April 26, 2008
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Wheaton Women, MIT Men Capture NEWMAC Track & Field Titles

Northampton, MA: The women of Wheaton College and the men of MIT captured the 2008 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Track & Field Championships held today at Smith College. Wheaton (205 points) squeaked by Springfield (203 points) to reclaim the title that it had held from 1998-2006 while the MIT men took home their eighth consecutive title.

Junior Chizoba Ezeigwe (Brockton, MA) led the Wheaton women taking the 100m and 200m and was the fourth leg of the winning 4x100m relay team. Nikki Hay (Norwalk, CT) was a double winner for Springfield sweeping the long & triple jumps while MIT's Aline Thomas (Miami, FL) won the shot and set a new Conference record in the hammer with a throw of 49.45m. Three other NEWMAC records were set by the women including Lacey Cartier (York ME) from Springfield College in the 800 m (2:16.26), Emily Hwang (Shrewsbury, MA) from MIT in the pole vault (3.58m), and 4x400m relay team from Wheaton (3:56.81).  The women's final standings were:

MIT's Stephen Morton (Lexington, KY) was the only double winner on the men's side taking the 100m and long jump.  Jeff Baker (Wallingford, CT) set a new mark in the javelin with a throw of 60.50m while Wheaton's 4x100m relay team established a new record of 42.45.  The men's final standings:

Final Women's Standings:
1.  205   Wheaton
2.  203   Springfield
3.  178   MIT
4.    67   Coast Guard
5.    52   Smith
6.    28   Mount Holyoke
7.    25   WPI
8.    18   Babson 

Final Men's Standings:
1.  240     MIT
2.  188.5  Coast Guard
3.  146     Springfield
4.  119.5  WPI
5.    71      Wheaton
6.       3     Babson

2008 NEWMAC Women's Track & Field All Conference
Event          First Team                                      Second Team
100m          Chizoba Ezeigwe, Wheaton         Nikki Hay, Springfield
200m          Chizoba Ezeigwe, Wheaton         Nikki Hay, Springfield
400m          Renee Thompson, Wheaton        Natana Jules, Wheaton
800m         Lacey Cartier, Springfield             Andrea Bradshaw, MIT
1500m      Megan Brousseau, Wheaton         Adrienne Bolger, MIT
5000m      Amanda Rawson, Wheaton           Alyssa Brigham, Springfield
10000m    Amanda DiPaolo, Springfield       Lauren McCarthy, Lauren
100HH      Chanel Lee, Coast Guard             Morgan Jamiel, Wheaton
400IH        Leanne Veldhuis, MIT                    Lauren Blackburn, Babson
3000 
Steeple     Jacqui Wentz, MIT                          Katie Pratt, Wheaton
4x100       Morgan Jamiel, Wheaton               Katie Parente, Springfield
                  Laurenmaria Smith,                        Nicole Reynolds,
                  Renee Thompson                           Caitlin Breault
                  Chizoba Ezeigwe                           Nikki Hay
4x400m    Kelly Libert, Wheaton                    Nicole Reynolds, Springfield
                  Lilian Calderwood                         Sarah Rioux
                  Celeste Karpow                            Jen McBride
                 Christine Moreau                           Lacey Cartier
HJ            Erin Neville, Wheaton                     Ashley Palmer, Springfield
PV           Emily Hwang, MIT                            Etta Grover-Silva, Smith
LJ            Nikki Hay, Springfield                     Amy Magnuson, MIT
TJ            Nikki Hay, Springfield                     Kayla Robertson, Springfield
Shot        Aline Thomas, MIT                          Diana Kornberg, Wheaton
Discus    Anne Jefferson, Coast Guard        Rachel Keyworth, Springfield
Hammer  Aline Thomas, MIT                          Kesley Bishop, Springfield
Javelin     Katie Bolton, Springfield                Morgan Jamiel, Wheaton

2008 Men's All Conference Team
Event          First Team                                    Second Team
100m         Stephen Morton, MIT                     Jeff Bruno, Springfield
200m         Merzudin Ibric, Wheaton               Stephen Morton, MIT
400m        Mark Williamson, Wheaton           Nickel Hay, Springfield
800m        Chris McCann, WPI                       Jason Erickson, Coast Guard
1500m     Mike Haas, Coast Guard               Chris McCann, WPI"
5000m     Joe Roy-Mayhew, MIT                    Kevin Jillson, WPI
10000m   Jack Bourbonnais, MIT                  Matt Eyler, Coast Guard
110HH     Albi Skenderi, Wheaton                 Omari Stephens, MIT
400IH       Kyle Coleman, Coast Guard          Albi Skenderi, Wheaton
3000
Steeple    Paul Welle, MIT                                Richard Provost, MIT
4x100m   Mark Ciminio, Wheaton                  Matt Amendola, Springfield
                Merzudin Ibric                                    Jeff Bruno
                Mark Williamson                                Nickel Hay
                Raiyan Banaji                                    Tom Brognano
4x400m   Jason Erickson, Coast Guard       Merzudin Ibric, Wheaton
                 Matt Romano                                   Mark Williamson
                 Kyle Coleman                                 Jonathan Cunha
                Thomas Adams                               Brian Dundon
HJ           Mike Miller, Springfield                    Tyler Ashner, Coast Guard
PV          Greg Tao, MIT                                   Omari Stephens, MIT
LJ            Stephen Morton, MIT                       Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard
TJ            Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard                Nick DeCelle, Springfield
Shot        James Oleinik, MIT                          Jarrett Arredondo, WPI
Discus    John Lewis, Springfield                   James Oleinik, MIT
Hammer  Dominick Uguccioni, Spring.         Chris Hunt, Coast Guard
Javelin     Jeff Baker, WPI                                Steve Blum, Coast Guard