Nora Lynch ’00 was a big-meet performer for the Westfield State women’s track and field team.
 
A two-time All-New England honoree and a four-time conference champion, Lynch helped lead the Owls to three consecutive Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) track and field championships.
 
Lynch’s discus throw in the final event of the 1998 MASCAC championships gave Westfield State its first conference crown in women’s track and field, as the Owls edged Bridgewater State for the team title. Moreover, the Norwood native’s discus throw of 127 feet, 11 inches in the 2000 MASCAC finals remains the conference record after 14 years.
 
Lynch earned All-New England honors in 1998 and 2000 and All-ECAC honors in 2000. She was both the MASCAC and New England Alliance champion in the discus (1998, 1999, 2000) and hammer throw (1999), and the Alliance indoor champion in the 20-pound weight throw in 2000. She placed second in the shot put and hammer throw at the 2000 MASCAC championships.
 
Lynch was named Westfield State’s most valuable field performer in 1999 and 2000. A stellar student in the classroom with a 3.7 grade point average, she was a member of the MASCAC All-Academic team for four consecutive years.
 
Lynch’s passion for the sport is strong as she has been the throws coach at Fitchburg State for the past 14 years. She has coached two All-Americans and five national championship qualifiers.

“I remember Nora as a great competitor and student-athlete at Westfield State,” said long-time Fitchburg State track and field head coach Jim Jellison. “She has been a great coach here for the past 14 years and one of the best throwing coaches in all of New England”.
 
Lynch has been employed full-time as a kindergarten teacher in the Dedham school district since graduating from Westfield State. She and her fiancé, Steven Armstrong, will be married on September 27, 2014