Plitt, Seferis, Farwell earn NESCAC's Top Honors
HADLEY, MA — Williams senior Carrie Plitt, junior Deividas Seferis and head coach Peter Farwell have earned the New England Small College Athletic Conference's top honors, it was announced Tuesday afternoon.
Plitt (Wenham, Mass.) received the Sebasteanski Award as the Most
Outstanding Female Performer as determined by the conference
coaches. Plitt set a NESCAC meet record in the 200-meter dash,
winning the event in a time of 24.95. She also finished first in
the 400-meter dash (57.05) and was part of two of the Ephs’
three winning relay teams, the 4x100-meter and the 4x400-meter.
Williams won its eighth consecutive NESCAC crown on Saturday with a
team score of 160.5.
On the men’s side, the Sebasteanski Award as the Most Outstanding Male Performer was shared between Williams junior Seferis (Klaipeda, Lithuania) and Hamilton sophomore Peter Kosgei (Kapsabet, Kenya). Seferis placed first in both the 200-meter (21.61) and the 400-meter (49.05) while finishing second in the 100-meter (10.88), 0.01 seconds behind senior teammate Andrew Arons. The Continentals’ Kosgei was first in both the 800-meter and 1500-meter, as his 800 time of 1:50.62 was not only both a championship and program record but is also the fastest time in Division III currently.
Women’s Coach of the Year honors went to Williams head coach Peter Farwell, while Tufts head coach Ethan Barron came away as the Men’s Coach of the Year. Farwell guided the Ephs to their eighth consecutive NESCAC title and 16th overall. In his third year at the helm of the Jumbos track & field team, Barron won Coach of the Year for the third year in a row as Tufts finished second by 12 points to 2008 champion Williams.
All in all, 30 Ephs earned All-NESCAC honors.
