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Colby's Biery Wins NCAA Title in Men's 400m Hurdles to Highlight NESCAC Efforts at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

GENEVA, Ohio - Colby's Levi Biery became the first Mule to win an NCAA title in the men's 400-meter Hurdles and is the second NESCAC athlete to claim the national title in the event since 1975 (Fred Hintlian, Tufts). Biery's NCAA crown highlighted the efforts of the 59 NESCAC athletes who qualified for the championship held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. A total of 40 NESCAC athletes garnered All-America honors over the three-day event.

Biery finished second in the prelim heats with a qualifying time of 52.27. He lowered his time by a hundreth of a second, 52.26, to take first in the event and was followed by three other NESCAC hurdlers as Xander Swann of Middlebury placed third (52.63) and Bowdoin's Adepoju Arogundade finished fourth (52.65).

Other top 10 finishes in the men's competition included Conn. College's Matt Scardigno placing seventh in the 5000-meter race (14:16.92) and Oak Sullivan of Williams tallied 6,536 points in the decathlon.

NESCAC women athletes picked up 11 First Team All-America honors led by Conn. College's Grace McDonough who was the national runner-up in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 16:16.36 and added a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters (4:25.49). Middlebury's Audrey MacLean was the runner-up in the 3000-meter Steeplechase (10:23.59) and Hamilton's Keira Rogan finished just behind in third (10:24.56). MacLean also earned an eight-place finish in the 5,000-meters (16:42.81). Colby's Fiona Mejico finished second in the 400-meter Hurdles (29.23) and Amherst's Myeh Medina clocked in at sixth place (1:01.73). The Tufts duo of Jordan Andrew and Elysse Cumberland led the NESCAC in the jumps. Andrew placed fourth in the triple jump witha mark of 12.29 meters (40-4) and Cumberland finished ffith in the long jump with a leap of 5.81 meters (19-0.75). In the relays, Williams and Colby finished 5-6 in the 4x400 race. The Ephs posted a time of 3:44.99 while the Mules combined for a time of 3:45.31.

NESCAC 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship All-Americans
Event Name School Place - Time/Mark/Points All-America Team
Men's 400m Hurdles Levi Biery (NCAA Champion) Colby 1st - 52.26 First
Men's 400m Hurdles Xander Swann Middlebury 3rd - 52.63 First
Men's 400m Hurdles Adepoju Arogundade Bowdoin 4th - 52.65 First
Men's 5000m Matt Scardigno Conn. College 7th - 14:16.92 First
Men's Decathlon Oak Sullivan Williams 6th - 6536 pts First
Men’s Hammer Dave Filias Middlebury 15th – 56.09m (184-0) Second
Men’s Pole Vault Ian Stebbins Bowdoin 16th - 4.70m (15-5) Second
Men's 10000m Amokrane Aouchiche Tufts 14th - 30:26.85 Second
Men's 400m Hurdles Josh Wilkie Tufts 14th - 53.46 Second
Men's 4x400m Jackson Coelho, Peter Martel
Levi Biery, Ren Zanze
Colby 10th - 3:13.65 Second
Men's 800m Oliver Brandes Bowdoin 10th - 1:52.18 Second
Men's Long Jump William Murray Williams 12th - 7.03m (23-0.75) Second
Event Name School Place - Time/Mark/Points All-America Team
Women’s 1500m Grace McDonough Conn. College 3rd – 4:25.49 First
Women’s Triple Jump Jordan Andrew Tufts 4th – 12.29 (40-4) First
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Audrey MacLean Middlebury 2nd - 10:23.59 First
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Keira Rogan Hamilton 3rd - 10:24.46 First
Women's 400m Hurdles Fiona Mejico Colby 2nd - 59.23 First
Women's 400m Hurdles Myeh Medina Amherst 6th - 1:01.73 First
Women's 4x400 Relay Claire Jensen, Cate Donaldson
Annika Paulska, Bella King-Harvey
Williams 5th - 3:44.99 First
Women's 4x400 Relay Tally Zeller, Olivia Doherty
Kaitlyn Ewald, Fiona Mejico
Colby 6th - 3:45.31 First
Women's 5000m Grace McDonough Conn. College 2nd - 16:16.36 First
Women's 5000m Audrey MacLean Middlebury 8th - 16:42.81 First
Women's Long Jump Elysse Cumberland Tufts 5th - 5.81m (19-0.75) First
Women’s 4x100 Relay Tally Zeller, Fiona Mejico,
Simone Waheed, Charlotte Brake-Hoffman
Colby 9th – 46.63 Second
Women’s Triple Jump Elysse Cumberland Tufts 13th - 11.85m (38-10.5) Second
Women's 10000m Flora Brio Amherst 16th - 36:15.65 Second
Women's 100m Blessing Kieh Conn. College 9th - 11.88 Second
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Charlene Peng Williams 9th - 10:41.81 Second
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Kiera Tallas Conn. College 13th - 10:50.52 Second
Women's 400m Bella King-Harvey Williams 9th - 55.64 Second
Women's 800m Alexa Estes Conn. College 11th - 2:12.09 Second
Women's 800m Annika Paulska Williams 14th - 2:12.92 Second
Women's 800m Piper Lentz Amherst 15th - 2:13.29 Second
Women's Discus Emma Ramsingh Amherst 9th - 40.99 (134-5) Second
Women's Heptathlon Livi Mazerolle Williams 14th - 4568 pts Second
Women's 400m Hurdles Arielle Chechile Tufts 9th - 1:01.37 Second
Women's High Jump Harper Meek Tufts 15th - 1.60m (5-5) Second
Women's Javelin Jackie Wells Tufts 16th - 37.98 (124-7) Second
Women's Long Jump Kennedy Kirkland Bowdoin 15th - 5.61m (18-5) Second
Women's Pole Vault Ellie Fitzgerald Williams 11th - 3.85m (12-7.5) Second
Women's Pole Vault Jae Yu Williams 12th - 3.75 (12-3.5) Second