— The Morgan State men’s track and field team competed at the Kehoe Twilight Meet, hosted by the University of Maryland on Friday, May 2nd. Several Bears delivered commendable performances throughout the competition. Beyond the strong showings, the meet proved to be a valuable opportunity for the team to make final adjustments in preparation for the highly anticipated Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship. Adding to the positive atmosphere, a number of athletes achieved personal bests.

The team concluded the meet by amassing an impressive thirteen top-5 finishes across various events. Even more impressive were their three first-place finishes, signaling their dominance in key areas and providing a satisfying culmination to their efforts. 

Dante Jackson dominated the 400-meter dash, showcasing a remarkable performance that culminated in a first-place finish. The junior athlete shattered his previous record, clocking in an impressive personal best time of 46.35 seconds. The strong showing from Jackson was further complemented by solid performances from his teammates. Demier Shipley secured a respectable sixth place (48.82 PR), followed closely by Doyin Smith (49.21 PR) and Antonio Sims (49:70), who finished seventh and eighth respectively, contributing to a strong overall showing for their team in the event.

Caleb Mincey experienced a close finish in the 800 meter race, narrowly missing the top spot. He ran a personal best 1:49.19, but was edged out at the finish line by Maryland’s Jack Barchet.  Rushshane Fullerton also contributed to the team’s efforts, securing a fourth-place finish with a time of 1:51.62 (PR). Samuel Skinner rounded out the team’s showing in the 800 meter, placing ninth with a time of 1:56.60, adding valuable points to the overall team score.

KeSean-Jordan Rhooms delivered a standout performance in the high jump, soaring to a height of 1.95 meters. His impressive leap secured him the coveted first-place victory. Not to be outdone, Callum Boye contributed a strong showing in the triple jump. Boye’s personal best leap of 13.67 meters earned him a well-deserved second-place finish.

Zackery Dillon had strong performances in the discus throw and shot put, securing second and third-place finishes, respectively. He recorded a throw of 48.97 meters in the discus and reached a mark of 13.33 meters in the shot put. Kimani Coffee added a third place finish in the hammer throw (47.54m) and placed fifth in the discus (43.05).

 

Demond Smith added a fourth place finish in the discus (45.90m PR) and the hammer throw (41.98m)

Kehoe Twilight Meet 

May 2, 2025

College Park, Md.

110m Hurdles

–. Jadon Ra-Akbar, DNS

200m

4. Maxim Copeland, 21.45

400m

1. Dante Jackson, 46.35

6. Demier Shipley, 48.82

7. Doyin Smith, 49.21

8. Antonio Sims, 49.70

11. Vincent Washington, 51.30

400mH

–. Timothy Rich, DNS

800m

2. Caleb Mincey, 1:49.19

4. Rushshane Fullerton, 1:51.62

9. Samuel Skinner, 1:56.60

1500m

7. Caleb Mincey, 4:00.88

–. Rushshane Fullerton, DNS

4x100m Relays

1. Morgan State ‘A’, 41.37

(K. Ra-Akbar, D. Jackson, M. Copeland, D. Smith)

High Jump

4. KeSean-Jordan Rhooms, 1.95m

Triple Jump

2. Callum Boye, 13.67m

–. KeSean-Jordan Rhooms, DNS

Shot Put

3. Zackery Dillon, 13.33m

4. Demond Smith, 13.00m

Discus

2. Zackery Dillon, 48.97m

4. Demond Smith, 45.90m

5. Kimani Coffee, 43.05m 

Hammer

3. Kimani Coffee, 47.54m

4. Demond Smith, 41.98m

Up Next

The Bears track and field team will compete at the 2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, held from May 15-17 in Norfolk, Virginia. 

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EASTON, Mass. (May 4, 2025) – Both Stonehill College track and field teams finished in the top three of the team standings on the final day of the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships at W.B. Mason Stadium on Sunday.
 
The men’s team propelled itself from sixth place after yesterday’s competitions up to second place today with a final tally of 105.50 points, trailing only Central Connecticut, which won the title with 235 points. The women’s team placed third with 124 points, as Central Connecticut finished runner-up at 146 points, and Wagner won with 167 points on the women’s side.
 
