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5/5/08Lynch, Necklas Head List Of Award Winners At 27th Annual Senior Athletics Banquet The Babson College Athletics Department held its 27th Annual Senior Awards Banquet on Sunday night, where a total of seven student-athletes were honored. Women's soccer and Swimming and Diving senior Meg Lynch was named Female Athlete of the Class, while men's soccer senior Chris Necklas was selected as the Male Athlete of the Class. Softball senior Jess Byrn and baseball senior Matt Delaney were named the Scholar-Athletes of the Class, and track and field senior Dan Cowan took home the Michael J. Conlon Award. In addition to the senior awards, President Brian M. Barefoot '66 P'01 and his wife Pam Barefoot P'01 were the recipients of the prestigious Paul C. Staake Award for outstanding contributions to Babson Athletics, while a pair of first-year athletes were also honored. Women's soccer, basketball, and lacrosse first-year Kristy Benoit received the Lori Vengrow Award, and baseball freshman Andrew Aizenstadt claimed the Colin "Chip" Brown Award. [+] 
5/5/08Cowan, Blackburn Make History At NCAA New England Division III Championships Babson senior captain Dan Cowan and sophomore captain Lauren Blackburn both made history on Saturday, as each earned All-New England honors at the 2008 NCAA New England Division III Championships at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Competing in the 110 meter hurdles, Cowan placed seventh in the qualifying heat with a time of 15.85. He followed that up with another seventh-place effort in the finals, finishing in 15.95 seconds. It marked the third straight season in which the senior star garnered All-New England honors in the event, making him the first person in Babson track and field history to earn regional honors in three different seasons. Meanwhile, Blackburn broke into the top eight in the 400 meter hurdles with a spectacular time of 1:06.24 on Saturday, helping her garner All-New England honors for the first time in her young career. It was the second fastest time in Babson history behind her own school record of 1:05.04 set at last week's NEWMAC Championships. [+] 
4/26/08Blackburn Leads Track And Field At 2008 NEWMAC Championships Sophomore captain Lauren Blackburn became just the second female in Babson track and field history to earn All-Conference honors on Saturday, as she placed second in the 400 meter hurdles at the 2008 NEWMAC Championships at Smith College. The women's team finished eighth at the event, while the men placed sixth. Continuing her spectacular season, Blackburn recovered from a slow start with a huge finish in the 400 hurdles, passing numerous opponents to finish just 0.16 seconds behind event winner Leanne Veldhuis of MIT. Blackburn's time of 1:05.04 broke her own school record and was just 0.90 seconds off of the provisional qualifying time for the NCAA National Championships. As a result of her second place finish, she earned a spot on the NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team, joining senior teammate Nadine Lussier as the only two women in Babson history to garner all-league honors. [+] |
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