AMHERST, Mass. – Five members of the University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's track & field team competed at the UMass Last Chance meet on Thursday evening. Senior Zoe Barnes (New Gloucester, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) was among the standout out performers for the Huskies with a throw of 44.32m in the discus to place second. Her distance is the ninth best in program history.
 
Senior Jaigan Boudreau (Dayton, Maine/Thornton Academy) also competed in the discus and placed third with a throw of 35.16m in addition to finishing second in the shot put at 12.87m. The Huskies also had two athletes entered in the javelin with junior Riley Reitchel (Palermo, Maine/Erskine Academy) placing fourth with a throw of 39.58m and graduate student Olivia Jalbert (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) placing sixth with a throw of 36.03m.
 
Junior Alexis Karantza (Westbrook, Maine) was the only runner to compete for the Huskies and placed fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.89.
 
The list of qualifying athletes for the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be announced tomorrow evening with the top 22 declared athletes in each contested event earning a bid. Reitchel ranks fourth in the javelin with a season-best throw of 44.24m. Barnes ranks 17th in the discus with a distance of 45.60m.