2025 GNAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Award Winners Announced
WINTHROP, Mass. - The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced its 2024-25 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field major award winners on Wednesday afternoon.
The winners were recognized for their performance throughout the entire indoor season, including the 2025 GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The honorees were selected by a vote conducted by the league’s seven Outdoor track & field head coaches.
Lulani Haslinger was named Outdoor Track Athlete/Rookie of the Year while Desiree Robinson was selected as Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. Emmanuel College won coaching staff of the year as well as the institutional sportsmanship award.
In addition to this year’s award winners, the medalists in each event at the 2025 GNAC Championships were recognized as All-Conference performers and one student-athlete from each team was selected to the All-Sportsmanship Team.
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TRACK ATHLETE/ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Lulani Haslinger, Johnson & Wales Lulani Haslinger led in three events across GNAC leaderboards as the Groton, N.Y. led in the 1500m (4:58.55) at the Silfen Invitational, 5K (18:19.52) at the Corsair Classic Track & Field Invitational and the 3k Steeplechase (11:41.04) at the Silfen Invite as well. At the conference championship made the podium in all 6 of her events at the conference championship meet, helping lead her team to the championship win. Her individual 44 points accounted for nearly 25% of the team's total. She won the 1500m, 3k SC, & 5k to end the meet and set a new conference record. Her second place finish in the 10k was under the previous conference record as well. She also helped her team secure bronze in the 4x800 and she earned an individual bronze in the open 800m. Haslinger was named Track Athlete of the Week twice this past spring. |
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FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Desiree Robinson, Emmanuel Desiree Robinson was the leader across every GNAC leaderboard in every field event that she parttaken in during the spring season. The New Haven, Conn. Senior had conference-led marks in the High Jump (1.58m), Long Jump (5.29m), and the Triple Jump (11.18m), in which those three marks were all completed at MIT's Sean Collier Invite. Robinson was the high jump, triple jump, and long jump champion at the GNAC's and was the runner up in the 400 hurdles and also was on the 4x800 relay winning. She also won GNAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week three times this past spring. |
MAJOR AWARDS
Track Athlete/Rookie of the Year - Lulani Haslinger, Johnson & Wales
Field Athlete of the Year - Desiree Robinson, Emmanuel
Coaching Staff of the Year – Johnson & Wales
Institutional Sportsmanship - Emmanuel
ALL-CONFERENCE (Top-Three Finishers in Each Event at Championships)
100 meters: Caroline Carey, Kayoni Jordan, Ayevah Marinez
200 meters: Caroline Carey, Ayevah Marinez, Aleyo Amasa-Titus
400 meters: Ava Smart, Audrey Bilodeau, Olivia Costa
800 meters: Aubrey Heise, Cheri Willems, Lulani Haslinger
1500 meters: Lulani Haslinger, Aubrey Heise, Kendall Newton
5k meters: Lulani Haslinger, Adriana Nadeau, Leah O'Neill
10k meters: Adriana Nadeau, Lulani Haslinger, Caroline Carter
100m hurdles: Lila Brillhart, Audrey Bilodeau, Donna Gauvin
400m hurdles: Audrey Bilodeau, Desiree Robinson, Krysten Rafferty
3k Steeplechase: Lulani Haslinger, Leah O'Neill, Maisy Hill
4x100 Relay: Emmanuel (Reilly Slusser, Donna Gauvin, Olivia Costa, Caroline Carey), Regis (Aleyo Amasa-Titus, Janet Amasa-Titus, Olivia Dench, Abigail Kilbride), Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Alexis Cowan, Zoe Indenga, Jemima Kabangu, Madalyn Guindon)
4x400 Relay: Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Ava Smart, Bella Koepsell, Alexia Young, Cheri Willems), Emmanuel (Sofia Rowen, Olivia Costa, Aida Davis, Caroline Carey), Johnson & Wales (Ayevah Marinez, Catherine Migre, Katelyn O'Brien, Alexandra Szelag)
4x800 Relay: Emmanuel (Kendall Newton, Desiree Robinson, Aida Davis, Sydney Gonzalez), Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Alexia Young, Audrey Bilodeau, Bella Koepsell, Cheri Willems), Johnson & Wales (Caroline Carter, Lulani Haslinger, Piper-Jean Ferguson, Catherine Migre)
High Jump: Desiree Robinson, Emily Greene, Olivia Weldin
Pole Vault: Melissa Charles, Samantha Miller, Riley Veits
Long Jump: Desiree Robinson, Ella Labrie, Aleyo Amasa-Titus
Triple Jump: Desiree Robinson, Ella Labrie, Zoe Indenga
Shot Put: Erika Sanders, Susy Daniels, Ellie Leech
Discus: Lena Nicholson, Abby O'Brien, Isabelle LaPlume
Hammer Throw: Agnessa Lysenko, Lena Nicholson, Molly McCarthy
Javelin Throw: Ellie Leech, Katelyn O'Brien, Ava Fisher
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Emma Silva-Henningsen, Colby-Sawyer
Caroline Carey, Emmanuel
Caroline Carter, Johnson & Wales
Mikayla Bokis, Lasell
Alex Millen, Regis
Abby O’Brien, Saint Joseph’s (Maine)
Sofia Girioni, Simmons
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