WESTON, Mass. – Regis took care of business on its home track to regain the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Outdoor Track & Field Champion title for the first time since 2019. The Pride earned 189 points to claim the conference crown.
Saint Joseph's earned gold medals in six different events. Two of those went to Audrey Bilodeau who won both hurdle disciplines, checking in at 16.20 in the 100m hurdles and recording a time of 1:07.30 in the 400m hurdles. Alexia Young also gave the Monks a gold-medal-winning run on the track, finishing the 800m in 2:28.91. Brooklyn Goff was a double-gold winner in the field events. She won the long jump with a mark of 5.44m (17'10.25") and tied for gold in the high jump, clearing 1.52m (4'11.75"). Abby O'Brien finished first in the hammer throw with a heave of 36.10m (118'5").
Finishing as the 2024 GNAC runner-up was Emmanuel, which scored 176 points at this year's meet. Saint Joseph's (Maine) also crossed the century mark, scoring 129 points for third place. Colby-Sawyer and Lasell finished fourth and fifth with 82 and 70 points, respectively.
The Pride won eight individual events to help them claim the conference crown. Pilar Brown and Samantha Perkins carried the torch for this year's host in the throwing events as they won the shot put and javelin, respectively. Pilar marked a 10.45m (34'3.5") in the shot and Perkins tossed the javelin 37.58m (123'4").
The distance races were also a strength for Regis as it won the 1500, 5K, steeplechase, and 10K. Ashleigh Kelley took gold in two of those events, winning the 1500 with a time of 5:11.39 and taking the 5K title, clocking in at 19:46.41. Libby Parker's 13:22.69 time the steeplechase was good enough to take gold, while Erin Kelley won the 10K with a time of 41:32.74. The Pride 4x100m and 4x800m relays also earned gold with respective times of 51.43 and 10:26.50.
Emmanuel, this year's GNAC Championship runner-up, claimed titles in four different events. Three of those gold-medal performances came in the field events. Desiree Robinson was double-gold in the field, winning the triple jump and sharing gold in the high jump. Robinson recorded a 11.40m (37'4.75") mark in the triple and cleared 1.52m (4'11.75") in the high jump. The other field gold for the Saints came in the discus with Alyssa French-Graham throwing 32.18m (105'7"). Emmanuel also won the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:13.23.
Both of Colby-Sawyer's first-place showing came from sprinter Ashley Keleher as she took the titles in both the 200m and 400m dashes. She clocked in at 25.76 in the 200 and 57.50 in the 400.
The final two individual champions hailed from Lasell. Kayoni Jordan won the 100m dash, clocking in at 12.91, while Julianna Huckans won the pole vault by clearing 2.60m (8'6.25").
All the individual champions, along with the other medalists will be named to the GNAC All-Conference Team with the major awards voted on at a later time by the league's head coaches.
ABOUT THE GREAT NORTHEAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 16 member institutions and over 4000 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 22 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience.
