NEW LONDON, N.H. – January 20, 2020 – Colby-Sawyer first-year Laurel Blackman (Fairfield, Conn.) has been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Track & Field Rookie of the Week.

Blackman kept her impressive indoor season going with a second-place finish in the pole vault at Saturday's Mary Grinaker Invitational hosted by Smith College. She registered a height of 2.80 meters and was very close to achieving a school record on her next attempt.

The Chargers will compete at Southern Maine on Saturday.   

Full GNAC release > HERE

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