NEW ORLEANS, La. – For the second straight outdoor season and fourth straight season overall, sophomore Ashley Sheldon of the Union College women's track & field team was named an All-Mideast Region selection from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2025 outdoor season, the association announced last week.
 
To earn All-Region honors, individuals must finish in the top-five of the region in an event and relay teams must finish in the region's top-three. With her recognition, Sheldon is the first women's track & field athlete at Union to earn four All-Region honors, breaking a tie with Noemie Bechu '17 for the most All-Region honors in program history.
 
After picking up All-Region honors in the high jump during both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a first-year, Sheldon did it again as a sophomore after posting the fourth-best high jump in the Mideast Region and 20th-best in Division III during the recently completed outdoor season, a mark of 1.67 meters at the Liberty League Championships on May 2 that won her another conference title, matched her program record and qualified her for last week's NCAA Outdoor Championships. The sophomore also finished the season 16th regionally in the 100-meter hurdles this spring with a top time of 15.39 seconds at the RPI Capital District Classic
 
Sheldon was joined by several Union teammates in the top-20 of the region as well this year. Senior Cat Dacey had the team's top individual ranking on the track this spring, placing ninth regionally in the 800 meters with a program-record time of 2:15.63 at the Trinity Invitational. First-year Kyleigh Record ranked 12th in the region and second all-time at Union in the same event after finishing right behind Dacey in 2:16.25 at Trinity. Dacey closed her collegiate career with a time of 4:37.60 in the 1500 meters at the AARTFC Championships to rank 14th regionally, while classmate Gabby Baker posted a 400-meter dash time of 57.86 seconds at regionals to sit 11th in the region as well. In addition, junior Grace Ardito joined Sheldon by earning a 15th-place regional ranking in the high jump with a top mark of 1.51 meters, while first-year Lauryn Johnson (34.37 meters) and senior Lauren Armstrong (32.79 meters) placed 10th and 14th, respectively, in the region in the javelin throw.

To go with the individual efforts, the 4x400 relay of Ardito, Baker, Record and sophomore Kat Doran finished fifth regionally after a 4:00.50 result at the AARTFC Outdoor Championships, and the 4x100 relay quartet of Ardito, Baker, Doran and Sheldon also ranked 14th in the region with a time of 50.23 seconds.