GORHAM, Maine – Olivia Jalbert (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) and the University of Southern Maine coaching staff received major awards from the Little East Conference as the conference announced its major awards for women's indoor track and field on Friday afternoon. Jalbert was crowned the LEC Field Athlete of the Year and the Huskies' coaching staff, led by Head Coach Rob Whitten, was named Coaching Staff of the Year. 12 other USM athletes received all-conference honors, as did the 4x200m relay team and the 4x400m relay team.
 
Jalbert won the conference titles in the high jump and long jump for the second year in a row to earn First Team All-LEC honors in each event. She was one of three Huskies to earn First Team honors in two events. Junior Catriona Gould (Freeport, Maine) was the conference champion in the 60 meters and the 200 meters and sophomore Olivia Mosca (Brewer, Maine) earned First Team honors in the mile and 3000 meters.
 
First Team All-LEC status was also awarded to senior Sophia Slovenski (Cape Neddick, Maine/Phillips Academy) in the pole vault, sophomore Ella Boucher (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) in the triple jump, and the 4x400 relay team of Riley Reitchel (Palermo, Maine/Erskine Academy), Emma Noonan (Steep Falls, Maine/Bonny Eagle), Heaven Conley (Ogunquit, Maine/Wells) and Anna Reny (Gardiner, Maine/Cony).
 
Freshman Janiah Young (Perkinsville, Vt./Windsor) earned All-Rookie honors in three events. She was the top rookie finisher in the 60 meters, the 200 meters and the long jump. Additionally, she was the conference runner-up in the 200 meters and earned Second Team All-LEC designation.
 
Slovenski also picked up Second Team All-LEC honors in the long jump and 60-meter hurdles. Additional Second Team honors went to Reny in the 400 meters, sophomore Sarah Fecteau (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) in the pole vault, sophomore Zoe Barnes (New Gloucester, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) in the shot put and senior Hannah Corbett (Sebago, Maine/Bonny Eagle) in the weight throw. The 4x200 relay team of Maddie Fornasier (South Burlington, Vt.), Mackenzie Betty (Nashua, N.H./Nashua South), Conley and Sophia Poole (Oakland, Maine/Waterville) earned Second Team All-Conference honors as well.
 
Other Huskies to receive All-Rookie status include Reitchel in the pole vault, Anabel Melanson (West Warren, Mass./Quaboag) in the 600 meters and Marie Prock (Westmoreland, N.H./Keene) in the triple jump.
 
The Southern Maine coaching staff was tabbed as coaching staff of the year after guiding the Huskies to their 22^nd LEC title. Led by Rob Whitten the Southern Maine staff also consists of assistant coaches Andrew Rose, Mike Drummey, Jim Giroux, Paige Mills and Aaron Willingham.
 
2022-23 Little East Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Major Award & All-Conference
 
Field Athlete of the Year: Olivia Jalbert, Southern Maine
 
Rookie Field Athlete of the Year: Isabella Toccagna, UMass Dartmouth
 
Track Athlete of the Year: Kaitlyn Bernier, UMass Dartmouth
 
Rookie Track Athlete of the Year: Haley Oliver, Rhode Island College
 
Coaching Staff of the Year: Southern Maine
 

Event	First Team	Second Team	All-Rookie
60	Catriona Gould	Athena Comeau	Janiah Young
	Southern Maine	Plymouth State	Southern Maine
200	Catriona Gould	Janiah Young	Janiah Young
	Southern Maine	Southern Maine	Southern Maine
400	Kaitlyn Bernier	Anna Reny	Grace Russell
	UMass Dartmouth	Southern Maine	UMass Dartmouth
600	Ashely Gentile	Mckenzie Canuel	Anabel Melanson
	Eastern Connecticut	UMass Dartmouth	Southern Maine
800	Jacqueline Earner	Haley Oliver	Jacqueline Earner
	UMass Boston	Rhode Island College	UMass Boston
1000	Alexa Van Voorhis	Maggie St. John	Amanda Hebert
	UMass Dartmouth	Keene State	Rhode Island College
Mile	Olivia Mosca	Haley Oliver	Haley Oliver
	Southern Maine	Rhode Island College	Rhode Island College
3000	Olivia Mosca	Haley Oliver	Haley Oliver
	Southern Maine	Rhode Island College	Rhode Island College
5000	Alexa Van Voorhis	Grace Furlong	None
	UMass Dartmouth	Keene State
60 Hurdles	Arianna Garceau	Sophia Slovenski	Arianna Garceau
	UMass Boston	Southern Maine	UMass Boston
High Jump	Olivia Jalbert	Isabella Taccogna	Isabella Taccogna
	Southern Maine	UMass Dartmouth	UMass Dartmouth
Pole Vault	Sophia Slovenski	Sarah Fecteau	Riley Reitchel
	Southern Maine	Southern Maine	Southern Maine
Long Jump	Olivia Jalbert	Sophia Slovenski	Janiah Young
	Southern Maine	Southern Maine	Southern Maine
Triple Jump	Ella Boucher	Nicole Popham	Marie Prock
	Southern Maine	Eastern Connecticut	Southern Maine
Shot Put	Shannon Parks	Zoe Barnes	Savanah Soleau
	Keene State	Southern Maine	Keene State
Weight Throw	Samantha Sainristill	Hannah Corbett	Kylie Taylor
	Rhode Island College	Southern Maine	Plymouth State
4x200	Plymouth State	Southern Maine
	Cassidy Hanson, Janelle Kitchen, MacKenzie Labrie, Athena Comeau	Madison Fornasier, Mackenzie Betty, Heaven Conley, Sophia Poole
4x400	Southern Maine	UMass Dartmouth
	Riley Reitchel, Emma Noonan, Heaven Conley, Anna Reny	Ray Armijo, Mckenzie Canuel, Grace Russell, Kaitlyn Bernier
4x800	Keene State	Plymouth State
	Anna O'Reilly, Aurora Couto, Alana Perry, Margaret St John	Janelle Kitchen, Lexi Marcolini, Gracie Villareal, Abbey Hurley