FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Panthers & Ravens Secure All Five Major Awards
MANSFIELD, Mass. – The Northeast-10 has announced its 2021 Women's Outdoor Track & Field major award winners with Adelphi and Franklin Pierce sweeping all five awards following record-breaking performances for each program.
Adelphi's Gabrielle Buissereth and Katherine Marsh earned the Track Athlete of the Year and Track Rookie of the Year honors while head coach Katie Rees and her staff were named Coaching Staff of the Year. Franklin Pierce's Julieth Nwosu, meanwhile, swept both Field Athlete and Field Rookie of the Year honors, becoming the NE10 female to accomplish that feat.
Buissereth was honored as the Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer at the 2021 NE10 Championships after winning the 400m (56.21), taking second in the 200m (25.67) and anchored the 4x400 relay (3:55.12) to a gold medal. She also earned All-Region honors in the 400m and 4x400. She is the first Adelphi student-athlete to earn this honor.
Marsh was impressive in her first NE10 Championships this year, winning the 800 meters in a time of 2:14.30. She also led the team to a victory in the 4x800 relay by 13 seconds with a time of 9:33.91. She earned All-Region honors in the 800 and the 1500m this year, finishing with the best time in the NE10 in the 800m and the second-best in the 1500m.
Nwosu put together a dominant season in sweeping both Field awards. She was named NE10 Rookie of the Week five straight weeks and Athlete of the Week once. At the NE10 Championships, she claimed gold in the shot put with a throw of 13.30m while taking third in the discus (38.27m). She earned All-Region in both events and ranks 31st nationally in the shot put.
Katie Rees and her staff coached Adelphi to its best finish at the NE10 Outdoor Championships in program history, taking third with 107 points. The Panthers were just seven points away from first place and five from earning second. The rest of the Adelphi coaching staff is made up of Kelvin Campbell, Valmore Holt, Goran Milanovic, Angela Mongitore, Jose Velasquez, Kenneth Coleman, Nicholas Giampietro and Amanda Ashe.
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Awards
Track Athlete of the Year: Gabrielle Buissereth, Adelphi
Track Rookie of the Year: Katherine Marsh, Adelphi
Field Athlete of the Year: Julieth Nwosu, Franklin Pierce
Field Rookie of the Year: Julieth Nwosu, Franklin Pierce
Coach of the Year: Katie Rees & Adelphi Staff
ABOUT THE NE10
In its 40th anniversary season, the NE10 is an association of 14 diverse institutions serving student-athletes across 24 NCAA Division II sports. Together we build brilliant futures by embracing the journey of every student-athlete.
Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
