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 Rochester campus.
In Thursday's championship event the STAC Men earned runner up status, while the Women placed seventh.
Select Spartan Track & Field athletes will head to the Army West Point Twilight on Thursday, May 8 to try and better their times and measurements in order to impress the decision makers on the NCAA Division II Outdoor Committee enough to receive a bid to the National Championships, which take place May 22-24 in Pueblo, Colorado.
Men's Team Scores
Roberts Wesleyan - 217
St. Thomas Aquinas - 133
Staten Island - 92
Daemen - 76
Queens - 69
Molloy - 61
Women's Team Scores
District of Columbia - 194
Roberts Wesleyan - 175
Molloy - 69
Daemen - 63
Staten Island - 51
D'Youville - 43
St. Thomas Aquinas - 40
Queens - 16
Top 10 Finishers (By Event) at East Coast Conference Outdoor Championships
Men's Events
100 Meter Dash: Adrien Klinnik - 10.91 (3rd Place), Leelan Maxwell - 11.09 (5th Place)
200 Meter Dash: Adrien Klinnik - 22.32 (5th Place)
400 Meter Dash: Danny Lu - 53.99 (9th Place)
1500 Meter Run: Kaleb Rayle - 4:23.74 (8th Place)
10,000 Meter Run: John Ciuffo - 36:53.37 (5th Place)
110 Meter Hurdles: Pedri Mulero Martinez - 17.41 (6th Place)
400 Meter Hurdles: Charlie Moore - 1:00.09 (8th Place), Jared Troncoso - 1:00.56 (9th Place)
3,000 Meter Steeplechase: James Polisena - 11:10.11 (6th Place), Luke Skardinski - 13:23.78 (9th Place)
4x100 Meter Relay: Carl Auguste, Jayden Bennermon, Leelan Maxwell & Adrien Klinnik - 42.65 (4th Place)
4x400 Meter Relay: Leelan Maxwell, Adrien Klinnik, Charlie Moore & Danny Lu - 3:37.62 (6th Place)
4x800 Meter Relay: James Polisena, Kaleb Rayle, Pedro Mulero Martinez & Danny Lu - 8:53.66 (4th Place)
High Jump: Jayden Bennermon - 1.98 meters/6'6" (1st Place), Pedro Mulero Martinez - 1.63 meters/5'4.25" (5th Place)
Pole Vault: Ryan Folmer - 3.56 meters/11'8" (7th Place)
Long Jump: Leelan Maxwell - 6.71 meters/22'0.25" (2nd Place), Jayden Bennermon - 6.60 meters/21'8" (3rd Place), Prince Alvarado - 5.86 meters/19'2.75" (10th Place)
Triple Jump: Jayden Bennermon - 14.34 meters/47'0.75" (1st Place), Ryan Folmer - 11.35 meters/37'3" (5th Place)
Shot Put: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 14.83 meters/48'8" (2nd Place), Adam Lenn - 14.31 meters/46'11.5" (3rd Place), Gavin Kopf - 14.12 meters/46'4" (4th Place), Dan Smith - 10.90 meters/35'9.25" (7th Place), Tyler Robinson - 10.69 meters/35'1" (8th Place), Noely Vargas - 10.64 meters/34'11" (9th Place)
Discus: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 51.26 meters/168'2" (2nd Place) *NCAA D2 PROVISIONAL MARK*, Adam Lenn - 45.58 meters/149'6" (3rd Place), Gavin Kopf - 41.46 meters/136'0" (6th Place), Noely Vargas - 34.81 meters/114'2" (7th Place), Tyler Robinson - 34.26 meters/112'5" (8th Place), Christopher Cajamarca - 32.01 meters/105'0" (9th Place)
Hammer Throw: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 63.03 meters/206'9" (1st Place) *NCAA D2 PROVISIONAL MARK*, Adam Lenn - 48.16 meters/158'0" (3rd Place), Gavin Kopf - 47.58 meters/156'1" (5th Place), Christopher Cajamarca - 45.89 meters/150'7", Tyler Robinson - 45.67 meters/149'10" (7th Place), Noely Vargas - 39.19 meters/128.7" (10th Place)
Javelin: Adrien Klinnik - 47.76 meters/156'8" (1st Place), Ryan Kenny - 46.40 meters/152'3" (3rd Place), James Polisena - 42.45 meters/139'3" (4th Place)
Women's Events
100 Meter Dash: Yulessa Johnson - 12.57 (5th Place)
200 Meter Dash: Yulessa Johnson - 25.94 (4th Place)
400 Meter Dash: Isabella Farino-Esposito - 1:03.09 (5th Place), Veronica Valentik - 1:04.06 (7th Place), Emma Neil - 1:06.38 (10th Place)
800 Meter Run: Zoe Merryman - 2:25.15 (6th Place), Sophonie Michel - 2:33.25 (9th Place)
1,500 Meter Run: Zoe Merryman - 4:53.46 (3rd Place)
10,000 Meter Run: Ciara Durcan - 42:25.64 (4th Place)
100 Meter Hurdles: Nicole Gysin - 16.96 (7th Place)
3000 Meter Steeplechase: Samantha Frisbee - 13:06.65 (5th Place)
4x400 Meter Relay: Isabella Farino-Esposito, Yulessa Johnson, Aalianne Gilbert & Veronica Valentik - 4:11.82 (3rd Place)
4x800 Meter Relay: Zoe Merryman, Ciara Durcan, Emma Neil & Sophonie Michel - 10:52.35 (6th Place)
High Jump: Nicole Gysin - 1.45 meters/4'9" (5th Place)
Triple Jump: Nicole Gysin - 9.98 meters/32'9" (7th Place)
Discus: Alexis Krause - 27.52 meters/90'3" (7th Place)
Hammer Throw: Alexis Krause - 37.68 meters/123'7" (6th Place)
Javelin: Isabella Farino-Esposito - 30.85 meters/101'2" (2nd Place), Kristen Kennedy - 29.89 meters/98'1" (6th Place), Veronica Valentik - 27.22 meters/89'4" (10th Place)