NEW LONDON, N.H. – University of women's track and field placed third in the team standings at the North Atlantic Conference Championship, hosted by Colby-Sawyer College, in the team's inaugural season as a varsity program.

Bridget Humphrey (Jefferson, Maine/Erskine Academy) had a dominating afternoon for the Beavers. The junior placed second in the 400m hurdles by crossing the line at 1:12.74. Humphrey continued with a second place finish in the high jump (1.53m) and third in the triple jump (9.70m). She earned ranked fifth in the discus throw by tossing her discus 30.87m. Humphrey rounded out her first conference championship with a sixth place finish in the long jump at 4.41m.

Morgan Crocker (Boothbay, Maine/Boothbay Region) had similar results as Humphrey. Crocker came in fourth place in the 100m hurdles (2:29.97) and followed Humphrey in fourth place (1:16.92) in the 400m hurdles event.

Laura Pulito (Brownfield, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) had a solid run in the 5,000m run in third place (20:29.38) and fourth place in the 800m run (2:29.97).  

Molly Menice (Monmouth, Maine/Monmouth Academy) also had a fourth place finish (29.34m) for the Beavers in the javelin throw. In the 400m dash, Alexis Laliberte (Lewiston, Maine/St. Dominic Academy) led the Beavers with a fifth place finish (1:06.76). Victoria Marquis came in sixth place in the 100m dash (14.54) and Kaitlyn Virgin (Mexico, Maine/Mountain Valley) trailed Humphrey in seventh place (4.41m) in the long jump. 

In the 4x100 relay, UMF had a combined score of 54.94 for a third place finish.

The Beavers earned a total of 76 points on the team leaderboard and topped Husson University by by only two points for the third place finish. Colby-Sawyer won the crown with a total of 216 points.

UMaine-Farmington will complete in the NCAA Regional Championship at Springfield College next weekend.