Track and Field – The 2014-15 season was a very special one for Colby-Sawyer and the track and field program. The Chargers competed in an indoor track and field season for the first time, which was comprised of five regular season meets and two postseason meets.

In its inaugural season, the Colby-Sawyer indoor track and field team sent four women to the New England Championships.

Representing the women's team was senior Paige O'Malley (Dedham, Mass.), sophomore Emily Lopez (Lincolnville, Maine), sophomore Rachel Quaye (Westminster, Mass.) and senior Heather Faasse (Jefferson, N.J.). Quaye finished eighth in the pentathlon and earned All-New England honors.

Rachel Quaye was the lone Charger to compete at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships at the world famous Armory Track & Field Center. She earned All-ECAC honors by finishing eighth in the pentathlon. Quaye also competed in the shot put.

As special as competing in indoor for the first time, the 2015 outdoor season was just as special. Colby-Sawyer held its first outdoor track and field meet at the Sally Shaw Veitch Track & Field and it happened to be the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Championship. The NAC sponsored a women's track and field championship for the first time in conference history, while the NAC men's teams competed in an invitational because the conference does not yet sponsor men's track and field.

In a very competitive women's meet, Husson University squeaked by the Chargers by a half point. The Eagles scored 91.5 points, while Colby-Sawyer finished in second with 91 points. Nevertheless, the meet was very successful for the Chargers with numerous personal bests and several school records. Each event winner was honored as a NAC champion.

Freshman Emmani Robinson (Newburgh, N.Y.) had an impressive performance in the shot put. The previous school record set by Colby-Sawyer Hall of Famer, Stephanie Roy '02, was 12.23 meters. Robinson had three throws that eclipsed that number with the farthest being 12.51 meters, which was enough to win the event.

Emily Lopez also smashed the previous school record in the 3000 meter steeplechase.  She finished second with a time of 12:26.68 beating the seven year old record of 14:00.1. Lopez also won the high jump (1.54m).

Heather Faasse set a school record in the 400 meter dash. She placed third in the event with a time of 1:01.65 besting the previous mark of 1:01.67 set by Cara Tremblay on April 26, 1998. Faasse also won a tightly contested 400 hurdles race by .02 seconds in 1:11.80.

Freshman Kate LaPorte (Montpelier, Vt.) took top honors in the 100 meter dash in a time of 13.15.

Sophomore Kylee Parker (Winterport, Maine) took the top spot by nearly a minute in the 5000 with a time of 20:15.28.

The Colby-Sawyer team of Paige O'Malley, Emily Lopez, Heather Faasse and junior Courtney Figucia (Wilmington, Mass.) won the 4x400 relay.

Rachel Quaye came away with a pair of wins in the discus (34.55m) and the javelin (37.93m).

Colby-Sawyer sent seven members to the New England Outdoor Championship hosted by MIT.

Junior Becca Hashem (Webster, N.H.) (discus, hammer), Emily Lopez (high jump), Rachel Quaye (javelin, heptathlon) and Emmani Robinson (shot put) represented the Colby-Sawyer women's team in individual events. Emily Lopez joined teammates Heather Faasse, Paige O'Malley and Courtney Figucia to compete in the 4x400 relay.

The women's team came away with a pair of school records at New England's. Quaye scored 4039 points in the heptathlon to beat the previous total of 3851 set in 2001 by Addy Danaher. The 4x400 relay team set a record time of 4:08.71 to beat the previous mark by nearly six seconds.

Colby-Sawyer sent two women to the ECAC Outdoor Championships hosted by Springfield College. Rachel Quaye (javelin, heptathlon) and Emmani Robinson (shot put) represented the Chargers.

Quaye earned All-ECAC honors by placing eighth out of 27 with a distance of 38.32 meters in the javelin. Quaye also earned All-ECAC honors in the heptathlon by finishing in third place with a school record point total of 4159.  

Robinson set a record in the shot put, breaking her previous mark of 12.51 meters, with a distance of 12.68 meters. She placed seventh in the event out of 30 competitors to earn All-ECAC honors.