Lancers Finish Strong at New England DIII Championships

Worcester, MA- With the final action of the 2025-26 season the Worcester Women's Outdoor Track and Field team headed to Springfield College for the New England DIII Championships.

Junior Alexis Strong (Southington, CT) would start the action for the Lancers on Friday with a 22nd place finish in the 100m in a time of 12.75 seconds and a 23rd place finish in the long jump with a 4.89m leap. First year Janine Betcher (Fontana, CA) would take the track next in the 400m where she would race to an 18th place finish in a blistering 61.45 seconds. 

On the field side on Saturday,  junior Morgan Merrell (Leicester, MA) would finish in 21st in the discus, marking a 33.51m while first year Jenna Lopez (West Springfield, MA) would take 16th with an 11.16m launch in the shot put.

Wrapping up the women's meet was the 4x800m team of Betcher, first years Cadence Carr (Upton, MA), Anna Serafini (Leominster, MA) and senior Bridget O'Malley (Leominster, MA) and Leah Berg (Worcester, MA), who finished in 12th with a time of 10:14.60.