The Colby Echo

Issue date: 4/30/08 Section: Sports

On Tuesday, April 29, the NESCAC All-Conference Track and Field Team was announced, comprising of the top three finishers in each event during the 2008 Conference Championships, which were held April 26 at Hamilton. As determined by the conference coaches, the Most Outstanding Performers were Williams senior Carrie Plitt, who set a meet record in the 200-meter dash (24.95), and Ephs junior Deividas Seferis and Hamilton sophomore Peter Kosgei on the men's side. Seferis won the 200-meter and the 400-meter while Kosgei set a meet and school record in the 800-meter (1:50.62). Colby first-year phenom Emma Linhard and Bates first-year Christopher Murtagh each won Most Outstanding Rookie Performer honors…In men's lacrosse, Middlebury will seek its eighth straight NESCAC title this weekend as the Panthers host the final rounds of the conference championship May 3-4. On Saturday, fourth-seeded Bowdoin squares off against second-seeded Wesleyan after sixth-seeded Williams takes on the defending champion Panthers. The respective winners meet in the title game on Sunday…On the women's side the story is remarkably similar, with Middlebury's squad in search of its eighth consecutive conference title as the Panthers also host the women's final rounds of the 2008 NESCAC Championship. Middlebury will play fifth-seeded Colby, followed by second-seeded Amherst taking on third-seeded Trinity. It is the first time the Bantams have made the conference semifinals in tournament history…Trinity baseball now owns the best record in college baseball, a 32-0 unbeaten mark that has the Bantams at number three in the nationwide DIII poll, just behind Cortland State (32-3) and Chapman University (29-3).

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