GORHAM, Maine – Fifth-year senior Zoe Barnes (New Gloucester, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester), senior Jaigan Boudreau (Dayton, Maine/Thornton Academy), sophomore Khalysa Hammith (Windham, Maine), senior Janiah Young (Perkinsville, Vt./Windsor) and the 4x400 relay team of Young, freshman (Addy Burkhardt (Lisbon Falls, Maine), sophomore Mya Austin (Sumner, Maine/Buckfield) and senior Alexis Karantza (Westbrook, Maine) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's track & field team have earned All-Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2025-26 indoor season. Barnes led the way with All-Region honors in both the shot put and the weight throw.
 
The top-8 individuals in each event from each region on the year-end Descending Order Lists earned All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region's top-8 relay teams. The regions used for this award – East, Great Lakes, Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Midwest, Niagara, North, South, and West – match those used during the cross country season.
 
Barnes had the top mark in the East region since her first meet of the season and finished the year with the fourth best mark in Division III at 14.23m. Her mark came at the Little East Indoor Championships and set a new program and conference record. Barnes is set to compete in the shot put at the 2026 NCAA Division III National Championships on Saturday at 3:00 pm at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala.
 
Bodreau trailed only Barnes on the regional leaderboard for the shot put with a toss of 13.21m that came at the USM Husky Invitational. Her mark ranked 43rd nationally. She ranks second behind Barnes on the program's leaderboard. 
 
Hammith earned All-Region honors in the long jump with a mark of 5.61m that tied for 37th nationally and tied for fifth in the East region.
 
Young ran a time of 25.09 seconds in the 200 meters at the DIII New England Championships to place ninth at the event. Her time moved her into second on the program leaderboard and it is the fourth fastest in team history. She ranked eighth in the region.
 
The 4x400 team ran a time of 4:02.65 at the DIII New England Championships to place 12th. The group's time ranked eighth in the region.
 
Barnes has now earned All-Region honors in the shot put four times in her indoor career in addition to two All-Region placements in the weight throw. Boudreau is now a three-time All-Region performer in the shot put and Hammith is a two-time All-Region performer in the long jump. This is the first All-Region honor of Young's career.