47 Spartan Outdoor Track & Field Athletes Earn All-Conference Honors, Diodonet Named Men's Most Outstanding Athlete of the Meet

47 Spartan Outdoor Track & Field Athletes Earn All-Conference Honors, Diodonet Named Men's Most Outstanding Athlete of the Meet

The St. Thomas Aquinas College Track & Field team racked up a whopping 47 All-Conference honors at the East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The first and second team honors added to a successful night in which the men's team won their third straight ECC Uutdoor Title and the women's squad finished 4th.

Senior St. Jacob Diodonet led the way for the men's squad, as Diodonet earned the Men's Most Outstanding Athlete of the Meet honor for the second time in his career. Diodonet helped the Spartans to a three-peat as conference champions by winning the 200m (22.19) and 400m dashes (49.17). He also was part of STAC's winning 4x100m (43.63) and 4x400m (3:22.51) relay squads.

The top two finishers in each event were named First Team All-Conference, while the third and fourth place finishers earned Second Team All-Conference distinction. A list of all winners can be found below.

The Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year honors, which have typically been announced with the All-Conference selections, will be announced at a later date due to most ECC schools remaining in competition past the ECC Championship.

 

2018 ECC Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference Awards
Men's First Team
100 meter dash - Dante Brown, St. Thomas Aquinas & Lenz St'vil, Queens
200 meter dash - St. Jacob Diodonet, St. Thomas Aquinas & Dante Brown, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter dash - St. Jacob Diodonet, St. Thomas Aquinas & Lugduni DesRosiers, St. Thomas Aquinas
800 meter run - Josiah Ottolini, Roberts Wesleyan & James Betts, Roberts Wesleyan
1,500 meter run - Brian Michels, Molloy & Shane Pease, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Noah Simatei, NYIT & Anthony Casullo, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Noah Simatei, NYIT & Betwel Kimutai, NYIT
110 meter hurdles - Stephane Fortune, St. Thomas Aquinas & Justin Ortega, LIU Post
400 meter hurdles - Frankie Schiavone, St. Thomas Aquinas & Makendy Midouin, St. Thomas Aquinas
3,000 meter steeplechase - Benjamin Richards, Roberts Wesleyan & Raymond Meagher, St. Thomas Aquinas
4 x 100 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Jaren Scott, St. Jacob Diodonet, Jarrett Millien, Dante Brown)
4 x 400 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Lugduni DesRosiers, Mich Phillistin, Josh Mallard, St. Jacob Diodonet)
4 x 800 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Chase McKelvie, Bryan Forino, Nathan Cannon, James Betts)
High Jump - Pavan Bhat, Queens & DeAndre Smith, LIU Post
Pole Vault - Frankie Schiavone, St. Thomas Aquinas & Daniel Fogle, Daemen
Long Jump - Dante Brown, St. Thomas Aquinas & Pavan Bhat, Queens
Triple Jump - Pavan Bhat, Queens & Elias Guardado, St. Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put - Rickssen Opont, St. Thomas Aquinas & Sullivan Keller, Daemen
Discus - Rickssen Opont, St. Thomas Aquinas & Henry Farahani, Molloy
Hammer - Andrew Saulpaugh, Queens & Sullivan Keller, Daemen
Javelin - Tim Faranda, St. Thomas Aquinas & Sullivan Keller, Daemen

Men's Second Team
100 meter dash - Destyn Harding, LIU Post & Jaren Scott, St. Thomas Aquinas
200 meter dash - Lenz St'Vil, Queens & Destyn Harding, LIU Post
400 meter dash - Mich Philistin, St Thomas Aquinas & Josh Mallard, St. Thomas Aquinas
800 meter run - Brian Michels, Molloy & Myles Jackson, Queens
1,500 meter run - Nathan Cannon, Roberts Wesleyan & Bryan Forino, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Betwel Kimutai, NYIT & Joshua Johnson, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Michael Swiniarski, Daemen & Matthew Tina, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter hurdles - Daniel Thomas, Queens & Philippe Bernardi, Queens
3,000 meter steeplechase - Lee Sortore, Roberts Wesleyan & Clivensky Etienne, Queens
4 x 100 meter relay - LIU Post (Destyn Harding, Ismail Abdullah, Michael Krebs, Justin Ortega)
4 x 400 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Matthew Wottawa, Tyler Lipina, Connor Demo, Josiah Ottolini)
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Aidan Russell, Kevin Bouyea, Raymond Meagher, Frankie Schiavone)
High Jump - Henry Moffitt, Daemen & Thomas Bloecker, Molloy
Long Jump - Elias Guardado, St. Thomas Aquinas & Josh Mallard, St. Thomas Aquinas
Triple Jump - Lugduni Desrosier, St. Thomas Aquinas & Theo Hewitt, Queens
Shot Put - Brandon McCray, Queens & Andrew Saulpaugh, Queens
Discus - Jared Coupein, Queens & Andrew Saulpaugh, Queens
Hammer - Rickssen Opont, St. Thomas Aquinas & Jared Coupelin
Javelin - Henry Farahani, Molloy & Elias Guardado, St. Thomas Aquinas

