Westlake, Ohio – Five former Oberlin College women's track and field athletes were named to the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Decade team, the league office announced on Thursday afternoon.
 
Lilah Drafts-Johnson '18, Monique Newton '18, Ana Richardson '18, Carey Lyons '15, and Anna Scott '22 were five of 28 competitors who met the criteria of being either an athlete of the year winner or a three-time first-team all-conference selection between 2013-14 and 2022-23.
 
In addition to their individual success, the grouping also helped Oberlin win four team outdoor titles (2017-19, 2022).
 
The 2017 and 2018 NCAC Sprint/Hurdles Athlete of the Year, Drafts-Johnson won conference titles in the 200 – and 400-meters in both seasons. The school record holder in both events with marks of 25.12 and 56.23, Drafts-Johnson's illustrious career was capped off with a national championship performance in the 400-meter hurdles where she posted a school-record time of 59.34.
 
The greatest thrower in school history, Newton was the 2018 NCAC Field Athlete of the Year. A four-time outdoor conference championship in the shot put, Newton also claimed NCAC titles in the discus in 2015 and 2018, and in the hammer throw in 2018.
 
The school record holder in the shot put (48-08.75 /14.85m), discus (164-06  / 50.14m), and hammer (182-06.00 /55.62m), Newton capped off her career with a national championship in the discus after previously winning the national championship in the shot put indoors in 2017.
 
Richardson joined Newton to make one of the most prolific throwing duos in NCAA Division III history. A native of Eugene, Oregon, Richardson was the 2017 NCAC Field Athlete of the Year after winning the discus and the hammer that year. Richardson also won the league title in the hammer in 2016 and was a two-time All-American indoors in the weight throw.
 
The 2015 Distance Runner of the Year, Lyons won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2014 and 2015 in addition to claiming the top spot in the 5,000 meters as a senior. Part of an elite distance unit throughout her tenure, Lyons graduated as an All-American in the steeplechase, placing seventh at the 2015 national meet in a school-record time of 10:42.77.
 
Scott continued Oberlin's distance lineage, earning Distance Runner of the Year honors in 2022 after winning the 800-meters (2:21.34) and 1,500-meters (4:48.97). Scott also earned a conference title in the indoor mile (5:10.88).
 
The 2024 NCAC Outdoor Championships are set for May 3-4 on the campus of Denison University.