Track & Field competition
officially began in 1994 with a meet at MIT won by WPI. Mount Holyoke College
captured the title in 1995 at WPI. The 1996 championship was won by Wheaton
College. Smith College captured their first championship in 1997. Wheaton
regained the title in the last official NEW 8 championship in 1998. In 1998-99
the conference began sponsoring men's sports and changed the name to the
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. The first championship
was hosted by Smith and was won by Wheaton. Wheaton repeated as conference
champion in 2000. Wheaton continued to dominate the NEWMAC championships
with conference titles in 2001, 2002, and 2003 and followed each of those
conference titles by winning the NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track
and Field Championship. Wheaton captured its seventh straight conference
championship by winning the 2004 NEWMAC Championship.
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