NEW ORLEANS, LA – 10 members of the University of Rochester women's track & field team combined for a total of 26 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region honors during the 2026 outdoor season, as announced by the USTFCCCA on Wednesday.
 
The top-eight individuals in each event from each region: East, Great Lakes, Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Midwest, Niagara, North, South, and West, on the year-end Athletic.net Descending Order Lists earn All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region's top-eight relay teams.
 
Eight of the 10 'Jacket honorees earned multiple All-Region accolades, led by Nora Chen's six honors. Chen, alongside Raquella Casserino, Maya Hatch and Lizzie Merrill in the 4x100-meter relay, and Casserino, Eva Ciuffetelli and Merrill in the 4x400-meter relay, earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in both relays. URochester's 4x100-meter relay time of 48.35 seconds, set at RIT's Bill Q Invitational, ranks fifth in the Niagara Region, while the 'Jackets' 4x400-meter relay mark of 3:47.40 from the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Track & Field Championships is the second-best mark in the region.
 
Individually, Chen also ranks in both the 100 and 400-meter hurdles and the 200 and 400 meters. Chen holds the top mark in the Niagara Region in both the 400 meters (55.32s) and 400-meter hurdles (59.61s) and ranks third in both the 200 meters (24.78s) and 100-meter hurdles (14.33s). Chen's 400-meter and 100-meter hurdle times both came at the Liberty League Championships, while the junior ran her 200-meter time at the Ithaca College In-Between Meet, and her 400-meter hurdle time at the UB Alumni Invitational.
 
The 'Jackets also had four individuals score a trio of All-Region honors, and three more net a pair. In addition to her two All-Region accolades in the relays, Casserino ranks eighth in the 400 meters with a time of 57.08 seconds, set at the Liberty League Championships. Ciuffetelli, who ran on the 'Jackets' second-ranked 4x400-meter relay, also sits highly in the 400-meter hurdles and 800 meters.
 
Ciuffetelli has the fifth-best time in the 800 meters in the Niagara Region, 2:11.37, from the Colonial Relays, while her 1:04.46 time in the 400mH from the Brockport Multi & Invitational ranks sixth.
 
Molly FitzGibbons ranks in the top eight in three different events, holding the top mark in the Niagara Region in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, 10:33.71, set at the conference championships. FitzGibbons also ranks fourth in the 1,500 meters with her time of 4:32.22 from the Bison Outdoor Classic, and seventh in the 5,000 meters, with her time of 17:19.11 from the AARTFCs.
 
Aimee Oszer holds top-eight marks in the Niagara Region in three of the four throwing competitions, ranking second in the discus, third in the shot put and fifth in the hammer throw. Oszer's school-record discus throw of 45.27m came at the Bill Q Invitational, while her 13.77m shot put, also a school record, came at the regional championships last week. Oszer's javelin throw of 36.66m came back in April at the Colonial Relays.
 
Also in the field events, Madison Vargas earned All-Region status in the discus and hammer, while Lauren Murphy notched the honor in both horizontal jumps. Vargas finished right behind Oszer in the discus, ranking third in the Niagara Region with a 44.76m toss, also from the Bill Q Invite, while her fifth-ranked 51.24m hammer throw was set at the Brockport Multi & Invitational.
 
Murphy has the top-ranked triple jump in the Niagara Region, a 12.12m leap from the Colonial Relays, and ranks second in the long jump with a 5.69m leap from the Brockport Multi & Invitational.
 
Rochester's final double All-Region selection, Merrill, earned both of her honors in the relays, while Ashleigh Barrett ranked seventh in the long jump with a 5.53m leap from the conference championships to earn the 'Jackets' final All-Region accolade.
 
Seven Yellowjackets: Casserino, Chen, Ciuffetelli, FitzGibbons, Merrill, Murphy and Oszer will wrap up the outdoor season at the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex in LaCrosse, WI, beginning on Thursday, May 21 and running through Saturday, May 23.