In July of 2025, Lexi Neuwirth was promoted to Associate Head Coach of the the Saint Anselm College track and field team and enters her fourth season with program ahead of the 2026-27 campaign.
Neuwirth was hired ahead of the team's inaugural season in 2023-24 as an assistant coach before earning her new title. She also holds the position of Business Operations Coordinator within the Saint Anselm College Athletic Department.
The track & field program made major strides in its third season, starting with a fourth place finish for the men and a second place finish for the women, their highest placements in program history, at the 2026 NE10 Indoor Championship. On the men's side, Montgomery broke the NE10 Championship record in the 400-meter dash, which had stood since 2011, clocking in at 47.29 to claim the conference title. Montgomery also won the 200-meter dash title, and was awarded both the Men's Most Outstanding Track Performer and the Men's Most Valuable Athlete. The women's team's incredible team performance, leading to a runner-up finish, was carried by five podium finishes including gold medals in the 4x400m relay race and the high jump.
Montgomery was named the NE10 Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and the USTFCCCA East Region Track Athlete of the Year following the winter season. Postseason awards for the indoor season kept rolling in, as nine men and five women earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors and seniors Christian Wetzel and Rebecca Cady were both selected to the NE10 Academic All-Conference Team.
The women had another excellent spring, coming in second place at the 2026 NE10 Outdoor Championship, another program-best mark, with nine podium finishes and three gold medals over the course of the two-day event. The men also had their best-ever finish at any NE10 Championship, placing third with nine podiums and three first-place finishes at the 2026 outdoors. Sophomore Logan Montgomery was named the men's most valuable performer and Reese Nicolosi was named the women's most valuable performer, while Marissa Abis earned the NE10's Elite 24 Award for having the highest cumulative grade point average at the championship event with a 4.0 as a Communications & Criminal Justice double major.
The Hawks had two New England Champions on the men's side at the 2026 NEICAAA Outdoor Championships, followed by two women claiming New England titles. At the conclusion of the spring, a program-record five women and 10 men were named to the USTFCCCA All-Region Team while Montgomery was named the USTFCCCA East Region Track Athlete of the Year. Montgomery was named the Northeast 10 Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, while the Hawks earned the men's Coaching Staff of the Year
The men's squad came in fifth place at both the indoor and outdoor NE10 Championships in 2025 with Montgomery becoming the first Hawk in program history to take home an NE10 Championship crown, winning the indoor 400-meter race. Montgomery was later named the NE10 Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Year. Montgomery also earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-East Region honors in both the 200m and 400m races. Stephen Quinn was also awarded with an NE10 Academic All-Conference accolade after the winter season. The Hawks 4x100m relay team of freshman Joseph D'Angelo, senior Bowen Lewis, senior Kaleb Lewis, and junior Jaidin Haynes earned All-New England honors for their seventh place finish at 2025 New England Outdoor Championships, with freshman Mubeshire Bradshaw joining them on the All-New England squad after placing eighth in the pole vault.
Montgomery capped off his historic freshman campaign in the spring of 2025 when he earned a spot at the USA U20 Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Montgomery logged the fasted 400m time in the East Region, and traveled to Eugene, Oregon to compete on the campus of the University of Oregon where he finished eighth with a time of 47.40.
The men earned six medals at the 2025 NE10 outdoor championship led by Jaidin Haynes who won his first gold medal in the 100m dash followed by Montgomery who won the 400m dash. Montgomery placed second in the 200m race and the 4x400m relay team also earned a second place finish. Peter Hogan podiumed in both the high jump (third place), and the decathlon (third place) to round out the Hawks top performers.
The women's team received USTFCCCA All-East Region Honors during the 2025 indoor season for four different events with six Hawks being acknowledged. Rebecca Cady (400m, 4x400m), Nora Conway (5000m), Samantha Ducharme (800m, 4x400m), Jessica Bremberg (4x400m), and Meredith Pasquarosa (4x400m). Cady was also awarded with an NE10 Academic All-Conference honor for the winter season. The Hawks placed third at the NE10 Indoor Championship fueled by seven podium finishes including a gold medal in the 4x400m relay race. Another seven medalists during the 2025 NE10 Outdoor championships saw the women place fourth in their second-ever appearance in the event.
The Hawks competed in their first NE10 Indoor Championship in 2024, with the men coming in seventh place followed by the team's debut in the NEICAAA Indoor Championships. The men placed seventh in their NE10 Outdoor Championship debut in the spring of 2024, with several Hawks earning top-10 finishes. Alex Horan and Michael Rochette Jr. were both named to the NE10 Academic All-Conference team following the 2024 outdoor season.
The inaugural women's squad had an impressive debut season, with three Hawks earning USTFCCCA All-East Region honors during the indoor campaign, including Rebecca Cady (400m), Mia Cruz (60m), and Anyelina Martinez (800m, Mile). Cady also earned NE10 Academic All-Conference honors during in the spring of 2024. Saint Anselm made its NE10 Indoor Championship debut with a fifth-place finish in 2024, led by five podium finishes. The team placed fifth in their first-ever NE10 Outdoor Championship with Martinez podiuming in the 1500m race, taking home the silver medal. The 4x100m relay team also placed second at the event. At the 2024 New England Outdoor Championships, Pasquarosa earned All-New England distinctions after a fourth place finish in the 200m dash.
Neuwirth comes to the Hilltop after serving as an Assistant Track and Field Coach for NCAA Division I Merrimack College. During her two years at Merrimack, she coached both the indoor and outdoor seasons specializing in sprints and hurdles. Neuwirth developed hurdle workout programs and assisted with the sprints and jumps crew to help guide multiple Warrior student-athletes to their personal records. Prior to Merrimack, she coached at Mount Holyoke College, an NCAA Division III institution, during the 2019-2020 season. Neuwirth also focused on sprints and hurdles while at Mount Holyoke, organizing lift sessions and relay teams.
She graduated from Westfield State University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a minor in Coaching. She was a decorated student-athlete of the Nestor track and field program competing all four years in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. She served as a two-year captain on the team participating in several sprint and hurdle events with a focus on the 400-meter and the 400-meter hurdles. She currently holds seven program records and was an 18x Massachusetts States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Event Champion. She qualified twice for the Outdoor NCAA Championship in the 400-meter hurdles event and once in 2019 for the Indoor NCAA Championship to become a two-time All-American.
Neuwirth, a Westford, Massachusetts native, earned her Masters in Education School Counseling from Merrimack College in 2022.