Women's First Team
100 meter dash - Brianna Randolph, Roberts Wesleyan & Shannell Hibbert, Dist. Columbia
200 meter dash - Shanieka Bowra, Dist. Columbia & Cierra Roberts, Dist. Columbia
400 meter dash - Diana Cruz, Queens & Cierra Roberts, Dist. Columbia
800 meter run - Alexandria Okon, LIU Post & Christina Maretzo, St. Thomas Aquinas
1,500 meter run - Bailey Gostomski, Roberts Wesleyan & Abigail Gostomski, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Ashley Watson, Roberts Wesleyan & Brittany Shumway, Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Ashley Watson, Roberts Wesleyan & Tiffany Adames, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Shannell Hibbert, Dist. Columbia & Desiree Bermudez, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter hurdles - Shannell Hibbert, Dist. Columbia & Emily Martino, Molloy
3,000 meter steeplechase - Rebecca MacLeod, St. Thomas Aquinas & Moriah Martone, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Shanise Rose, Cierra Roberts, Shannell Hibbert, Shaneika Bowra)
4 x 400 meter relay - LIU Post (Nataly Ramirez, Madison Dubose, Jaculine Ginty, Alexandria Okon)
4 x 800 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Moriah Martone, Addison Sgroi, Bailey Gostomski, Abigail Gostomski)
High Jump - Amanda Greenwood, Roberts Wesleyan & Kailee Vaseghi, Molloy
Pole Vault - Taylor Haude, Daemen & Kyra Kress, Daemen
Long Jump - Cierra Roberts, Dist. Columbia & Amanda Greenwood, Roberts Wesleyan
Triple Jump - Kelly Holownia, LIU Post & Katja Meyer, Daemen
Shot Put - Kaitlin Klein, LIU Post & Nyla Houston, Dist. Columbia
Discus - Kaitlin Klein, LIU Post & Nyla Houston, Dist. Columbia
Hammer - Alyssa Farrell, LIU Post & Kaitlin Klein, LIU Post
Javelin - Alyssa Farrell, LIU Post & Victoria Ramirez, Queens

Women's Second Team
100 meter dash - Shaneika Bowra, Dist. Columbia & Jacquline Ginty, LIU Post
200 meter dash - Shannell Hibber, Dist. Columbia & Keisha Hoskins, Molloy
400 meter dash - Amber Lubaszka, St. Thomas Aquinas & Joanna Garcia, Molloy
800 meter run - Rebecca MacLeod, St. Thomas Aquinas & Diana Cruz, Queens
1,500 meter run - Christina Maretzo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Erin Graham, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Michaela Bierly, Roberts Wesleyan & Irene Chepleting, NYIT
10,000 meter run - Kathryn Bellomo, Roberts Wesleyan & Kyilee Quayle, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Shanise Rose, Dist. Columbia & Molly Conner, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter hurdles - Kyra Kress, Daemen & Ruby Pekin-Schlicht, St. Thomas Aquinas
3,000 meter steeplechase - Addison Agroi, Roberts Wesleyan & Margaret McKeever, LIU Post
4 x 100 meter relay - LIU Post (Kathryn Ginty, Alexandria Okon, Nicolette Agostinacchio, Jacquline Ginty)
4 x 400 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Shannell Hibbert, Cierra Roberts, Aisha Dozier, Tishana Dorn)
4 x 800 meter relay - LIU Post (Alexandria Okon, Nicolette Agostinacchio, Kaitie Schillaci, Margaret McKeever)
High Jump - Nicole Costanzo, LIU Post & Ruby Pekin-Schlicht, St. Thomas Aquinas
Pole Vault - Anna Ahlquist, Roberts Wesleyan & Angelinna Bradfie, Queens
Long Jump - Patricia McLean, Dist. Columbia & Diana Cruz, Queens
Triple Jump - Tiffany Verni, NYIT & Kayra Theodore, LIU Post
Shot Put - Temera Duncan, Dist. Columbia & Hannah Miller, Daemen
Discus - Katherine Mollahan, St. Thomas Aquinas & Hannah Miller, Daemen
Hammer - Olivia Smithwick, Queens & Elizabeth Jones, Daemen
Javelin - Desiree Bermudez, St. Thomas Aquinas & Mia-Alexis Lloyd, Dist. Columbia

 

Men's Outdoor Track & Field Most Outstanding Athlete of the Meet - St. Jacob Diodonet, St. Thomas Aquinas

 

Official ECC Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Awards Release