GORHAM – University of Southern Maine women’s basketball players Ashley Marble and Auburn native Megan Myles have each been named to the d3hoops.com All-Northeast Regional Team.

Marble, who was recently named one of the 40 finalists for the NCAA Division III Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team, was named Northeast Region Player of the Year by d3hoops.com and selected to First Team All-Northeast Region. She leads Southern Maine in both rebounding and scoring, averaging 9.5 rebounds and 17.3 points per game.

Myles, a three-time Little East Conference first team selection, was named Third Team All-Northeast Region. She was the Huskies’ second leading scorer (12.8 ppg) and rebounder (5.6 rpg) while shooting a team-leading 54.3 percent from the field.

Southern Maine (31-1) will play Hardin-Simmons University (24-5) in the 2006 NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball National Championship semifinals on Friday, March 17, at 4 p.m. at Blake Arena on the campus of Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.

3 earn honors in racewalking

LANDOVER, Md. – Boothbay’s Lauren Forgues, Taylor Burns of Scarborough, and Aaron Carroll each earned All-American honors at the recent Nike Track and Field Championships. Six Maine athletes made the trip to compete in the Nike event last Saturday, then participated in another race in New York City on Sunday.

Forgues captured her sixth All-American honor in Landover with a personal-best time of 7:30.97 in the one-mile racewalk. Forgues stayed with the leaders for much of the race and finished in fourth place.

In the boys’ race at Landover, Burns finished sixth with a time of 7:54.04 to earn his second high school All-American Award.

Carroll put in an impressive performance on Sunday in NYC, smashing his previous day’s time by walking a 7:44.28 to beat out one of the South Texas walkers for fourth place. Carroll also earned his second All-American honor.

Forgues decided not to compete in Sunday’s event to prevent further aggravation of an injury.

She hopes to compete next month in Long Island, N.Y., in hopes of making the U.S. Junior World Cup team that will be competing in Spain in mid May.