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23^rd Annual MASCAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Hosted By Bridgewater State University

Ed Swenson Track, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

FINAL TEAM SCORES                                                                      

Worcester State                                   222

Westfield State                                     210

Bridgewater State                                109

Fitchburg State                                     86

Massachusetts Maritime                     No Team Score

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. --  Worcester State University successfully defended its title at the 2013 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday afternoon, as the Lancers topped runner-up Westfield State University by 12 points to capture the crown at Bridgewater State University’s Ed Swenson Track.

Worcester State amassed 222 points to take the title for the second straight season and third time in four years in topping Westfield State’s team score of 210 points.  Bridgewater State was next in third place with 109 points, while Fitchburg State University (86 points) and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (no team score) rounded out the scoring in this year’s championship.

Worcester State took 10 individual titles on the afternoon, led by senior Briana Wise (Worcester, Mass.), who claimed crowns in both the 100 (12.44) and 200 meters (25.44).  Sophomore Alyssa Jasper (Rockland, Mass.) set a conference record in taking the javelin for the Lancers with a mark of 44.91 meters, while senior Erin Donohue (Saugus, Mass.) and juniors Christy Deininger (North Attleboro, Mass.) and Jenna Pickard (Peabody, Mass.) were also respective winners in the 5,000 meters (18:41.84), 100 meter hurdles (14.90) and 10,000 meters (43:01.67).  Sophomores Alexandria McMahon (East Longmeadow, Mass.), Cayla Leinonen (Spencer, Mass.) and Amanda Caldarone (Danvers, Mass.), along with freshman Angelique Nurse (Auburn, Mass.), also captured respective individual conference titles for Worcester State in the 400 meter hurdles (1:06.59), high jump (1.55 meters), long jump (5.29 meters) and triple jump (10.88 meters), while the Lancers also took top honors in the 4 x 100 meter relay (48.30).

Freshman Naloti Palma (Westboro, Mass.) was a double winner for Westfield State on the afternoon, as she set a conference record in the shot put (12.39 meters) while also taking top honors in the discus (38.42 meters).  Senior Rachael Cardin (Sutton, Mass.) and junior Amy Auclair (Marlboro, Mass.) set new marks in the 800 meters (2:19.06) and pole vault (3.25 meters) for the Owls, who also received first place performances from junior Alex Livingston (Mashpee, Mass.) and sophomore Olivia Marshall (North Andover, Mass.) in the hammer throw (43.19 meters) and 3,000 meter steeplechase (12:18.02).  Westfield State also took top honors in both the 4 x 400 (4:03.62) and 4 x 800 (10:08.92) meter relays.

Senior Molly Rouillard (Dartmouth, Mass.) set the final conference record of the day for host Bridgewater State in the 1,500 meters (4:40.07), while sophomore Ashley Aldred (Saugus, Mass.) was also a winner in the 400 meters (59.63) for the Bears.