Rochester, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's and Women's Track & Field teams headed to Western New York for the East Coast Conference's annual Outdoor Championships. This year's event was hosted by Roberts Wesleyan University on their Western New York campus.
In Thursday's championship event the STAC Men earned runner up status, while the Women placed fifth.
The Spartans now await potential individual event invites to the NCAA Division II Track and Field National Championships, which takes place May 23-25 at Welch Stadium in Emporia Kansas.
Men's Team Scores
Roberts Wesleyan - 196
St. Thomas Aquinas - 149
Molloy - 90
Daemen - 89
Queens - 71
Staten Island - 41
Women's Team Scores
District of Columbia - 176
Roberts Wesleyan - 139
Daemen - 101
D'Youville - 86
St. Thomas Aquinas -52
Molloy - 44
Queens - 32
Staten Island - 19
Top 10 Finishers (By Event) at East Coast Conference Outdoor Championships
Men's Events
100 Meter Dash: Leelan Maxwell - 10.77 (Third Place)
200 Meter Dash: Christian Watson - 23.35 (10th Place)
400 Meter Dash: Sebastian Cherry - 57.88 (8th Place)
110 Meter Hurdles: Miles Fisher - 17.15 (3rd Place)
400 Meter Hurdles: Charlie Moore - 1:00.01 (3rd Place), Alex Quillan - 1:02.46 (6th Place)
3,000 Meter Steeplechase: James Polisena - 10:29.70 (5th Place)
4x100 Meter Relay: Miles Fisher, Leelan Maxwell, Christan Watson & Jayden Bennermon - 43.31 (1st Place)
4x400 Meter Relay: Charlie Moore, Christan Watson, Alexander Quillan & Jayden Bennermon - 3:38.79 (5th Place)
4x800 Meter Relay: Charlie Moore, James Polisena, Ian Forsyth, Nicholas Seitz - 8:37.32 (4th Place)
High Jump: Jayden Bennermon - 1.88 meters/6'2" (1st Place), Miles Fisher - 1.63 meters/5'4.25" (3rd Place)
Long Jump: Leelan Maxwell - 6.63 meters/21'9" (2nd Place), Jayden Bennermon - 6.63 meters/21'9" (3rd Place), Miles Fisher - 6.06 meters/19'10.75" (8th Place)
Triple Jump: Jayden Bennermon - 14.70 meters/48'2.75" (1st Place) *NCAA D2 PROVISIONAL MARK*, Miles Fisher - 12.57 meters/41'3" (3rd Place)
Shot Put: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 15.18 meters/49'9.75" (1st Place), Adam Lenn - 14.52 meters/47'7.75" (3rd Place), Ethan Zweigbaum - 12.56 meters/41'2.5" (4th Place), Gavin Kopf - 12.36 meters/40'6.75" (5th Place)
Discus: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 53.92 meters/176'11" (1st Place) *NCAA D2 PROVISIONAL MARK & NEW SCHOOL RECORD*, Adam Lenn - 46.45 meters/152'5" (2nd Place), Gavin Kopf - 40.69 meters/133'6" (3rd Place), Tyler Robinson - 34.28 meters/112'6" (6th Place), Ethan Zweigbaum - 33.05 meters/108'5" (7th Place)
Hammer Throw: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 53.60 meters/175'10" (1st Place), Adam Lenn - 41.24 meters/135'4" (3rd Place), Tyler Robinson - 39.50 meters/129'7" (6th Place)
Javelin: James Polisena - 40.67 meters/133'5" (5th Place), Alex Quillan - 37.55 meters/123'2" (7th Place), Kyle Marsha - 35.35 meters/116'0" (8th Place)
Women's Events
100 Meter Dash: Jazmin Rogers - 12.58 (5th Place), Aalianne Gilbert - 12.94 (7th Place), Ciara Doyle - 13.06 (8th Place)
200 Meter Dash: Jazmin Rogers - 27.09 (8th Place)
400 Meter Dash: Megan Murphy - 1:06.99 (7th Place), Emma Neil - 1:07.54 (8th Place)
1,500 Meter Run: Zoe Merryman - 5:07.04 (5th Place)
10,000 Meter Run: Ciara Durcan - 42:39.50 (3rd Place)
100 Meter Hurdles: Nicole Gysin - 16.82 (6th Place)
400 Meter Hurdles: Isabella Farino-Esposito - 1:10.93 (8th Place)
4x100 Meter Relay: Ciara Doyle, Jazmin Rogers, Isabella Farino-Esposito & Aalianne Gilbert - 51.92 (2nd Place)
4x400 Meter Relay: Ciara Doyle, Emma Neil, Aalianne Gilbert & Isabella Farino-Esposito - 4:28.97 (6th Place)
4x800 Meter Relay: Ciara Durcan, Zoe Merryman, Isabella Farino-Esposito & Veronica Valentik - 10:36.86 (5th Place)
High Jump: Nicole Gysin - 1.45 meters/4'9" (6th Place), Alana Rider - 1.45 meters/4'9" (7th Place)
Long Jump: Alana Rider - 4.80 meters/15'9" (10th Place)
Triple Jump: Alana Rider - 10.66 meters/34'11.75" (4th Place), Nicole Gysin - 10.39 meters/34'1.25" (7th Place)
Shot Put: Emily Strunk - 12.63 meters/41'5.25" (1st Place)
Discus: Emily Strunk - 39.55 meters/129'9" (1st Place) *NEW SCHOOL RECORD*, Alexis Krause - 29.52 meters/96'10" (7th Place), Alana Rider - 27.90 meters/91'6" (10th Place)
Hammer Throw: Alexis Krause - 37.31 meters/122'5" (6th Place)
Javelin: Kristen Kennedy - 31.22 meters/102'5" (4th Place), Isabella Farino Esposito - 28.53 meters/93'7" (9th Place)