WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - As the 2025 outdoor track and field season draws to a close, the energy surrounding each remaining event gets more and more evident. That energy arrives ahead of schedule this week as the Utica University women's track and field squad will head back to the site of their last event, Williamstown, Massachusetts, to take part in the AARTFC Regional Championships. During the final meet before the NCAA Division III Championships, a set amount of qualified Pioneers will participate in an array of different events with the goal of capturing regional glory. Get caught up ahead of Wednesday & Thursday's festivities down below:
 
Follow Along: Live results can be found via Leone Timing. Follow this link and then look for the AARTFC event: https://www.leonetiming.com/
 
Event Schedule: Here is the full schedule of events for this week's meet:
 
* & Bold = A Pioneer women's track and field athlete has qualified for this event.
 
Wednesday, May 14th:
 
Track
12:00pm Decathlon 100m
12:30pm Heptathlon 100m Hurdles* (Stefania Grimaldi (Poland, NY/Poland Central)) (All Heptathlon Events)
3:00pm 4x100 Relay Trials - Women
3:15pm 4x100 Relay Trials - Men
4:30pm 100 Hurdle Trials – Women
4:50pm 110 Hurdle Trials – Men
5:10pm 100m Trials – Women
5:25pm 100m Trials – Men
5:45pm Steeplechase Women
6:15pm Steeplechase Men
6:45pm 4 x 400 Relay Women
7:00pm 4 x 400 Relay Men
7:20pm 5k Women* (Catherine Manna (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro), Marlo Townsend (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy)) 
7:45pm 5k Men
8:05pm 10k Women
8:50pm 10k Men
 
Field
2:00pm Pole Vault (M) Javelin (W) Discus (M) Long Jump (W)
5:30pm Javelin (M) Discus (W) Pole Vault (W) Long Jump (M)
 
Thursday, May 15th:
 
Track
10:00am Decathlon 110 Hurdles Heptathlon Long Jump
12:15pm 4x100m Relay Final - Women
12:25pm 4x100m Relay Final - Men
12:30pm 1500 Women
12:50pm 1500 Men
1:10pm 110 Hurdle Final Men
1:30pm 100 Hurdle Final Women
1:40pm 400m Women
1:55pm 400m Men
2:10pm 100m Final Women
2:15pm 100m Final Men
2:25pm 800m Women* (Jade Dening (Remsen, NY/Remsen)) 
2:45pm 800m Men
3:05pm 400 Hurdles Women
3:20pm 400 Hurdles Men
3:35pm 200m Women
3:50pm 200m Men
4:05pm 4 x 800 Relay Women
4:25pm 4 x 800 Relay Men
 
Field
11:00am High Jump (M)
12:00pm Shot Put (W) Hammer (M) Triple Jump (W)* (Nora Devitt (Beverly, MA/Beverly)) 
2:00pm High Jump (W)* (Hannah Allison (Herkimer, NY/Herkimer)) 
2:30pm Shot Put (M) Hammer (W)* (Riley King (Oswego, NY/Oswego)) Triple Jump (M)
 
Meet Information: For more information about the event and the AARTFC, use this link: https://www.aartfc.org/
 
For more information about the facility, use this link: https://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/2020/7/7/Athletic-Facilities.aspx
 
Track Qualifiers: The Pioneer women have secured qualification for seven different athletes in six different events this upcoming week. 
 
Some long-distance leaders cemented their spot at the AARTFC Championships, with Catherine Manna (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) and Marlo Townsend (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) each notching a spot in the 5,000m. Manna met the qualifying time thanks to a 17:59.71 at the recent Empire 8 Championships, while Townsend took her spot due to an 18:32.65 at the Hamilton College Invitational.

Jade Dening (Remsen, NY/Remsen) also got the nod to compete in the 800m, with the veteran using a 2:21.30 finish earlier this year to get a lane in the race. 
 
Field Qualifiers: A plethora of Pioneers will take place in a few field events this week, with Hannah Allison (Herkimer, NY/Herkimer) set to compete in the high jump, Nora Devitt (Beverly, MA/Beverly) set to try the triple jump, and Riley King (Oswego, NY/Oswego) locked in for the hammer throw.
 
Allison notched her spot in the high jump thanks to a 1.63m leap at the Utica Pioneer Spring Invite way back in early April. The local product secured her spot early on in the season, and will look to make some noise in Massachusetts.
 
Devitt clinched her participation in the triple jump after an 11.29m leap at the RPI Capital District Classic.
 
King rounds out the field competitors after a 48.23 hammer toss at the Cortland Classic, and will look for another solid outing at Williams this week.
 
Competing in all-of-the-above will be Stefania Grimaldi (Poland, NY/Poland Central), who marked her entry to the Heptathlon after her Empire 8 Championship performance in the event, where she took home the gold thanks to a 3,868-point showing. The sophomore will test her mettle against the best in the region this week, kicking off the event with the 100m hurdles at 12:30 PM tomorrow afternoon.