2022 NEW ENGLAND DIVISION III
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Weston Athletic Complex, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
(Point-scorers in each event (top eight) are recognized as All-New England)
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NOTABLE:
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Collin Wiltshire followed his second place finish at the New England indoor meet with an identical finish at the outdoor meet, with his mark breaking Manny Robertson's 22-year-old record of 47-8. Wiltshire was second only to Springfield College senior Joshua Silvester in both meets. He becomes the sixth male to earn All-New England recognition and his second-place finish is only behind Robertson, who won the 2000 championship at Springfield College with a jump of 47-8 that stood as the record until Saturday. Until Saturday, Wiltshire's outdoor best was 47-1 1/2 when he won the Little East Conference title April 30.Wiltshire is in his first official outdoor season after transferring from the DIvision I level. Wiltshire won the Little East Conference indoor and outdoor championships this year. Outdoors he won the event in all five meets leading up to the New England's.
-- Four-year track & field and cross country standout
Ryan Escoda, a team tri-captain,earned All-New England honors in the 3000m steeplchase for the second straight year. The two-time Little East champion in that event was third in a field of 22 this year after setting the current program record of 9:35.38 in a fourth-place finish at last year's New England Open. Escoda was 16th in the event at the New England Division III meet in 2019. Escoda also ran anchor on the 4x800 meter relay this weekend which placed seventh to gain All-New England recognition.
-- Competing in her first New England meet, team tri-captain
Maggie Santacroce tripped during the 10,000 meter race but recovered to set a PR of 39:57.90, which was a minute faster than her previous best.Santacroce was the winner of this year's
Bonnie J. Edmondson Female SportsPerson-of-the-Year Award, which is named after the former Eastern Olympian and recognizes sportsmanship, dedication, spirit and teammwork, among other qualities.
-- Only weeks after recovering from shoulder surgery, team tri-captain
Manar Enany qualified and competed in the hammer and triple jump, earning All-New England honors in the latter jump with a PR of 36-9 1/2, good for sixth place. She became only the second female to earn the honor in the triple jump in the last 20 years, along with
Natalie Bowens, who was fourth in 2014.
-- The women's 4x800 meter relay which won the Little East championship last weekend, cut 17 seconds off that winning time to match the men's finish and also earn All-New England recognition. The relay is comprised of sophomore
Elisabeth Rodil and three newcomers: sophomore
Carly Alston and first-year students
Iris Bazinet and
Alison LeClerc.Â
-- The men's triple jump again featured depth at the New England meet, with sophomore brothers
Conor and
Aidan Hennessy competing along with Wiltshire. Aidan's mark at the New England's was a PR while Conor also competed in the javelin.
-- As the men's only 'true' freshman to qualify for the meet in an individual (non-relay) event,
Adam Schimmelpfennig competed in both hurdles and was just off his PR in the 400 meter hurdles.
-- It marked the first time that both the men's and women's 4x800 meter relays earned All-New England recognition in the same year. The women won it for the fourth time in nine years while the men won it for the second time, previously winning in 2017. Joining Escoda on the men's relay were sophomore
Thomas Stone and first-year runners
Liam Stafford and
Noah Linton.