By Bei Jia Viggiano ’28
Sports Editor
As the spring semester comes to an end, many of the Mount Holyoke College athletics teams have been busy for the final month of the academic year. Throughout May, the hunt seat, track & field and rowing teams have been participating in national competitions and outdoor championships.
On Friday, May 1, the hunt seat team attended the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association Nationals held at Tryon International in Mill Spring, N.C. The event ran through Sunday, May 3, and resulted in Mount Holyoke placing sixteenth overall. The Savannah College of Art and Design placed first, with Skidmore College and Centenary College following in second and third, respectively.
Yet the competition saw numerous individual achievements made by Lyons, including honorable mentions for Emi Graf ’28, Grace Neumuth ’27 and Lili Evans ’26. Evans was awarded the title of Reserve Overall High Point Rider as a Western rider and received the Champion Versatility Award for her involvement in both hunt seat and Western riding.
The track & field team participated in the New England Division III Outdoor Championships, also on Friday, May 1, at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass. There was no score recorded. The remainder of the 2025-26 season observes the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association Outdoor Championships held at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., on both Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9; the MIT Final Qualifier held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday, May 14, at 4:00 p.m.; and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Outdoor Championships, scheduled at Veterans Memorial Field in La Crosse, Wis., from Thursday, May 21, to Saturday, May 23.
The rowing team competed in two events this month. On Saturday, May 2, the Lyons attended the New England Rowing Championships in Worcester. On Sunday, May 10, Mount Holyoke participated in the National Invitational Rowing Championships, also held in Worcester, Mass.
Mount Holyoke College has since competed at the National Invitational Rowing Championships on Saturday, May 10, in Worcester. The College will next attend the MIT Final Qualifier held at MIT in Cambridge, on Thursday, May 14, at 4 p.m.
Quill Nishi-Leonard ’27 contributed fact-checking.