NEW ORLEANS, La. – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its academic honors for the 2024 season and the UMass Dartmouth women's team was recognized, while graduate
Emma Steedman earned individual Division III All-Academic Team honors.
Under the direction of second-year head coach
Ryan O'Connell, the Corsairs posted a cumulative grade point average of 3.18 to earn this year's recognition. Led by graduate student
Emily Philbrook – an All-LEC First Team honoree – the Corsairs posted four finishes in the top-10 throughout the season, including the first runner-up finish at the Little East Championships since the 2000 season.
The Corsairs opened the 2024 campaign taking sixth overall at the Wheaton/Babson Season Opener, before posting eighth overall at the Trinity Bantam Invitational. The squad placed 21st amongst a 45-team field at their own UMD Invitational. Following solid efforts at the Keene State Invite and the Conn College Invite, the Corsairs powered their way to second overall at the conference championships.
UMass Dartmouth was paced by Philbrook, who finished in a career-best time of 18:57.9, while senior
Bee Greenberg and Steedman were 10th and 13th, respectively, to take home All-LEC Second Team honors. The team concluded the season at the NCAA Regionals, finishing 15th in the 30-team field behind Steedman, who was 52nd in a field of 224 runners.
Academically, the Corsairs saw five student-athletes named to the Little East Fall All-Academic Team, while 11 were LEC Academic Honor Roll selections.
Steedman, who hails from Eastbourne, United Kingdom, competed in six meets for the Corsairs in 2024. She finished 39th overall in the 2M event at the Wheaton/Babson Season Opener with a collegiate-best time of 12:39.6, then posted 38th overall in 21:40.5 in the 5k of the Trinity Bantam Invitational. Steedman then posted her finish at LEC's in a collegiate-best time of 19:30.4 before recording another collegiate-best time of 23:49.7 in the 6k at the NCAA East Regional.
In addition to Philbrook, Greenberg and Steedman, the women's squad in 2024 featured senior
Anya Aadland, rookie
Ashlyn Byrnes, sophomore
Serena Carnes, rookie
Alexia Gonsalves, senior
Julia Latura, rookies Natalyn LaVita and
Sara Lopez, sophomore
Sarah Lynch, junior
Emma Madruga, sophomores
Sophie Owen and
Kyla Palmer, junior
Tori Schweitzer and rookie
Lylah Thibeault.
