Williams Track and Field

2009 NCAA Outdoor National Championships Coverage

Day One: Philbrook runs to national title in 10,000-meter race

Day Two: Three Ephs advance to Saturday finals at NCAA Championships

Final Day: Men finish 14th, women 15th at NCAA Championship Meet

Ephwomen Finish 6th at ECACs

The Ephs finished 6th at the ECAC Division III championship this Thursday. While some athletes ended their season in Springfield, some have one more to go. Williams wishes good luck to its national qualifiers! More to come on the final standings of the meet.

Results

Ephmen Win Division III Track and Field Championships

"It's a team thing," said Jeff Perlis '10 after four individual events had been won by Eph men, the Division III Track & Field Championship trophy had been raised, and a sixth consecutive D-III New England Championship was in the books. "This team has shown time and time again that it can respond to any challenge. We went out there today, as on Thursday and Friday, and got the job done."

Complete Results

Ephwomen Finish 2nd at NE Division III Championships

With 22 events scored Williams finished second at Division III New England. The Final scoring left the Ephs with 143 to MIT's 152.50, the Ephs falling short by just 9.5 points; needless to say it was a close call.

Complete Results

Ephmen Win 9th Consecutive NESCAC Championship

The Ephs came into Saturday, April 25th's NESCAC Championships knowing that past success doesn't guarantee future results. That the Ephs had won the last eight NESCAC Championships and 14 of the last 16 would be completely independent of their individual performances on the track at Connecticut College. So the team was hungry. The name on the front of the uniforms, "Williams", was still the same, but this was a different team with a different makeup, and a new head coach. With a little extra fire in their collective bellies, the Ephs responded to some early setbacks to win another NESCAC Championship, and their first under new head coach Fletcher Brooks.

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Ephwomen Capture Another NESCAC Title

It was a beautiful 68 degrees for the NESCAC all conference track meet. Eleven teams were present but only one could come home victorious. Yet, another NESCAC championship went home with Williams. The final scores had Williams with 180 points, their closest competitor was Middlebury with 156. The Ephs battled it out from start to finish leaving no room for error. Many athletes doubled in events while some even took on the task of four of five.

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Lauren Philbrook & Brendan Christian impress at Penn Relays in College Championship 10,000

Seniors Lauren Philbrook and Brendan Christian posted personal bests and top six performances in the 10,000-meter events at the 115th Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on April 23rd.
Running in the Collegiate Championship event Philbrook claimed fifth place in 35.16.84 and Christian took sixth in the men's Collegiate Championship with a time of 30:14.93. Both performances are NCAA Division III automatic qualifying marks.

Lauren Philbrook '09 Brendan Christian '09

Ephmen Win Little Three Championships

On a rare sunny day, the Ephs ran, threw, and jumped their way to another consecutive Little Three Championship, beating out Wesleyan and Amherst on Wesleyan's track. The Ephs won the meet handily with 185 points. Wesleyan was 2nd with 102 points followed by Amherst with 91. The Ephs might have won by more if not for a rule which stipulated that only three athletes from any one school could score in a given event.

Results

Ephwomen Win 25th Consecutive Little Three Title

For the 25th year in a row, the Williams women defeated both Amherst and Wesleyan to clinch the Little Three title. The Ephs earned 174 team points to Amherst's 114 and Wesleyan's 74. The weather was nice, team spirit in the air, and top performances on the track.

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Ephmen 3rd at UMASS Amherst

Against Division I caliber competition, the Eph men track & field team snagged a third place finish at the UMASS Amherst Invite. Two men, Macklin Chaffee '09 and Brendan Christian '09, claimed NCAA provisional times in the 5000m race. Many other athletes prolonged their season by earning qualifiers for future meets. Weather once again played a factor, although it was not nearly as detrimental as at last week's Springfield Invite.

Results

Ephwomen Work Hard to Finish Well Despite Weather

Despite less-than ideal conditions, the Ephs finished strong in a Division I field. Several athletes made the top 8 in their events. The times themselves may not reflect the true performance level of the Ephs or the strong effort they put in at the meet due to the conditions.

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Ephwomen off to a Good Start at Springfield

It was cold, wet, and windy with a temperature of 57 degrees and according to the news it felt like 37. These are the weather conditions that the women's track and field team competed in yesterday at the Springfield College season opener. The Ephs were still on spring break and approached this meet as a training event. Most of the women's team were in events unfamiliar to them, either working on speed or endurance, by moving up or down in events.

Results

Ephmen Continue to Tune Up with Springfield Invitational

There wasn't the excitement of last month's Division III Indoor Championships. The weather was nowhere near as nice as last week's University of Central Florida Invitational (it was quite cold, actually). Some of the team's top scorers opted to train through the meet. Closer inspection reveals that the national-caliber, and much talked about, 4 x 400 team of Fitzgerald, Seferis, Nagy, and Hoerman had been replaced by Eric Jonash, Isaac Nicholson, Pierre-Alexander Meloty-Kapella, and Tomas Kearney. But competition is competition, and the Springfield Invitational of April 4th was a great opportunity to raise the heart rate, get those competitive juices flowing, and take another step toward reclaiming the title of NESCAC Track & Field Champion.

Results

Ephmen Claim Three Firsts at Univ. Central Florida Invite

Fletcher Brooks' Williams men's track and field team claimed three firsts in the Division I-weighted field at the University of Central Florida Invitational. Williams had seven top ten placings in the non-scoring event that featured 15 teams.

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Eph women showcase strength and depth at mid distance and distance at UCF Invite

The first spring event for the Williams women's outdoor track & field team showcased the team's strength and depth at mid distance and distance events. The Ephs placed seven runners in the top 10 in the 1500 and three in the 800 in the Division I-oriented University of Central Florida Invitational.

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Men's Outdoor Track & Field Season Outlook

Fletcher Brooks' Williams men's track & field team will be looking to extend two impressive conference and regional streaks and make a national impact this spring.

The Ephmen return four All-Americans from last outdoor season to anchor the team in its regional and national competitions in senior tri-captain Macklin Chaffee and three-fourths of the 2008 4x400 relay team – senior tri-captains Deividas Seferis and Alex Hoerman and sophomore Taylor Fitzgerald.

Women's Track Outdoor Season Outlook

As defending NESCAC and New England Division IIIs champions the Williams women’s track and field team is looking to repeat both championship efforts this spring. Further, the Ephs are looking to be more competitive as a team on the national level.