WESTON, Mass. – April 28, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer women's outdoor track and field team finished third at the 2019 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship held at Regis College this weekend.

Colby-Sawyer placed third with 122 points. Regis won the title with 167 points and Emmanuel finished second with 155 points.

The meet featured three conference championships, including the GNAC, the North Atlantic Conference (NAC), and the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC).

Inter-Conference RESULTS

GNAC RESULTS

GNAC SCORES

The Chargers turned in numerous great performances throughout the weekend to come away with an impressive first showing at the GNAC championship in the first year as a member of the conference. The winners of each event were named to the GNAC All-Conference team in a ceremony following the meet.

Highlighting Sunday's action was senior Johanna DeVries (New Braintree, Mass.) who broke her own school record in the pole vault. She achieved a height of 3.10 meters to beat her previous mark of 2.95. DeVries won the event to earn All-Conference honors and qualified for the New England Championships.

Sophomore Amanda Boyd (Dedham, Maine) also came home an event winner today. Boyd took the top spot, out of 20 competitors, in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:10.08. Boyd also placed fourth in the steeplechase in 12:44.41.
 
Senior Amanda Martin (Amesbury, Mass.) was one of many Chargers to compete in several events throughout the weekend. Martin finished third overall and first among GNAC competitors in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:03.24. She also came away with fourth overall and third in the GNAC in the long jump with a distance of 4.67 meters. Martin finished sixth overall and fourth in the GNAC with a distance of 10.42 meters in the triple jump.
 
Sophomore Macy Lapan (Dracut, Mass.) was the top Charger in the triple jump with a mark of 10.50 meters. She finished third overall behind a couple of GNAC jumpers.
 
In the javelin, junior Katie Clifton (Salem, N.H.) was third overall and the second GNAC thrower with a distance of 30.11 meters.
 
In the 5k, junior Alison Fairbairn (Dover, N.H.) placed third overall and second in the GNAC with a time of 20:35.43. Right behind Fairbairn was junior Megan Spainhower (Northwood, N.H.) in fifth overall and fourth in the GNAC at 21:01.88. Spainhower also finished third in the 10k in a time of 45:18.30, while Fairbairn was third in the steeplechase with a time of 12:34.92.
 
Senior Shari Rainville (Highgate Center, Vt.) reached the finals of the 100-meter hurdles with a prelim time of 17.22. She lowered her time to 17.14 in the finals to place fifth overall and fourth in the GNAC.
 
Members of the Colby-Sawyer track and field team will compete at the New England Championships held at Williams College next weekend. 

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