The Middlebury women's track and field team secured eighth place at the two-day Division III New England Championships hosted by the Springfield Pride.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Following a conference title in the event last weekend, Lilly Wurtz headlined the region in the discus. On her third attempt, she covered 43.03 meters to lead the field by 1.55 meters.
• The 4x100-meter relay quartet of Katie Bruno, Jazmyn Hurley, Melissa White and Olive Lawrence earned second place, narrowly trailing their current program record with a time of 47.30.
• Lawrence clocked a preliminary effort of 12.14 seconds in the 100 dash to advance to Saturday's final. She placed third in the region in the championship heat at 12.16.
• A pair of athletes garnered all-region accolades in the shot put. Julia Tulimieri moved the implement 12.18m on her fourth attempt to rank fifth, while Wurtz claimed seventh with a distance of 12.14m.
• Anna Mazur posted a sixth-place finish in the 400 hurdles, clocking in at 1:05.46 to finish 0.28 seconds behind Southern Maine's Alexis Karantza, who finished fifth.

NOTES

• The 4x100 clocking was just one-hundredth of a second later than the time established by the group at the NESCAC Championships.
• The top eight in each event tally all-region accolades.

Select members of the squad will travel to the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza (FIRE) hosted by Williams next weekend.