Our Summer Rewind heads to New London for the 2025 Division III New England Championships, where WPI's Bethany Brown, Bailey Allmon, and Rayna Thompson each posted personal bests en route to All-New England honors. The trio combined for 11 points as the Engineers earned a share of 24th place in the team standings.
New London, CT --- WPI hurdlers Bethany Brown (Allentown, PA) and Bailey Allmon (Woodbine, MD) and sprinter Rayna Thompson (Brentwood, NH) delivered All-New England performances as the Engineers competed at the Division III New England Championships hosted by Coast Guard on Friday and Saturday.
As a team the Crimson and Gray amassed 11 team points to finish in a tie for 24th place with St. Joseph's (ME) and Westfield State. Tufts was crowned the team champion totaling 94 points to easily out-distance second Conn College by 34 points.
The junior duo of Brown and Allmon each achieved personal records in the 400 meter hurdles. Brown secured third place with a time of 1:05.83, earning 6 points, while Allmon finished sixth in 1:07.70, adding 3 points to the team's score. Thompson earned All-New England honors by finishing seventh with a personal-best time of 58.64 seconds, contributing 2 points to WPI's team score.
On the distance side, junior Sophia Reynolds (Andover, NH/) crossed the line in 12:13.07 in the 3000-meter steeplechase to place 14th overall while in the sprint, classmate Corryn Fisher (Swansea, MA) ran 15.90 in the 100-meter hurdles prelims, placing 20th overall.
In the field events, Piper O'Connell (North Attleboro, MA) tossed the javelin to 34.14 meters (112-0) to place 12th, just outside the final while fellow senior Cassie Zimmerman (East Hampton, CT) finished 26th in the triple jump with a leap of 10.36 meters (34-0) on her second attempt
Select members of the Crimson and Gray will continue their season at one of two two-day meets next weekend. Williams will host the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza Meet while the 2025 NEICAAA Outdoor Championships will be contested at UMass Amherst.
