Taking part in the 2016 NESCAC Outdoor Championship, the Middlebury women's track & field team finished in the runner-up spot, while the men were third in the event hosted by Amherst on Pratt Field. Williams claimed the women's crown with 165 points ahead Middlebury's 140, while the Williams' men won the team title (207) ahead of Tufts (182) and Middlebury (122).

The Panther women earned six event crowns during the championship. Lucy Lang was victorious in the 800-meter run with a NESCAC meet-record time of 2:11.12, while Adrian Walsh finished ahead of the field in the 10,000-meter run (36:18.22). Abigail Nadler claimed the 5,000-meter run title in 17:21.89, while the 4x400-meter relay team of Paige Fernandez, Kate McCluskey, Isabella Alfaro and Alexandra Morris posted a winning time of 3:58.63.

Additionally on the track, Morris finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.59, lowering her own school record she set two weeks ago at the Panther Spring Invitational.

Other top-three finishes were tallied by Lauren Bougioukas in the 800-meter run (2:12.06), Lang in the 1,500-meter run (4:34.81), Jackie Kearney during the 400-meter hurdles (1:05.18) and the 4x800-meter relay of Nicole Schachman, Brianna Bisson, Alexis Jakubowski and Halle Gustafson (9:24.45).  

Away from the track, Carly Andersen won the javelin throw for the second-straight year, recording a winning toss of 143'4" on Saturday, while teammate Devon Player finished second (131'9"). Kreager Taber cleared the bar with a victorious height of 11'5.75" in the pole vault.

Emily Mellen finished third for Middlebury in the pole vault (10'6").

On the men's side, five event wins were recorded by the Panthers. Individually, Alex Nichols stopped the clock with a winning and school-record time of 48.32 in the 400-meter dash, while Michael Pallozzi led the field to the line in the 110-meter hurdles (14.94). In relay events, the 4x400-meter quartet of Brandon Cushman, Jeremy Carter, Jimmy Martinez and Nichols won with a time of 3:17.39.

Another top-two individual effort was tallied by Brendan Wood, who crossed the line second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:26.88). Martinez ran to a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash (22.08), while Kevin Serrao ended up third in the 1,500-meter run (3:53.82).

Off the track, Jared Whitman won the pole vault competition with a height of 15'5", while Deklan Robinson hurled the javelin to a winning distance of 192'5". Robinson was third in the high jump event, clearing the bar at 6'2".