Author: webteam (Mike Faherty)

Noelle Lambert doesn’t remember getting into the starting blocks. She has no recollection of sprinting the 100M in the World Championships — or setting a U.S. record. With so much adrenaline, “I honestly blacked out while I was completing the race. Which was good, because I’m usually overthinking it,” says Lambert, 22, who graduated from...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A former local Division 1 lacrosse player who lost her leg in a horrific crash is now aiming for the stars and competing for Team USA. Last summer Noelle Lambert set an American record at the World Para Athletics Championship. “My goal is to compete in Tokyo at the 2020 Paralympics in...

Noelle Lambert was a star lacrosse player before an accident changed everything. Now Noelle finds herself on the cusp of competing for her country in a different sport. Karen Meyers tells us the 22-year-old’s inspiring story and how Noelle is hoping to bring home gold this summer in Tokyo. Plus, journey with Jennifer Crompton along...

LOWELL — The Born to Run Foundation presented its fifth prosthesis donation, a running blade, to 18-year old amputee Kathleen Joiner of North Grosvenordale, Conn, at the first-ever Born2Run Fall tournament at UMass Lowell. UMass Lowell’s women’s lacrosse team hosted the tournament, which also included teams from Quinnipiac University, University of Connecticut, University of New...

It was an NCAA women’s lacrosse game, in the spring of 2018: University of Massachusetts-Lowell versus University of Hartford. UMass junior attacker Noelle Lambert ran, swooped toward the goal, caught a pass, flicked her lacrosse stick, and scored. “It’s Lambert!” a game announcer boomed. “The quick release. Her first goal of the year. And they’re...