2019-2020 WPI Track & Field Headlines
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Packard and Thomas Tabbed as Track & Field/Cross Country CoSIDA Academic All-Americas
June 23, 2020WORCESTER --- WPI’s Sydney Packard and Oliver Thomas have been chosen as track & field/cross country Academic All-Americas, as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Packard was selected to the first team while Thomas drew third team accolades. -
WPI Captures NEWMAC Men’s Presidents Cup for the Second Time
June 18, 2020Westwood, MA --- For the second time in the eight-year history of the award, WPI has claimed the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Presidents Cup, as announced at the conference’s annual meetings earlier this month. The Crimson and Gray also took home the honor after the 2014-15 academic year and had placed second in all four years in between the two victories.
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Hangin' with the Herd - Men's Cross Country: Jake Scarponi
June 11, 2020WPI is proud to unveil our newest feature "Hangin' with the Herd". Check in throughout the next few weeks as we profile a different WPI student-athlete and learn more about why they chose WPI, they favorite memories of their team and time on Boynton Hill and some fun insight about them away from their sport. Today as we wrap up volume 1 of "Hangin' with the Herd", we feature Jake Scarponi from Men's Cross Country (and Track and Field). Jake is a senior from Barrington, NH. He is majoring in aerospace engineering.
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Bradley, Packard, Thomas Named Academic All-District for Cross Country/Track and Field
May 29, 2020WORCESTER, MA --- Senior Sydney Packard and juniors Johann Bradley and Oliver Thomas have been selected as Academic All District I Cross Country/Track and Field team members as voted upon by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from Massachusetts and Maine. The trio moves is now under consideration for Academic All-America status.
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Hangin' with the Herd - Women's Track and Field's Allison Kloeckner
May 22, 2020WPI is proud to unveil our newest feature "Hangin' with the Herd". Check in throughout the next few weeks as we profile a different WPI student-athlete and learn more about why they chose WPI, they favorite memories of their team and time on Boynton Hill and some fun insight about them away from their sport. Today we feature Allison Kloeckner from Women's Track and Field. Alison is a junior from Shelburne, VT. She is majoring in biochemistry.
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Packard, Thomas, Bradley and Both DMRs Pickup Track and Field All-America Accolades
May 19, 2020New Orleans, LA -- Senior Sydney Packard, juniors Oliver Thomas and Johann Bradley and both of WPI's Distance Medley Relays have been named Division III Indoor Track and Field All-Americas by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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74 WPI Spring Student Athletes Garner NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Distinction
May 07, 2020Westwood, MA --- Highlighted by a NEWMAC best 16 baseball players, 74 WPI athletes have earned a spot on the 2020 spring NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Teams. In addition to the baseball honorees, 38 men’s and women’s track and field athletes, 15 members of the women’s rowing team, and five softball players were honored.
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Telegram: Running - These Old Goats can compete with all comers
May 05, 2020Don’t for one minute let the name of this team fool you. No, the Old Goat Track Club isn’t a group of 60-plus runners looking to clean up the senior divisions at area road races. Not that they’d turn back anyone just because they were graying at the temples. A group of recent WPI graduates, fresh from success in the Engineers’ cross-country and track programs, formed the Old Goat TC two years ago, seeking the outlet to remain competitive as they venture forth with their careers.
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Five Selected to NEWMAC Spring Sportsmanship Teams
April 30, 2020Westwood, MA --- WPI seniors Christine Hovermale (Alameda, CA) and David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) and juniors Lauren Kaija (Reading, VT), Skylar O’Connell (North Attleboro, MA), and Benjamin Steeves (Hollis, ME) were named to their respective NEWMAC sportsmanship teams for the spring season. Larson represents the baseball team, O’Connell represents the softball squad, Hovermale represents women’s rowing and Steeves and Kaija represent the men’s and women’s track and field teams.
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Hangin' with the Herd - Track and Field's Johann Bradley
April 15, 2020As part of D3Week, WPI is proud to unveil our newest feature "Hangin' with the Herd". Check in each day this week as we profile a different WPI student-athlete and learn more about why they chose WPI, they favorite memories of their team and time on Boynton Hill and some fun insight about them away from their sport. Today we feature Johann Bradley from Women's Basketball. Johann Bradley is a junior pole valuter from Slidell, LA. He is majoring in management engineering.
