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Rachel Quaye
  • business administration
  • Class of 2017
  • Westminster, Mass.

Rachel Quaye Named NAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week

2016 Apr 21

Colby-Sawyer College student-athlete Rachel Quaye of Westminster, Mass., was named Women's Field Athlete of the Week on April 19 by the North Atlantic Conference (NAC). Quaye majors in Business Administration and is a member of the class of 2017.

Quaye earned her first NAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week award and also competed at the Silfen Invitational hosted by Connecticut College. She participated in the heptathlon and qualified for New England's with 3589 points to finish fourth (3rd in NE and 41st in the nation). Highlighting her events were strong performances in the shot put and javelin, as she won the shot put with a distance of 11.59m (14th in NE) and the javelin with a distance of 33.76m (20th in NE).

The NAC is an athletic conference, affiliated with the NCAA 's Division III, consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges throughout New England, including: Castleton State College, Colby-Sawyer College, University of Maine at Farmington, Green Mountain College, Husson University, Johnson State College, Lyndon State College, Maine Maritime Academy, New England College, Thomas College.