WOMEN’S EVENTS

• Freshman Hannah Santos (Swansea, Mass.) had the best individual finish of the day for the Skyhawks in the field events, placing second in the high jump, recording eight points while reaching a mark of 1.63m (5′ 4.25″).
• Classmates Mollie Osgood (Wilmington, Mass.) and Simone Connolly (West Roxbury, Mass.) also scored for Stonehill, placing sixth and eighth. Osgood reached 1.57m (5′ 1.75″) and Connolly hit a mark of 1.52m (4′ 11.75″).
• Senior Madison Gunderway (Cranston, R.I.) tallied three points for the Skyhawks, placing sixth in the javelin throw with a toss of 32.31m (106′ 0″).
• Junior Kaia Eder (Moorestown, N.J.) placed fifth, scoring five points with a personal-best mark of 11.64m (38′ 2.25″) in the triple jump.
• Freshman Samantha Gaudet (Falmouth, Maine) placed seventh in the discus to tally two points for Stonehill with a toss of 37.22m (122′ 1″).
• In the first track event of the day, freshman Mallory Hildreth (Pittsford, N.Y.) podiumed for the first time in her career, placing third in the 3000-meter steeplechase at 11:22.37, also a new PR.
• Junior Jordan Malloy (Colchester, Conn.) placed third in the 1500-meter race final, improving on last year’s fifth-place finish as she crossed the finish line in 4:32.04, netting the Skyhawks six points.
• Classmate Emily Young (Newton, Mass.) finished eighth in the 1500m final with a time of 4:44.72.
• After placing second in yesterday’s 100-meter hurdle preliminary race, senior Madison Rousseau (Canton, Mass.) blew her program record out of the water in the event, placing second again at 14.11 seconds.
• Rousseau also broke her program record in the 400-meter hurdles final, placing third at 1:01.58. She combined to score 20 points for the Skyhawks on Sunday, with another six points being added on as a member of the third-place 4x100m relay team.
• Junior Grace Tyrrell (Cavendish, Vt.) placed seventh in the 400m hurdle final at 1:10.34.
• Graduate student Kaytlin Encarnacao (Reading, Mass.) found her way to the podium in the 400-meter final, placing second at 54.93 seconds, a new program record for the Skyhawks.
• Encarnacao also placed eighth in the 200-meter dash final with a time of 25.27 seconds.
• Sophomore Madison Stott (Dartmouth, Mass.) set a personal record in the 400m final, crossing the finish line in 57.67 seconds to place fifth.
• In the 800-meter final, senior Emma Lawrence (Milford, Mass.) secured a spot on the podium, coming in third place at 2:15.96 while freshman Emmy Belvin (Chepachet, R.I.) placed eighth at 2:21.16.
• In the first relay race of the day, the team of Stott, Encarnacao, sophomore Katie Gibbons (Pembroke, Mass.), and Rousseau finished in third place at 45.57 seconds in the 4×100-meter relay for six points toward the Stonehill team score. This sets a new program record for the Skyhawks.
• The 4×400-meter relay race marked the final event of the weekend as the team of Tyrrell, Stott, Lawrence, and Encarnacao came in second place, tallying eight points, with a time of 3:48.74.

MEN’S EVENTS

• Senior Parker Hagen (Newport, R.I.) podiumed in the triple jump, recording a new personal best mark of 14.29m (46′ 10.5″) to come in second place, earning eight points for the Skyhawks.
• Graduate student Jacob Pacheco (Merrimack, N.H.) and Cody DeAngelo (Old Saybrook, Conn.) both tied for second place in the pole vault final, scoring 7 points each for Stonehill, reaching 4.35m (14′ 3.25″).
• Pacheco also podiumed in the javelin throw, coming in second place at 59.57m (195′ 5″), recording eight more points for the Skyhawks’ team score.
• Three Skyhawks scored for the Skyhawks in the discus final on Sunday, led by sophomore Joseph Chesney (Cumberland, R.I.), who placed fifth with a toss of 43.97m (144′ 3″).
• Senior Michael Gozzo (Weymouth, Mass.) set a new personal record in the discus, placing seventh at 42.77m (140′ 4″), scoring two points for the Skyhawks.
• Junior Eli Grover (Falmouth, Maine) also hit a PR in the discus with an eighth-place finish at 42.61m (139′ 10″).
• Senior Jace Hollenbach (Topsham, Maine) and freshman Jaxson Merrill (Barnstable, Mass.) both competed in the 3000-meter steeplechase, with Hollenbach finishing in seventh at 10:03.55 and Merrill coming in ninth at 10:21.78.
• Sophomores Colin Keane (Blackwood, N.J.) and Nicholas Davies (Auckland, New Zealand) finished sixth and seventh in the 1500m final, with Keane crossing the finish line at 3:56.23, a new PR, and Davies finishing in 3:57.56, the second-best time of his career.
• Sophomore Jon Dougherty (Reading, Mass.) competed in the 400-meter final, finishing sixth at 48.65 seconds.
• Sophomore Will Tinkham (Stoughton, Mass.) came in fifth on Saturday in the prelim and then came in fifth again in the 110-meter hurdles final, finishing in 14.76 seconds.
• Three Skyhawks qualified for today’s 100-meter dash final as freshman Miles Burr (Trenton, Maine) paced the pack with a fifth place finish at 10.75 seconds.
• Senior Shea Drugan (Westfield, Mass) came in sixth at 10.92 seconds, and classmate Zachary Ofurum (Brockton, Mass.) had an eighth-place finish at 11.06 seconds.
• Drugan also came in seventh place in the 200-meter dash final at 21.83 seconds.
• In the 800-meter run final, sophomore Matthew Malora (Harrington, N.J.) finished in seventh place at 1:56.58.
• Sophomore Dylan Brilliant (Plymouth, Mass.) earned a bronze medal in the 5000-meter race, clocking in at 14:44.63 for a new personal-best. Graduate student Patrick Garratt (Westwood, Mass.) finished close behind in fourth place at 14:53.61 while freshman Kyle Kwiatek (Lynn, Mass.) came in seventh at 15:09.71.
• The team of freshman Kauan Bento (Bridgewater, Mass.), Burr, Dougherty, and Drugan set a new program record in the 4×100-meter relay race, combining for a time of 40.87 seconds, placing second.
• In the final event of the weekend, Stonehill came in fifth in the 4×400-meter relay race as the squad of freshman Matthew Anderson (Webster, Mass.), Drugan, Burr, and Dougherty finished the race in 3:18.74.

