Naloti Palma continued her stellar sophomore season by placing second in the shot put at the ECAC outdoor championships. (Photo by Mickey Curtis)
TROY, N.Y. – Westfield State University sophomore Naloti Palma (Westboro, Mass.) placed second in the shot put and fourth in the discus at the ECAC Division III outdoor track and field championships May 15-16 at RPI.
Palma heaved the shot put 44-9. Widener (Pa.) University’s Erica Szpynda took top honors with a toss of 46-7.
Palma had her second best ever throw in the discus, finishing fourth with a 139-9 mark (42.68 meters). She displayed consistency by hurling the discus 42-plus meters on each of her three throws in the final round. Ramapo’s Taylor Furman won the ECAC discus title with a throw of 143-7.
Palma shattered the school record last week by hurling the discus 145-2 in winning the Open New England championship.
Palma’s All-ECAC honors earned 13 points for the Owls, placing them 26th out of 61 teams
Also competing for Westfield State at the ECAC championships were Amy Auclair, John Tomlin and Brian Garcia. Sophomore standout Travon Godette was scheduled to high jump but pulled out of the competition because of slick and wet conditions.
Auclair finished ninth in the pole vault in her final collegiate meet by clearing 11-1 ¾. Tomlin placed 15th in the 400 meter dash (50.41) and Garcia was 20th in the shot put (45-5).
