Women’s Track & Field Claims First-Ever CCC Championship

WENHAM, Mass. – The Endicott women's track and field team captured its first Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championship in program history on Saturday afternoon at the Brigham Athletic Complex, hosted by Gordon College.

Endicott topped the field with 166 points, which ranks as the third-highest point total in meet history since the CCC granted the sport championship status in 2018 – the same year as the inaugural season for the sport at the College.

The Gulls did so by scoring points in the following events: jumps (45), hurdles (34), sprints (28), distance (23), throws (20), and relays (16).

In total, the squad produced six first place finishes, five runner-up placements, seven third place performances, three CCC records, 16 personal records, and seven school records to secure the championship.

Following Endicott on the team standings were Suffolk (142), University of New England (118), Roger Williams (84), Gordon (53), Salve Regina (20), and Nichols (4).

Student-athletes who place first (gold medalist), second (silver medalist), or third (bronze medalist) in an event earn All-Conference First Team, Second Team, and Third Team honors.

Additionally, the seven CCC head coaches will vote on major postseason awards next week. Following the voting period, the conference will recognize a Runner of the Year, Rookie Runner of the Year, Field Performer of the Year, Field Rookie of the Year, and a CCC Scholar-Athlete. Coaches will also vote on winners for Coach of the Year and Team Sportsmanship.

GOLD MEDALISTS

• Nicole D'Angelo (Readfield, Maine) topped the field in the pole vault by clearing 10-feet-even
• Bianca Del Maestro (Malden, Mass.) came away with the victory in the 100-meter hurdles behind a CCC record time of 15.16-seconds
• Hannah Shepard (Keene, N.H.) bested the field by nearly four seconds in the 1,500-meter run with a personal best/school record time of 4:54.45 (previous, 5:06.80)
• Kinneal Dickens (Merrimac, Mass.) registered personal best/school record marks in the long jump (16-8.5, CCC record) and triple jump (33-8.75)
• Gates MacPherson (Thorold, Ontario) threw nearly eight feet farther than the rest of the field in the discus (118-4, CCC record)

SILVER MEDALISTS

• Endicott'x 4x100-meter relay team consisting of Jordan Williams (Boxford, Mass.), Nicole Woo (Newton, Mass.), Riley Rischitelli (North Brookfield, Mass.), and Del Maestro clocked a school record time of 50.10-seconds
• The Gulls' 4x400-meter relay team comprised of Hannah Risko (Albany, N.Y.), Brianna am Ende (East Lyme, Conn.), Colleen McLaughlin (Ipswich, Mass.), and Rischitelli shattered the school record time by more than four seconds in 4:12.75
• D'Angelo produced a personal record time of 16.46-seconds in the 100-meter hurdles and a throw of 40-feet, 6.25-inches in the shot put
• Del Maestro crossed the finish line in 12.76-seconds in the 100-meter dash

BRONZE MEDALIST

• Del Maestro sprinted to a time of 26.80-seconds in the 200-meter dash
• Dickens posted a personal best time of 16.49-seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to help the Gulls take the top three spots in the event
• Williams recorded a time of 12.87-seconds in the 100-meter dash
• am Ende notched a personal best time of 2:26.07 in the 800-meter run
• Woo finished with a personal best/school record time of 1:11.88 in the 400-meter hurdles
• Logan Baxter (Coventry, R.I.) cleared a personal best height of 9-0.25 in the pole vault
• am Ende cleared 4-9 in the high jump

OTHER ENDICOTT SCORERS

• Rischitelli and McLaughlin ranked fourth (1:02.51) and fifth (1:02.63, personal best) in 400-meter dash
• Rischitelli also ranked fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:13.21)
• Shepard was fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:26.81
• Williams contributed a fifth place finish in the 200-meter dash (27.44)
• Taylor Moynihan (Hingham, Mass.) was fifth in the discus with a personal record of 104-9
• Sarah Aylwin (Topsfield, Mass.) finished sixth in the pole vault (8-0.5) and the long jump (14-10.75)
• Alexa Flewelling (Peabody, Mass.) earned a sixth place finish in the high jump (4-9)
• Cate Herndon (Westwood, Mass.) and Makayla Vigneaux (Salisbury, Mass.) ranked fifth (13:42.82, personal record) and sixth (14:03.71) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase

PERSONAL RECORDS

• Moynihan placed seventh in the shot put (31-9.5)
• D'Angelo ranked 13th in the hammer throw with a personal best/school toss of 79-11
• Cassandra Cosma (Center Moriches, N.Y.) had a personal best time of 14:09.96 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase
• Julia Adrian (Noank, Conn.) and Emma Johnson (Reading, Mass.) set personal best times in the 5,000-meter run (19:45.80, 11th place | 21:24.51, 16th place)

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott will compete at the NCAA Division III New England Championship in Springfield, Mass. from May 4-6. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)