CLINTON, N.Y. – First-year Eliza Cardwell and junior Sophia Wolmer captured NESCAC titles as the Amherst College women's track and field team finished fifth on Saturday at the 2022 NESCAC Track & Field Championships on Pritchard Track at Hamilton College.

Cardwell swept the hurdles events, winning both the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles, while Wolmer reigned in the 10,000m. The Mammoths earned All-NESCAC honors, awarded to the top three finishers in each event, in three other events. Amherst's 4x400m relay team finished second while senior Anna Madden was third in the 400m and first-year Julia Schor finished third in the 1500m.

The Mammoths scored 110.5 points in the first NESCAC Championship meet since 2019 to finish fifth in the 11-team field, Amherst's best finish since 2015. Middlebury claimed the team championship with 149 points, ending Williams' streak of six straight titles, while Tufts was second with 142 points.

The Mammoths are back in action next weekend, traveling to Williams College for the New England Division III Championships. The heptathlon kicks off the meet at 12:20 p.m. on Friday (May 6) with events throughout the day on Friday and Saturday.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Cardwell had a dominant showing in her sweep of the hurdles races. She broke the Amherst school record, the NESCAC meet record and Hamilton's track record in the 100m hurdles prelims with a time of 14.23. She bested the Amherst mark of 14.48 set by Ella Rossa '21 in 2019 and broke the NESCAC meet record of 14.33 that Annalisa DeBari of Tufts set in 2018. She ran the final in 14.30 seconds to claim her first NESCAC title. Her mark ranks among the top 10 nationally in Division III so far this season. The top 22 runners in each event earn invitations to the NCAA Division III Championships.

* In the 400m hurdles, Cardwell won with a personal-best time of 1:02.66, also a mark among the top 10 in Division III this season. Junior Ava Tillman and sophomore Trintje Nydam also scored for the Mammoths, each running personal bests to finish seventh and eighth, respectively. Nydam ran the event twice after discovering that two of the hurdles in her lane were mistakenly set to the men's height. Granted a re-run, she improved her time to a personal-best 1:05.83 to finish eighth.

* Wolmer kicked off the meet with her win in the 10,000m, earning her first NESCAC title and setting a meet and track record with a personal-best time of 34:59.86, a mark that ranks in the top 10 in Division III.

* The 4x400m relay team of seniors Anna Madden, Juanita Jaramillo and Sam Tichelaar and first-year Casie Eifrig posted a second-place finish with a season-best time of 3:54.56 to earn All-NESCAC honors.

* Madden also claimed All-NESCAC honors with her third-place finish in the 400m with a time of 57.36, matching the school-record time that she set earlier this season. Jaramillo and Eifrig also scored in the event. Jaramillo finished fourth in 58.51 and Eifrig was eighth in 59.16.

* First-year Julia Schor earned All-NESCAC honors in her championship debut with her third-place finish in the 1500m, completing the event in a collegiate-best 4:37.09 to qualify for the NEICAAA Championship. Sophomore Ally Deegan qualified for the New England Division III Championship with her time of 4:42.24 that was good for ninth place.

* Sophomore Mia Bawendi matched the Amherst pole vault record, clearing 3.40m to tie for sixth. Bawendi now shares the mark with first-years Eve Giancarlo and Jordan Hecker, each of whom set their marks this season.

* Cardwell also finished fourth in the long jump and sophomore Muffie Mazambani was fifth. Cardwell leaped 5.56m and Mazambani was just behind at 5.55m, both marks that qualify for the NEICAAA Championship.

* Junior Mary Kate McGranahan finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase with a personal-best time of 11:12.50, a mark that ranks in the top 20 in Division III.

* Sophomore Carolina Andrade was fourth and junior Annelise Romero finished fifth in the javelin throw. Andrade had a mark of 32.24m and Romero posted a personal-best 30.84m.

* First-year Sidnie Kulik claimed fourth place in the 5000m with a time of 17:42.59 in her NESCAC Championship debut.

* First-year Julia Zacher took fourth place in the high jump, clearing 1.62m in her NESCAC Championship debut.

* Amherst's 4x100m relay team finished fourth as Bawendi, Tichelaar, Mazambani and Zacher circled the track in a season-best 48.95 seconds.

* The 4x800m relay team also finished fourth as Schor and Deegan teamed with first-years Sylvan Wold and Ava Zielinski to post a time of 9:23.36.

* Sophomore Bethany Martin took fifth in the hammer throw with a mark of 39.77m and placed seventh in the discus with a toss of 33.04m.

* Tichelaar finished eighth in the 200m with a personal-best time of 25.86.