HADLEY, Mass. – Following the completion of the NESCAC Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships this past Saturday at Tufts University, the conference has announced the 2010 All-NESCAC Team. The top three finishers in each event during the championship receive All-Conference recognition.
Winning both the men’s and women’s NESCAC Outdoor Track titles for an unprecedented 10th year in a row Williams placed 11 men and 11 women on the 2010 All-NESCAC Track & Field Team.
Individual men’s NESCAC champion Ephs included Brian Cole in the 800 (1:54.63), Connor Kamm in the 1500 (3:54.63), Tomas Kearney in the Triple Jump (14.34m/47’ 0.75”) and Stephen Simalchip in the Javelin (65.85m/216’ 01”). Kearney’s leap is an NCAA provisional effort, while Simalchik’s heave was an automatic qualifying throw for the NCAA Division III championships.
NESCAC Male Rookie Most Outstanding Performer honors went to the Ephs Stephen Simalchik (Danbury, Conn.). Simalchik shattered a 25-year-old conference record and the Williams school record in the Javelin Throw with a distance of 65.86 meters (216’ 01”). He was also fourth in the Hammer with a toss of 49.89 meters.
On the women’s side the Ephs were led by senior Elise Johnson and first year Tanasia Hoffler, each of whom won two events. Hoffler took top honors in the long jump, where she went 5.68m/18’7 ¾”, and in the triple jump, where she reached 12.16m/39’10 ¾”.
Also winning for the Ephs was sophomore Hillary Higgs in the 200
(25.05) and first year Julie Paschal in the high jump
(1.65m/5’5”/). Three Ephs recorded NCAA provisional
marks at the NESCAC Championships: Hillary Higgs in the 200, Elise
Johnson in the Hurdles and Julie Paschal in the High Jump.
Williams senior Elise Johnson (Cleveland, Ohio) of Williams was
selected by the conference coaches for the Sabasteanski Award as
the Most Outstanding Female Performer at the meet. Johnson, who
shared the Sabasteanski Award last spring, won the 100-meter
Hurdles for the third year in a row in a time of 14.70 seconds and
came away with her first victory in the 100-meter Dash (12.56). She
was also third in the 200-meter Dash (25.55) and was the lead leg
for the Ephs’ winning 4x100-meter Relay squad (48.42).
After sharing Women’s Coach of the Year honors last year, Williams’ Fletcher Brooks earned the honor outright this spring. The second year head coach guided the Ephs to their 10th consecutive and 18th overall NESCAC title.
2010 Men’s All-NESCAC T & F Team - - - 2010 Women’s All-NESCAC T & F Team
