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29 Spartans Selected for ECC All-Conference Outdoor Track & Field Honors

29 Spartans Selected for ECC All-Conference Outdoor Track & Field Honors

On the heels of a very successful outdoor campaign, which was capped off by a second consecutive ECC Outdoor Track & Field Championship by the Men's team and a Fourth Place finish by the Women's squad, several members of the St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field teams were selected by the East Coast Conference for All-Conference honors.

In total, 29 different athletes received either first team or second team accolades in 28 men's and women's events held at the 2018 East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Daemen College in Buffalo, NY.

2018 ECC Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference Awards
Men's First Team
200 meter dash - St. Jacob Diodonet, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter dash - St. Jacob Diodonet, St. Thomas Aquinas
5,000 meter run - Ian Mirtile, St. Thomas Aquinas
10,000 meter run - Matthew Tina, St. Thomas Aquinas 
400 meter hurdles - Frankie Schiavone, St. Thomas Aquinas 
4 x 100 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Jaren Scott, St. Jacob Diodonet, Malyk Michel, Dante Brown)
High Jump - Kesigh Deloatch, St. Thomas Aquinas
Long Jump - Dante Brown, St. Thomas Aquinas & Elias Guardado, St. Thomas Aquinas
Triple Jump - Kesigh Deloatch, St. Thomas Aquinas & Elias Guardado, St. Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put - Rickssen Opont, St. Thomas Aquinas
Discus - Rickssen Opont, St. Thomas Aquinas 

Men's Second Team
100 meter dash - Dante Brown, St. Thomas Aquinas
200 meter dash - Dante Brown, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter dash - Mich Philistin, St. Thomas Aquinas
800 meter run - Aidan Russell, St. Thomas Aquinas
1,500 meter run - Robert Guidicipietro, St. Thomas Aquinas & Ian Mirtile, St. Thomas Aquinas
10,000 meter run - Kyle Kondracki, St. Thomas Aquinas
110 meter hurdles - Stephane Fortune, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter hurdles - Dylan Beslter, St. Thomas Aquinas
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Dylan Besler, Frankie Schiavone, James Dowd, Aidan Russell)
High Jump - Kevin Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas
Pole Vault - Frankie Schiavone, St. Thomas Aquinas
Long Jump - Kesigh Deloatch, St. Thomas Aquinas 
Hammer - Rickssen Opont, St. Thomas Aqiunas
Javelin - Tim Faranda, St. Thomas Aquinas

Women's First Team
100 meter hurdles - Penny Greibesland, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter hurdles - Rachel Spagnola, St. Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put - Katherine Mollahan, St. Thomas Aquinas
Javelin - Desiree Bermudez, St. Thomas Aquinas

Women's Second Team
1,500 meter run - Christina Maretzo, St. Thomas Aquinas
100 meter hurdles - Molloy Conner, St. Thomas Aquinas
400 meter hurdles - Molloy Conner, St. Thomas Aquinas
3,000 meter steeplechase - Rebecca MacLeod, St. Thomas Aquinas
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Rebecca MacLeod, Shannon Thompson, Abagaile Kimbrell, Christina Maretzo)
Triple Jump - Tauntyonah Guinter, St. Thomas Aquinas
Discus - Katherine Mollahan, St. Thomas Aquinas