BABSON PARK, Mass.— Five members of the Babson College women's cross country and track & field programs were recognized for their success in the classroom when the College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced its Academic All-District teams on Tuesday afternoon.
Rising seniors
Colleen Corman (Quaker Hill, Conn.) and
Maddie Stoltz (Somers, Conn.) received CSC Academic All-District honors for the second time in their careers, while recent graduate
Alexandra Kirkpatrick (Middleborough, Mass.), rising senior
Taijah Harvey (Concord, Mass.) and rising junior
Kate Henderson (Basking Ridge, N.J.) are first-time honorees.
Since 1952, CSC (formerly CoSIDA) has honored more than 44,000 outstanding student-athletes across the NCAA. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and ranked among the top 50 in the region in at least one event in track & field, or among the top 50 finishers at cross country regionals.
A business major,
Corman competed in five cross country races for the Beavers last fall and ran the 400-meter hurdles in six track meets this spring. She posted an average time of 27:46 for 6K cross country races, including her career best time of 27:27, and placed 115th at the NEWMAC Championships on November 1. She finished first in the 400 hurdles at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Classic on March 27, placed fifth at the NEWMAC Championships in April and 12th at the Division III New England Championship in early May, and ran a career-best time of 1:06.13 at the MIT Final Qualifier on May 14, which ranked 15th in the NCAA East Region.
A sports management major,
Stoltz competed in five track & field meets this spring, including two performances in the heptathlon. She posted a career-best mark of 93-feet, 11-inches in the javelin while also competing in the long jump and 200 meters at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Classic on March 27; she ran the 100-meter hurdles and competed in the high jump and javelin at the Coast Guard Invitational on April 4, and competed in the heptathlon at the Tufts Spring Stampede (2296 points) on April 10-11 and the NEWMAC Championships (2882 points) on April 24-25. Her personal-best total of 2973 points in the heptathlon at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships ranks as 10th-best in program history.
A business major,
Kirkpatrick competed in all six cross country meets last fall and three track meets this spring. She ran a season-best time of 25:08 in a 6K race at the Connecticut College Invitational last October and placed 69th at the NEWMAC Cross Country Championships in November. She competed in the 10K on the track, posting a season-best time of 42:08 at both the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational on March 19 and the Tufts Spring Stampede on April 10 before finishing 18th in the NEWMAC Championship on April 24.
An accounting/sustainability major,
Harvey competed in all six cross country races for the Beavers last fall and ran the 10,000 meters in three track meets this spring. She recorded an average time of 20:49 for 5K and 25:18 for 6K circuits, including career-best time of 25:06 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on September 20. She was Babson's number five runner and 68th overall at the NEWMAC Championships on November 1 and placed 124th in a time of 25:18 at the NCAA East Regionals on November 15. She ran a career-best time of 41:18 to place 11th in the 10,000 meters at the NEWMAC Track & Field Championships in late April and finished 19th at the Division III New England Championships in May.
A finance and analytics major,
Henderson competed in six meets as a javelin thrower for the Beavers this spring. She finished second at the Coast Guard Invitational on April 4, came in eighth place at the Tufts Spring Stampede on April 11, and took seventh at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational on April 18. She achieved her career best mark of 109-feet, 8-inches to finish seventh at the NEWMAC Championships on April 25, a mark that ranks fourth-best in program history. She went on to place 19th at the Division III New England Championships on May 2 and her 109'8" throw ranks 27th in the NCAA Division III East Region.
The Beavers placed seventh at the NEWMAC cross country championship last fall with their fourth lowest point total in program history, and came in 17th at the NCAA East Region Championships with their second-lowest point total. The Green and White scored a program-best 72.5 points at this year's NEWMAC track & field championships and came in fifth place for the third time since 2021.
