51.20 - Tufts (Annika Kral, Emma Smith, Makayla Moriarty, Arielle Chechile)
Women's 4x800 Relay	9:09.87 - Amherst (Ava Zielinski, Julia Schor, Zoe Marcus, Piper Lentz)	9:21.17 - Conn. College (LK Tucker, April Schilling, Caroline Graziani, Alexa Estes)	9:22.29 - Tufts (Logan Elie, Phoebe Bryar, Kaya West, Avery Kerr)