HADLEY, Mass. – Tufts junior Simi Lawal is the NESCAC’s Sabasteanski Award winner as the Most Outstanding Performer. Middlebury newcomer Lily Haskins-Vaughan was named the Most Outstanding Rookie and the Tufts staff was selected as the Coaching Staff of the Year per a vote by the NESCAC Women's Track & Field coaches.
 
Lawal is the seventh Jumbo to earn the Sabasteanski Award. The sprinter won the 100-meter race in a time of 11.79 seconds which was 0.03 seconds off the NESCAC meet record. Lawal also finished second in the 200-meters (24.27) and was a member of the Tufts 4x100 relay squad that set a NESCAC meet record with a time of 46.51. Lawal is the third Jumbo to claim the 100 meter title at the championship meet and the first since Alexis Harrison won the race in 2015 and 2016. The Tufts relay won the NESCAC title in the event for the seventh time and first time since claiming four consecutive wins from 2013 through 2016. Lawal was one of six Jumbos to earn individual/relay NESCSAC Champions, the program's most since 2015.
 
Haskins-Vaughan won the NESCAC high jump competition with a height of 1.71 meters. She is the second Panther to garner the Most Outstanding Rookie honor in three years and the third Middlebury athlete to win the honor overall. Haskins-Vaughan is the third Panther to win the NESCAC title in the high jump in team history and the first since 2012. Her mark ranks fifth among Division III competitors.

The Tufts staff was voted as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers after leading the Jumbos to their fifth NESCAC Women's Track & Field Championship. The staff, led by head coach Kristen Morwick and Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Jamie Norton includes assistant coaches: Ben Colello, Kat Rafuse, Ingrid Gustafson, Elise Molinaro, Sophie Long, Noah Gauthier, Dave Filias). The 2026 season marks the fourth time in team history the Tufts staff has been recognized.
 
Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Simi Lawal, Tufts
Most Outstanding Rookie: Lily Haskins-Vaughan, Middlebury
Coaching Staff of the Year: Tufts University

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	12.74m - Lillian Wurtz, Middlebury	12.35m - Mardy Novak, Bowdoin	12.01m - Julia Tulimieri, Middlebury
Women's Javelin	43.27m - Mardy Novak, Bowdoin	42.42m - Dana Schwartz, Hamilton	41.36m - Jackie Wells, Tufts
Women's Long Jump	5.91m # - Kennedy Kirkland, Bowdoin	5.81m - Heloise Hughes, Amherst	5.67m - Lauren Zipoli, Tufts
Women's Hammer	52.12m - Cecilia LaBarge, Tufts	51.62m - Carli Ciavarelli, Bates	48.30m - Maria Fareti, Williams
Women's Pole Vault	3.87m # - Emma Gall, Tufts	3.75m - Ellie Fitzgerald, Williams	3.60m - Audrey Cheng, Williams
Women's High Jump	1.71m - Lily Haskins-Vaughan, Middlebury	1.62m - Campbell Johnson, Bates	1.58m - Leah Smith, Amherst
Women's Triple Jump	11.87m - Alisandra Lindos, Bates	11.78m - Campbell Johnson, Bates	11.73m - Anastasia Ioppolo, Amherst
Women's Discus	45.55m - Lillian Wurtz, Middlebury	42.63m - Emma Ramsingh, Amherst	40.11m - Margaret Kim, Middlebury
Women's 10,000m	36:15.46 - Elizabeth Donahue, Tufts	36:19.11 - Zoe Margolies, Tufts	36:36.08 - Abby Fernald, Conn. College
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase	10:32.63 - Charlene Peng, Williams	10:35.48 - Kiera Tallas, Conn. College	10:49.00 - Grace Kaelber, Middlebury
Women's 4x100 Relay	:46.51 # - Tufts Zipoli, Moriarty, Chechile, Lawal	:46.80 - Colby Zeller, Ewald, Waheed, Brake-Hoffman	:46.99 - Amherst Hubley, Lash, Jolly, Hughes
Women's 1,500m	4:24.53 # - Kate Tuttle, Williams	4:26.70 - Grace McDonough, Conn. College	4:31.89 - Claire Palmer, Middlebury
Women's 100m Hurdles	:14.59 - Myeh Medina, Amherst	:14.69 - Anastasia Ioppolo, Amherst	:14.74 - Lauren Zipoli, Tufts
Women's 400m	:54.79 # - Bella King-Harvey, Williams	:56.51 - Jenna Najjar, Trinity	:56.70 - Makayla Moriarty, Tufts
Women's 100m	:11.79 - Simisola Lawal, Tufts	:11.87 - Blessing Kieh, Conn. College	12.09 - Arielle Chechile, Tufts
Women's 800m	2:08.20 # - Annika Paluska, Williams	2:10.48 - Alexa Estes, Conn. College	2:10.51 - Piper Lentz, Amherst
Women's 400m Hurdles	1:00.04 # - Arielle Chechile, Tufts	1:00.08 - Myeh Medina, Amherst	1:02.47 - Haley Bilodeau, Trinity
Women's 200m	:24.18 - Blessing Kieh, Conn. College	:24.27 - Simisola Lawal, Tufts	:24.77 - Heloise Hughes, Amherst
Women's 5,000m	16:41.61 - Morgan Eigel, Williams	16:47.80 - Claire Palmer, Middlebury	16:56.16 - Tamar Byl, Williams
Women's 4x400 Relay	3:44.63 # - Williams Donaldson, Sukup, Jensen, King-Harvey	3:45.37 - Colby Hermsdorf, Brake-Hoffman, Doherty, Ewald	3:51.71 - Middlebury Rayment, Elliot, Bulczynski, Pate
Women's 4x800 Relay	9:02.98 # - Williams Tuttle, Yampolsky, Liss-Riordan, Paluska	9:09.87 - Amherst Seeger, McLaughlin, Adhikari, Lentz	9:11.09 - Middlebury VanSchaick, Cestaro, Atwood, Jensen