Track and Field

Williams Set to Host 2026 NESCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships

HADLEY, Mass. – The track & field teams from all 11 NESCAC institutions will convene at Williams College's Lee Track for the 2026 NESCAC Track & Field Championships. The Ephs are hosting the event for the first time since 2015.

The NESCAC Championships will be a two-day championship for the first time since 2002. On Saturday, April 25, the field events begin at 1 p.m., and the track events start at 2 p.m. On Sunday, April 26, both track and field events are scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

HOW TO WATCH
A live webcast will be available at NESCAC.com on computers and mobile devices. The webcast can also be seen on Roku, AppleTV, and Amazon Fire devices. Search for NESCAC Network and download the channel. Click here for more information.

2025 Championship Recap | Results
The Middlebury men and Williams women won NESCAC titles at the 2025 Championships hosted by Wesleyan.

The Panthers won five events and posted 14 All-NESCAC performances to earn their third NESCAC Men's Track & Field title in program history and first since winning back-to-back conference crowns in 2018 and 2019. Middlebury athletes combined to score 169 points to beat out runners-up Amherst by five points. The Mammoths finished as runners-up for the second consecutive season, totaling a NESCAC Championship program-best 164 points.

A total of four records were broken during the men's championship, and Colby's Levi Biery tied the 400 hurdles mark set by former Tufts standout Tom Guglielmo in 1991.

Williams won five events and posted 12 All-NESCAC performances to win its 27th women's track & field title and first since 2019, with 156 points. The Ephs were six points better than runners-up Amherst, which finished second with 150 points and was runners-up for the second consecutive season.

The 2025 NESCAC Women's Track & Field Championship featured six NESCAC record-breaking performances.

Championship History
Six schools have won the NESCAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field title, led by Williams with 23 overall titles. The Ephs' last NESCAC crowns came in 2016 and 2017. Tufts' title in 2024 was the eighth for the Jumbos, while Trinity won four titles between 1984 and 1989. Middlebury, the defending NESCAC Champion, won its third title last season. Bates won two championships 12 years apart in 2000 and 2012, and Colby claimed the NESCAC title in 1986.

Five programs have won a NESCAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field title. Williams, the defending NESCAC Champion, won its 27th crown in 2025 and has won 19 of the last 23 titles. The Jumbos have won four NESCAC titles, including three straight from 1986 to 1988, to go along with their most recent championship in 2013. The Panthers' 2024 title marked the fifth time Middlebury claimed the top spot in the team standings. Bowdoin won back-to-back championships in 1992 and 1993, and Colby claimed the conference titles in 1984 and 1985.
 
2026 NESCAC Outdoor Top Times/Marks (via TFRRS)  |  # = NESCAC Record
MEN'S TOP 3 TIMES/MARKS WOMEN'S TOP 3 TIMES/MARKS
Event Time/Mark Athlete School Event Time/Mark Athlete School
100m 10.52 Jordan Harrison Amherst 100m 11.66 Simisola Lawal Tufts
10.59 Steve Paul Wesleyan 11.67 Simone Waheed Colby
10.65 Jack Davis / Donnell Harvey Jr Tufts / Middlebury 11.90 Blessing Kieh Conn. College
2025 Champion 10.79 Donnell Harvey Jr Middlebury 2025 Champion 12.15 Simone Waheed Colby
200m 21.14 Uly Junker Williams 200m 24.39 Simisola Lawal Tufts
21.31 Jack Davis Tufts 24.41 Simone Waheed Colby
21.53 Steve Paul Wesleyan 24.42 Arielle Chechile Tufts
2025 Champion 21.56 Oscar Newman Williams 2025 Champion 24.95 Rachel Arthur Williams
400m 47.57 Joseph Caspar Middlebury 400m 54.30 Arielle Chechile Tufts
47.82 Noah Rockey Bowdoin 55.64 Bella King-Harvey Williams
47.84 Jackson Coelho Colby 56.53 Kaitlyn Ewald Colby
2025 Champion 47.92 Alexander Swann Middlebury 2025 Champion 55.96 Makayla Moriarty Tufts
800m 1:51.32 Zachary Liu-Walter Williams 800m 2:07.89 Annika Paluska Williams
1:51.86 Parker Boyle Amherst 2:11.64 Piper Lentz Amherst
1:52.23 Sam Kurian Tufts 2:12.10 Olivia Doherty Colby
2025 Champion 1:50.43 # Parker Boyle Amherst 2025 Champion 2:09.40 # Alexa Estes Conn. College
1500m 3:48.85 Keiyu Mamiya Williams 1500m 4:26.06 Kate Tuttle Williams
3:49.64 Benjamin Hughes Middlebury 4:27.92 Grace McDonough Conn. College
3:49.73 Quinn Hampson Tufts 4:32.22 Morgan Eigel Williams
2025 Champion 3:52.79 Austin Brown Amherst 2025 Champion 4:25.47 # Grace McDonough Conn. College
3000m Steeplechase 9:02.46 Henry Alexander Williams 3000m Steeplechase 10:32.21 Charlene Peng Williams
9:18.09 Owen Johnson Middlebury 10:43.44 Kiera Tallas Conn. College
9:23.46 Kieran McBride Middlebury 10:44.34 Grace Kaelber Middlebury
2025 Champion 9:08.87 Andrew Mottur Bates 2025 Champion 10:21.15 # Audrey MacLean Middlebury
5000m 14:14.15 Stan Craig Amherst 5000m 16:20.04 Kate Tuttle Williams
14:31.80 Jonah Reisner Tufts 16:46.75 Grace McDonough Conn. College
14:32.22 Liam Calhoun Wesleyan 16:51.87 Claire Palmer Middlebury
2025 Champion 14:33.88 Stan Craig Amherst 2025 Champion 16:41.56 # Grace McDonough Conn. College
10,000m 30:12.86 Harris Gulbransen Tufts 10,000m 34:49.60 Tamar Byl Williams
31:05.08 Carter Bengtson Amherst 35:07.04 Kate Swann Williams
31:07.25 Ben Kasen Amherst 36:09.65 Claire Palmer Middlebury
2025 Champion 31:07.41 Matt Scardigno Conn. College 2025 Champion 36:48.06 Flora Biro Amherst
110m Hurdles 14.28 Josh Wilkie Tufts 100m Hurdles 14.53 Myeh Medina Amherst
14.69 Kane Demers Bowdoin 14.84 Lauren Zipoli Tufts
14.73 Ian Fisher Hamilton 15.04 Eliza Ayres Williams
2025 Champion 14.82 Kane Demers Bowdoin 2025 Champion 14.68 Eliza Cardwell Amherst
400m Hurdles 51.80 Levi Biery Colby 400m Hurdles 59.05 Arielle Chechile Tufts
52.39 Josh Wilkie Tufts 1:02.04 Myeh Medina Amherst
52.76 Joseph Caspar Middlebury 1:03.48 Alex Eremenko Williams
2025 Champion 51.91 # Levi Biery Colby 2025 Champion 1:00.54 # Fiona Mejico Colby
4x100 Relay 41.10 Bowdoin 4x100 Relay 46.37 Tufts
41.36 Amherst 46.70 Colby
41.38 Middlebury 47.17 Amherst
2025 Champion 41.54 Middlebury 2025 Champion 47.11 Amherst
4x400 Relay 3:11.98 Colby 4x400 Relay 3:44.26 Williams
3:16.54 Middlebury 3:45.74 Colby
3:18.91 Bowdoin 3:54.13 Conn. College
2025 Champion 3:15.84 # Amherst 2025 Champion 3:48.13 # Williams
4x800 Relay 8:09.24 Williams 4x800 Relay 9:15.31 Conn. College
10:16.29 Williams
2025 Champion 7:37.37 # Bates 2025 Champion 9:09.87 Amherst
High Jump 2.00m Toby Warmack Middlebury High Jump 1.65m Emily Rubio Middlebury
1.98m Tieren Mead Tufts 1.62m Lily Haskins-Vaughan Middlebury
1.93m Sami Witta Tufts 1.58m Eleanor Lewis Tufts
2025 Champion 2.00m Sam McGarrahan Middlebury 2025 Champion 1.68m Amelie Jamanka Williams
Pole Vault 4.90m Lexington Lehnert Colby Pole Vault 3.81m Ellie Fitzgerald Williams
4.90m Vincent VanMaaren Williams 3.75m Emma Gall Tufts
4.67m Jonas Michael Tufts 3.66m Audrey Cheng Williams
2025 Champion 5.06m # Chris Koskinen Conn. College 2025 Champion 3.80m Charlotte Hodge Bowdoin
Long Jump 7.09m Kane Demers Bowdoin Long Jump 5.80m Eliza Ayres Williams
7.00m Caleb Smith Middlebury 5.77m Elysse Cumberland Tufts
6.93m Errol Apostolopoulos Conn. College 5.73m Kennedy Kirkland Bowdoin
2025 Champion 7.06m Kaleb Barrett Amherst 2025 Champion 5.76m Elysse Cumberland Tufts
Triple Jump 14.35m Donovan Koukal-Kollie Trinity (Conn.) Triple Jump 12.14m Elysse Cumberland Tufts
14.08m Luke Benson Tufts 11.84m Alisandra Lindos Bates
14.01m Seneca Wallace Tufts 11.72m Alannah Ardrey Bates
2025 Champion 14.22m Michael Abbey Amherst 2025 Champion 11.98m Elysse Cumberland Tufts
Shot Put 14.81m Charlie Aucoin Bowdoin Shot Put 12.49m Julia Tulimieri Middlebury
14.01m Tre Williams Tufts 12.35m Lillian Wurtz Middlebury
13.61m Ryan Glaser Bates 12.04m Tess Adams Amherst
2025 Champion 15.91m Gavin Schmidt Amherst 2025 Champion 12.41m Maria Fareti Williams
Discus 51.41m Gavin Schmidt Amherst Discus 43.72m Lillian Wurtz Middlebury
50.99m Charlie Aucoin Bowdoin 43.28m Emma Ramsingh Amherst
45.84m Alex MacDonald Amherst 39.65m Margaret Kim Middlebury
2025 Champion 44.57m Gavin Schmidt Amherst 2025 Champion 42.16m Emma Ramsingh Amherst
Hammer Throw 56.21m Charlie Spurrell Amherst Hammer Throw 51.41m Cecilia LaBarge Tufts
53.37m Ryan Glaser Bates 49.81m Maria Fareti Williams
51.69m Samuel Spector Middlebury 49.59m Lillian Wurtz Middlebury
2025 Champion 57.47m Dave Filias Middlebury 2025 Champion 49.02m Maria Fareti Williams
Javelin 65.82m George Klatsky Bates Javelin 43.84m Dana Schwartz Hamilton
62.78m Randy Hamilton Tufts 43.20m Mardy Novak Bowdoin
58.63m Adam Ferreira Middlebury 41.72m Harper Danforth Tufts
2025 Champion 55.86m Brady Stahleski Williams 2025 Champion 41.93m Mardy Novak Bowdoin