HOOKSETT, N.H. – Southern Connecticut women's outdoor track & field won the 2025 Northeast-10 Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship, for the second consecutive season and it marks their seventh NE10 title overall. The Owls totaled 246 points throughout the Championship, captured 24 medals, which included 11 gold medals, eight silver medals and five bronze medals.
 


With the men's program also winning the 2025 NE10 outdoor title, the Owls' indoor and outdoor track & field titles for both genders make it the fifth time in NE10 history that one school has won both titles in the same year, as Southern accomplished this feat four other times.

The Owls captured 11 Gold Medals throughout the weekend, individually and in the 4x800 and 4x100 relays. Kisha Francois secured a total of four medals, which included three gold medals in the 4x100, Long Jump, 100 Dash and a Silver Medal in the 200 Dash. Hannah Caiola (400, 200 Dash, 4x100) won three Gold Medals. Belle Smith secured three medals, which included Gold Medals in the Hammer Throw and Shot Put and a Bronze Medal in the Discus Throw.  The 4x800 relay team of Courtney Henchcliffe, Erin Sola, Abigail Bajorek and Julia Mansfield secured the Gold Medal. The 4x100 relay team of Francois Caiola, Avery Winters and Dardielle Exantus claimed the Gold Medal. Maddie Hathorn claimed the Gold Medal in the Pole Vault. It was an Owls' sweep on the 5000-meter podium as Courtney Henchcliffe won the Gold Medal, Megan Whitnell captured the Silver Medal and PJ Dauphinais secured the Bronze Medal.
 
NE10 HEPTATHLON
Gillian Penna captured the Bronze Medal after totaling 4073 points, as Ginny Mullen finished in fourth place with a total of 3833 points.
 
Penna came in second place in the long jump with a mark of 4.96 meters (16' 3 ¼") and Mullen came in eighth place with a mark of 4.41 meters (14' 5 ¾").
 
Mullen threw for 18.73 meters (61' '5") in the javelin throw for eighth place as Penna threw for 17.35 meters (56' 11") in ninth place.
 
In the final event of the Heptathlon, Gillian Penna and Ginny Mullen finished in first and second place in the 800. Penna won with a time of 2:30.75 and Mullen crossed the finish line shortly after in a time of 2:33.34 in second place.
 
FIELD
Shot Put
Belle Smith captured the Gold Medal with a throw of 13.88 meters (45' 6 ½"). Darla Jagrosse captured the Bronze Medal with a throw of 13.07 meters (42' 10 ¾"). Kayla Johnson finished in fourth place with a throw of 12.22 meters (40' 1 ¼").
 
Discus Throw
Belle Smith secured the Bronze Medal with a throw of 40.86 meters (134' 0") in the discus throw. Darla Jagrosse finished in fifth with a throw of 37.19 meters (122' 0"), and Valerie Torres came in eighth with a throw of 35.78 meters (117' 4").
 
Triple Jump
Uliana Pokutnia came in second place with a mark of 11.30 meters (37' 1"), to capture the Silver Medal.
 
TRACK
4x100 Relay
The relay team of Dardielle Exantus, Kisha Francois, Avery Winters and Hannah Caiola capured the Gold Medal with a time of 46.26.
 
100 Hurdles
Patrice Mansfield captured the Silver Medal in the 100 Hurdles in a time of 14.04.
 
400 Run
Hannah Caiola and Avery Winters finished in first and second place in the 400. Caiola secured the Gold Medal in a time of 53.52 and Winters captured the Silver Medal in a time of 55.84. Brianna Cole finished in eighth place in a time of 1:00.23.
 
100 Dash
Kisha Francois captured the Gold Medal, her third Gold Medal of the NE10 Championships, in the 100 Dash in a time of 11.96. Dardielle Exantus came in seventh place in a time of 12.59.
 
800 Run
Julia Mansfield secured the Silver Medal in a time of 2:15.34 in the 800. Abigail Bajorek finished in fourth place with a time of 2:19.53.
 
200 Dash
Hannah Caiola and Kisha Francois finished in first and second in the 200. Caiola captured her third Gold Medal of the NE10 Championships in a time of 24.22 as Francois secured the Silver Medal in a time of 24.74. Avery Winters came in fourth place in a time of 24.96. Dardielle Exantus came in eighth place in a time of 26.05.
 
5000 Run
It was an Owls' sweep on the podium in the 5000 as Courtney Henchcliffe captured the Gold Medal, Megan Whitnell captured the Silver Medal and PJ Dauphinais captured the Bronze Medal. Henchcliffe won in a time of 18:40.34, Whitnell crossed the finish line in second place in 19:.01.04 and Dauphinais finished in 19:04.73. Emilie Noreika came in 11^th place in a time of 19:56.62.
 
4x400 Relay
The relay team of Brianna Cole, Lindsay Drozd, Ginny Mullen and Leticia DoNascimento finished in sixth place in a time of 4:06.14.
 
Medal Count

Gold (11)
Maddie Hathorn (Pole Vault)
Belle Smith (Hammer Throw) (Shot Put)
Kisha Francois (Long Jump) (100 Dash)
PJ Dauphinais (10000)
Erin Sola, Courtney Henchcliffe, Abigail Bajorek, Julia Mansfield (4x800)
Dardielle Exantus, Kisha Francois, Avery Winters, Hannah Caiola (4x100)
Hannah Caiola (400 Run) (200 Dash)
Courtney Henchcliffe (5000)

Silver (8)
Gabriela Dinisoe (Pole Vault)
Gillian Penna (Heptathlon)
Uliana Pokutnia (Triple Jump)
Patrice Mansfield (100 Hurdles)
Avery Winters (400 Run)
Julia Mansfield (800 Run)
Kisha Francois (200 Dash)
Megan Whitnell (5000)

Bronze (5)
Celine Bozukluian (Hammer Throw)
Emilie Noreika (10000)
Darla Jagrosse (Shot Put)
Belle Smith (Discus Throw)
PJ Dauphinais (5000)