NEXT UP

• Stonehill Track and Field will compete in the New England (NEICAAA) Championships in Amherst, Mass., next weekend at the UMass Track & Field Complex, with competition beginning on Friday, May 9.  

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CHATTANOOGA—Spring has sprung. April showers not only brought May flowers but also the latest crop of Chattanooga Mocs graduates. McKenzie Arena hosted the 265th Commencement Exercise over the weekend with 55 new student-athlete alumni completing undergraduate and graduate degrees including 12 scheduled for summer endings.
 
“This is one of our favorite days on the calendar,” Vice Chancellor for Athletics Mark Wharton began. “It’s the culmination of a special journey as a student-athlete and a celebration not only for the individuals, but the programs and department as well.
 
“The future is well met by this group.”
 

The list included 13 different sports including men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country/track & field, football, men’s & women’s golf, soccer, softball, men’s & women’s tennis, beach & indoor volleyball and wrestling. Of the 56, 11 are completing advanced degrees.
 
Basketball (Men/Women)
*Brooke Anya – MBA
Jacob Elbin (Grad. Asst.) – MBA
Honor Huff – Communication
*Garrison Keeslar – Management (Master)
Jack Kostel – Applied Science
Jade Moore – Applied Science
Makai Richards – Applied Science
*Bash Wieland – Management (Master)
 
Cross Country/Track & Field (Men/Women)
Leah Boyd – Accounting
Lesley Boyd – MBA
*Aaron Isbell – Communication
Eamonn O’Bryant – Chemical Engineering
 
Football
Grant Reid – Communication | Latin Honors Candidate
Chase Artopoeus – Psychology (Master)
Demetrius Coleman – Health & Human Performance
Chris Domercant – Applied Science
Jaden Gaines – Applied Science
*Lance Jackson – Management (Master)
Kobe Joseph – MBA
*Alen Karajic – MBA
Noah Livingston – Criminal Justice
*Kelvin Morris – Psychology
Cody Olszewski – Data Analytics (Master)
B.J. Ragland – Applied Science
Chris Victor – Psychology
 
Golf (Men/Women)
Nieves Martin – Marketing | Latin Honors Candidate
Alexis Daniel – Communication
Carson Johnson – Applied Science
 
Soccer
Caroline Ekern – Marketing | Latin Honors Candidate
Sylvie Keck – Education | Latin Honors Candidate
Kelly Tuerff – Health & Human Performance | Latin Honors Candidate
Taylor Morris – Integrated Studies
Hannah Morton – Integrated Studies
Ella Roth – Business Management
 
Softball
Alyssa Lavdis – Health & Human Performance | Latin Honors Candidate
Olivia Lipari – Biology | Latin Honors Candidate
Presley Williamson – Mechanical Engineering | Latin Honors Candidate
Camryn Cernuto – Health & Human Performance
Abby Orr – Business Management
Jayce Purdy – Communication
 
Tennis (Men/Women)
*Alice Hall – Political Science & Public Service | Latin Honors Candidate
Rozalie Dohnalova – Psychology
Kerim Hyatt – MBA
Ryan Mudre – Health & Human Performance
 
Volleyball (Indoor & Beach)
Chandler Alter – Psychology | Latin Honors Candidate
Marcelle Baez-Carlo – Social Work | Latin Honors Candidate
Kit Gresham – Art | Latin Honors Candidate
Elaine Redman – Health & Human Performance | Latin Honors Candidate
*Neva Clark – Management (Master)
Joy Courtright – Communication
 
Wrestling
Jackson Hurst – