Men
 
A former seven-time LEC champion, Eastern's second-place finish was its second-best since the Warriors won six straight titles between 2002 and 2007. Eastern's last title came in 2021, the Warriors placing third last year.
 
Winners (first-team all-conference)
Ryan Escoda, 3000m Steeplechase (9:37.95)
Ryan Escoda, 5000m (15:09.96)
Aidan Hennessy, high jump (6-0 ¾)
4x100m Relay (42.15), Adam Schimmelpfennig, Sam Klein, Kaito Yasuda, Eric Phongsa
 
Second place (second-team all-conference)
Cory Bill, 400m (49.81)
Aidan Hennessy, TJ (44-0 ½)
Adam Schimmelpfennig, 110mH (15.44)
Adam Schimmelpfennig, 400mH (57.02)
Kaito Yasuda, 100m (11.07)
4x800m Relay (8:26.43), Ryan Escoda, Thomas Stone, Reynaldo Torres, Liam Stafford
4x400m Relay (3:27.84), Kaito Yasuda, Cory Bill, Adam Schimmelpfennig, Sam Klein

First rookie finisher (all-rookie team)
Sam Klein, 400m (51.12) (3rd overall)
Reynaldo Torres, 800m (2:02.58) (6th overall)

Noteable

• Aidan Hennessy became the first Eastern male to win the high jump, first since Greg Dinas in 2007. As a freshman in 2021, Hennessy was the triple jump champion.
• Ryan Escoda became Eastern's first male or female double winner of an individual event since All-America Lee Cattanach won the 800 and 1500 in 2016
• Ryan Escoda is the program's only male winner of the 3000m Steeplechase, which he won for the third time this year. He improved his time each year, from 10:11.71 in 2021 to 9:49.69 in 2022 to 9:37.95 this year. He holds the program record of  9:35.38, which he set at the 2021 New England Open.
• Ryan Escoda became Eastern's first male winner of the 5000 since Pat Dennen in 2004. Escoda and Dennen are the program's only 5000 winners.
• The 4x100 relay won the title for the second time in four years, following the winning 2019 squad of Nick Afragola, Nicklas Brink, Tyler Lindquist and All-America Rahman Oteng.

Records

• Tyler Wright broke the 10,000 record set by Jorich Swift (33:29.69) at last year's LEC Championshps with a time of 33:25.55, good for a fourth-place finish.
• The 4x100 relay's winning record time of 42.15 bested a nine-year old record of 42.37 set at the New England Division III Championships in 2014.
• Ryan Escoda broke his own record in the 5000 which he had set at the Eastern Invitational in 2021. Escoda was timed in 15:09.96 this year, eclipsing his previous best of 15:28.05

Among LEC competitors

• The 4x100 relay's record time of 42.15 and Ryan Escoda's record time of 15:09.96 in the 5000 are the fastest in the LEC this year. Other top marks in the LEC this year from the championship meet: Adam Schimmelpfennig in the 400 hurdles (57.02) and the 4x800 relay (8:26.43) are the second-fastest, Aidan Hennessy's mark of 44-0 ½ in the triple jump and the 4x400 relay's time of 3:27.84 are the third-best, Conor Hennessy's 21-11 ¾ in the long jump, Noah Linton's 10:26.78 in the 3000 steeplechase, Cory Bill's 49.81 in the 400 and Kaito Yasuda's 22.15 in the 200 are the fourth-best.

New England Top 10

• Top Ten New England performances from the LEC Championships: the 4x100 relay's 42.15 (ninth) and Aidan Hennessy's 44-0 ½ in the triple jump (tenth).

New England Qualifiers
Qualifiers for this weekend's New England Division III Championships Friday and Saturday at Springfield College: Conor Hennessy in the long jump, triple jump and javelin, Adam Schimmelpfennig in the 110 and 400 hurdles, Kaito Yasuda in the 100, Aidan Hennessy in the triple jump, Thomas Stone in the 1500, Cory Bill in the 400, Ryan Escoda in the 5000, Kaito Yasuda and Sam Klein in the 200, Tyler Wright in the 10,000, and the 4x100 (Eric Phongsa, Sam Klein, Adam Schimmelpfennig, Kaito Yasuda) and 4x800 (Thomas Stone, Reynaldo Torres, Liam Stafford, Ryan Escoda) relays.
 
Women
Eastern finished second to 23x team champion University of Southern Maine, placing second for the fourth time in the last  five years after finishing as high as second only once in the first 21 years of the championship.
 
Winners (first-team all-conference)
Mackenzie Dunn, triple jump (35-7 ½)
Alison LeClerc, 3000m Steeplchase (12:32.99)

Second place (second-team all-conference)
Keara Fontaine, 10,000m (40:58.45)
Natasha Frisch, PV (9-8)
Nicole Popham, TJ (34-4 ½)
Alyssa Sirianni, 400mH (1:08.01)
Wendie Stewart, SP (40-3 ¾)
4x800m Relay (10:29.48), Elisabeth Rodil, Keara Fontaine, Meghan Georgescu, Carly Alston

First rookie finisher (all-rookie team)
Natasha Frisch, PV (9-8) (2nd overall)

Noteable

• Sophomore Alison LeClerc won the 3000m Steeplechase for the second time in two years, giving Eastern that champion for the third time in four years. Haley Knox had become Eastern's first female champion in that event in 2019.
• Mackenzie Dunn became the first Eastern female – fourth in all -- to win the triple jump since Monica Mills in 2008. Summer Williams won the event in both 1999 and 2001.

