MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Junior Grace McDonough (Londonderry, N.H.) claimed two NESCAC titles and junior Alexa Estes (Virginia Beach, Va.) added another crown as the Connecticut College women's track and field team finished seventh with 50 points at the 2025 NESCAC Championships.

McDonough defended her title in the 1500 meters and also added another in the 5000 meters, while Estes defended her title in the 800 meters. It marked just the fourth and fifth time in school history that a member of the women's squad has won titles in back-to-back seasons.

Despite less than ideal conditions, the duo combined to break three NESCAC meet records on the day. Estes logged a time of 2:09.40 in the 800 meters, breaking the record of 2:09.51 set by Cassie Kearney (Middlebury) in 2022. In the 1500 meters, McDonough's time of 4:25.47 broke the record of 4:26.64 set by Cassie Kearney (Middlebury) in 2022. McDonough then went on to clock a time of 16:41.56 in the 5000 meters, breaking the record of 16:51.97 set by Shauneen Garrahan (Amherst) in 2007.

Estes is the NESCAC's first repeat champion in the 800 meters since 2013. McDonough, the NESCAC's first repeat champion in the 1500 meters since 2017, became the second Camel to ever win the 5000 meters. She also joins an elite group of Conn runners who own three NESCAC titles, a list that includes Malissa Lindsey and Denise Llewellyn.

Five other Camels earned All-NESCAC honors via top-3 finishes. Blessing Kieh (Monrovia, Liberia) took third place in the 100 meters in her NESCAC debut, and the 4x800 relay team of Lilla Kate Tucker (Marietta, Ga.), April Schilling (Amherst, Mass.), Caroline Graziani (Concord, Mass.) and Estes finished second.

On the Track

100 Meters

• Kieh finished third with a time of 12.23 earning All-NESCAC honors and NE D3 qualification.

800 Meters

• Estes defended her title, claiming victory with a school record time of 2:09.40 earning All-NESCAC honors and NE D3 qualification.

1500 Meters

• McDonough defended her title, claiming victory with a school record time of 4:25.47 earning All-NESCAC honors and NE D3 qualification.

5000 Meters

• McDonough claimed her second NESCAC title of the day, finishing with a time of 16:41.56 earning All-NESCAC honors and NE D3 qualification.

• Abby Williams (Waterville, Maine) finished 11th with a time of 17:27.33 earning NE D3 qualification.

• Alsacia Timmerman (Morrisville, Vt.) finished 19th with a time of 17:55.23 earning NE D3 qualification.

400 Hurdles

• Alina Newman (Santa Monica, Calif.) finished 11th with a time of 1:07.86 earning NE D3 qualification.

• Liz Freeman (Maynard, Mass.) finished 14th with a time of 1:08.44 earning NE D3 qualification.

3000 Steeplechase

• Kiera Tallas (Fountain Valley, Calif.) just missed out on the podium, finishing fourth with a school record time of 10:52.93 earning NE D3 qualification.

• Julia Coyle (Pomfret Center, Conn.) finished 16th with a time of 11:51.75 earning NE D3 qualification.

• Cleo Kilpatrick (Minneapolis, Minn.) finished 21st with a time of 12:07.75 earning NE D3 qualification.

4x100 Relay

• The group of Kieh, Castano, Abby Ilusorio (San Diego, Calif.), and Kailin Fuller (Bowdoinham, Maine) finished eighth with a time of 49.09.

4x400 Relay

• The group of Newman, Alexis Melvin (Wilmington, Mass.), Camille Cortes (Annandale, Va.), and Fuller finished 10th with a time of 4:16.30.

4x800 Relay

• The group of Tucker, Schilling, Graziani and Estes finished second with a time of 9:21.17 earning All-NESCAC honors.

In the Field

Pole Vault

• Grace Mattaliano (Norfolk, Mass.) finished 11th clearing a school record height of 3.25m earning NE D3 qualification.

Conn returns to action next weekend as the Camels make the short trek to Coast Guard for the New England Division 3 Championships.