Middlebury College hosted the 2007 NESCAC Championships at the Allan Dragone Track & Field Complex on Saturday. The Williams women won their seventh consecutive title, while Tufts and Williams shared the men's title. The Williams women finished with 201 points, followed by the host school from Middlebury (147.5), Tufts (102), Bowdoin (88) and Amherst (79). Williams and Tufts both finished with 197.5 points on the men's side, followed by Bates (95), Bowdoin (62) and Middlebury (53).
Four NESCAC records were set on the afternoon, while a dozen track records were broken. Four Middlebury women won NESCAC titles, while the 4x800 relay team was also victorious. Seniors Kara Plunkett (Topsfield, Mass.), Beth Butler (Bronxville, N.Y.), Claire Schultz (W. Barnstable, Mass.) and sophomore Susanna Merrill (Frederick, Md.) comprised the relay team that finished with a time of 9:21.32.
Senior Mary Frederickson (Florham Park, N.J.) won the javelin event for the fourth consecutive year with a toss of 40.57 meters. Senior Meira Lifson (Edina, Minn.) was victorious in the pole vault, clearing 10'8.75". Senior Beth Butler (Bronxville, N.Y.) won the 800 with a time of 2:14.38, while Alexandra Krieg was a winner in the 10,000 in 36:49.15.
Schultz finished second to Butler in the 800 (2:14.47), while sophomore Kelley Coughlan (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) placed third in both the 100 hurdles (15.82) and the triple jump (35'9.25"). First-year athlete Laura Dalton (Simsbury, Conn.) came in third in the 400 hurdles (1:05.81), junior Jennifer Currie (Milton, Vt.) placed third in the hammer (151'), while senior Andrea Giddings (S. Portland, Maine) was third in the 3000 steeplechase (11:22.98). The women's 4x400 relay team comprised of Dalton, sophomore Simone Weisman (Newton, Mass.) and first-year racers Claire Zutz (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Anjuli Demers (Dracut, Mass.) finished second with a time of 3:59.86.
Placing second for the men in the discus was senior Bobby Marcoux (Campbell Hall, N.Y.), who had a 157'3" effort. Finishing second was junior Patrick Sedney (Underhill, Vt.) in the pole vault (13'3"), while first-year racer Bruce Hallett (S. Londonderry, Vt.) was fourth in the 1500 (4:00.73).
Complete Results:
http://cat.middlebury.edu/~sports/spring_sports/track_field/nescac07.htm