Records
 
Alyssa Sirianni's time of 1:08.01 in the 400 hurdles broke Monica Mills' 13-year-old record by .03 seconds. Sirianni improved her time in the event each time out this year, from 1:09.73 at Wesleyan March 26 to 1:08.98 at Coast Guard April 8. Sirianni's time of 15.56 in the 100 hurdles is .02 shy of Brittany Kriley's program record, set at the LEC Championships in 2021.
 
Among LEC competitors
 
Alison LeClerc's winning time of 12:32.99 in the 3000 steeplechase and Mackenzie Dunn's winning triple jump of 35-7 ½ top the conference this year. Other top marks in the LEC this year from the championship: Alyssa Sirianni's 1:08.01 in the 400 hurdles and the 4x800 relay's time of 10:29.48 are the second-best and Natasha Frisch's jump of 9-8 in the pole vault is the third-best. Frisch did not compete indoors due to her participation in the swim program but has cleared nine feet in each of the last two meets. Her mark at the LEC meet is just a foot shy of the program record shared by Amy Huhn and Erika Barber.
 
New England Qualifiers
Qualifiers for this weekend's New England Division III Championships Friday and Saturday at Springfield College: Wendie Stewart in the discus, shot and hammer, Alyssa Sirianni in the 100 and 400 hurdles, Keara Fontaine in the 10,000, Mackenzie Dunn in the triple jump, and the 4x100 (Analiese Poisson, Alyssa Sirianni, Mackenzie Dunn, Nicole Popham) and 4x800 (Carly Alston, Elisabeth Rodil, Ashley Gentile, Alison LeClerc) relays.

 

EASTERN'S FINISHERS AT LITTLE EAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Top six finishers score points Winner is first-team All-LEC, runner-up is second-team All-LEC First freshman is All-Rookie

MEN
Event	Name	Place	Mark	Pts.
Hammer	Armonio	9th (15)	128-4 (39.11m)
	Loehmann	13th	75-10 (23.12m)
	E. Thompson	--	--
Long Jump	C. Hennessy	3rd (16)	21-11 3/4 (6.70m)	6
	A. Hennessy	7th	21-2 1/4 (6.46m)
	Parker-Jennings	12th	19-9 1/2 (6.03)
Javelin	C. Hennessy	3rd (16)	169-9 (51.73m)	6
	Loehmann	6th	145-4 (44.29m)	1
	Flores	10th	129-9 (39.54m)
	E. Thompson	12th	125-2 (38.14m)
High Jump	A. Hennessy	1st (13)	6-0 3/4 (1.85m)	10
	C. Hennessy	8th	5-10 3/4 (1.80m)
	Lambert	--	--
10,000m	Wright	4th (10)	33:25.55*	4
	Parzych	5th	33:53.87	2
	Haddad	9th	35:24.31
4x100m Relay		1st (7)	42.15*	10
Schimmelpfennig	Klein	Yasuda	Phongsa
3000mSC	Escoda	1st (9)	9:37.95	10
	Stone	3rd	10:18.69	6
	Linton	4th	10:26.78	4
1500m	Stafford	3rd (13)	4:06.47	6
	Linton	8th	4:16.65
	Stone	11th	4:27.07
110mH	Schimmelpfennig	2nd (8)	15.44	8
	A. Hennessy	5th	16.87	2
	Monty	7th	17.13
400m	Bill	2nd (13)	49.81	8
	Klein	3rd	51.12	6
	Maddox	7th	53.40
	Johnson	11th	56.25
100m	Yasuda	2nd (8)	11.07	8
	Phongsa	7th	11.49
800m	Torres	6th (16)	2:02.58	1
	Thompson	10th	2:06.29
	Stafford	11th	2:06.54
Triple Jump	A. Hennessy	2nd (10)	44-0 1/4 (13.42m)	8
	C. Hennessy	3rd	43-1 3/4 (13.15m)	6
	Lambert	9th	37-2 (11.33m)
Shot Put	Loehmann	9th (16)	33-11 3/4 (10.36m)
	Hyde	11th	33-10 3/4 (10.33m)
Discus	Armonio	6th (15)	123-3 (37.57m)	1
	Hyde	12th	93-10 (28.60m)
	Butt	13th	93-5 (28.47m)
	E. Thompson	14th	85-11 (26.20m)
Pole Vault	Parker-Jennings	5th (8)	12-7 1/2 (3.85m)	2
400mH	Schimmelpfennig	2nd (13)	57.02	8
	Boutote	6th	1:00.68	1
200m	Yasuda	3rd (15)	22.15	6
	Klein	5th	22.62	2
	Phongsa	8th	22.80
5000m	Escoda	1st (13)	15:09.96*	10
	Parzych	9th	16:13.89
	Wright	10th	16:24.21
4x800m Relay		2nd (6)	8:26.43	8
Escoda	Stone	Torres	Stafford
4x400m Relay		2nd (7)	3:27.84	8
Yasuda	Bill	Schimmelpfennig	Klein
TOTAL				158
*-Program record