Blue Track & Field Lands 11 on NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team
WESTWOOD, Mass. – The New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) has announced the 2020 NEWMAC Women's Track and Field Academic All-Conference Team. The NEWMAC women's track and field student-athletes totaled 144 selections this year, including 11 from the Wellesley College track & field team.
Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2019 fall semester, achieved second year academic status at their institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.
Seniors Keiko Hilmo (Saint Paul, Minn.), Eva Paradiso (Burlington, Vt.), and Elizabeth Wegman (East Sandwich, Mass.) each earned a third Academic All-Conference honor to end their respective careers, while classmates Crystalina Guo (Montgomery, N.J.) and Taylor Mahlandt (Ephrata, Pa.) were named to the squad for a second time. The complete list of Blue honorees can be found below (*indicates number of times named to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team):
- Maya Bradbury '22 (Freeport, Maine)
- Crystalina Guo '20 (Montgomery, N.J.)**
- Grace Heizer '22 (Portland, Ore.)
- Keiko Hilmo '20 (Saint Paul, Minn.)***
- Natalie Li '22 (Charlottesville, Va.)
- Blythe Logan '21 (New York, N.Y.)**
- Taylor Mahlandt '20 (Ephrata, Pa.)**
- Eva Paradiso '20 (Burlington, Vt.)***
- Samara Shaz '21 (New York, N.Y.)
- Amy Tao '22 (Hong Kong, China)
- Elizabeth Wegman '20 (East Sandwich, Mass.)***
Bradbury, Paradiso, and Wegman were among the four competitors for the Blue at the 2020 Division III New England Indoor Championships, the final event for Wellesley prior to the cancellation of the 2020 outdoor track & field season.
The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference consists of 11 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.