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D3 Glory Days Podcast - Track and Field's Sydney Packard
April 10, 2020As athletes from around the country put the finishing touches on their Indoor National Championship preparations, the COVID-19 pandemic was ramping up in earnest. Just before championships were scheduled to begin, the NCAA took the unprecedented step of canceling all spring athletics. Just the like, the season was over. No championships were held. No one got the chance to show themselves on the sport’s biggest stage.
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NCAA Cancels Remaining Winter and Spring Championships
March 12, 2020
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Packard Selected as New England Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
March 12, 2020New Orleans, LA --- WPI’s Sydney Packard has been named the New England Region’s Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The senior was joined on the All-New England regional team by a pair of WPI relays and four individuals.
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DyeStat.com - Sydney Packard Could See Another Mountain Top Moment At NCAAs
March 10, 2020Sydney Packard didn’t just need a break from running last March, she needed a change of scenery and shift in mindset.
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Men's DMR Joins Women's DMR, Three Individuals in Heading to NCAA Track Championships
March 07, 2020Medford, MA --- The WPI men’s and women’s track and field team took to the indoor track for a final shot at the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon at the Tufts Final Qualifier and came away with much success.
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Packard Claims New England Title, 4x800 Sets New School Record for Women's Track & Field
February 29, 2020Middlebury, VT --- A New England Champion and seven All-New England performances highlighted a 10th place finish at the DIII New England Championships that were held at Virtue Field House over the course of Friday and Saturday, February 28-29.
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Bradley Earns New England Title as Men's Track and Field Delivers Fifth Place Showing
February 29, 2020Springfield, MA --- A New England Champion and 12 All-New England performances highlighted a fifth place finish at the DIII New England Championships that were held on the campus of Springfield over the course of Friday and Saturday, February 28-29 for the WPI men?s track and field team.
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Track and Field Combines for 24 Top Five Finishes at Springfield's Triangle Classic
February 22, 2020Springfield, MA --- A school record run, a pair of efforts that resulted in New England Championship qualifying totals and 24 top-five finishes highlight the WPI men’s and women’s track team’s effort at the Springfield Triangle Classic on Saturday.
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East/West Success - Men's Track and Field Strong at BU and Williams Meets
February 15, 2020Williamstown and Boston, MA --- Men’s Indoor Track and Field had a busy day Saturday with members at BU for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational and others traveling to Williams College today for the Williams Field and Track Invitational where the Engineers competed against Lehman, Middlebury and host Williams.
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Women's Track and Field Net 12 Top-Five Finishes at Williams, New School Record at BU
February 15, 2020Williamstown and Boston, MA --- The Women’s Indoor Track and Field had participants at the Williams Track and Field Invitational where the team competed against Lehman, Middlebury and the host Williams. The Engineers tallied 12 top-five finishes at the event.
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Packard Clocks Second Fastest 800 Meter Time in D3 History as Women’s Track Runs at BU
February 14, 2020Boston, MA --- Earlier today the Women’s Indoor Track and Field team competed at the BU Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University, where most of the competitors were Division I schools.
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DMR Highlights Women's Track and Field's Performance at Cupid Challenge
February 08, 2020Medford, MA --- WPI's distance medley relay composed of Grace Hadley, Janelle Knight, Lauren Kaija and Sydney Packard not only won the 2020 Cupid Challenge hosted by Tufts University on Saturday, but posted the best time of 12:03.22 in Division III this season.
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Relays Deliver for Men's Track and Field at Tufts Cupid Challenge
February 08, 2020Medford, MA --- WPI men’s track and field saw a pair of relays register top three finishes as the Engineers competed in the 2020 Cupid Challenge hosted by Tufts where the Crimson and Gray competed against MIT, UMass Lowell, Brandeis, Wesleyan, Trinity, Amherst, Middlebury, American International and Connecticut College in the non-scoring event.
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Women's Track and Field Places Fifth at Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational
February 01, 2020Medford, MA --- The WPI women’s track and field team earned five top-five finishes including a victory in the mile by Sydney Packard as the Engineers placed fourth with 47 points at the Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational.
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Men's Track and Field Finishes Fourth at Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational
February 01, 2020Medford, MA --- The WPI men’s track and field team claimed seven top-five finishes including a first place for junior Johann Bradley in the pole vault as the Engineers placed fourth at the Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational.
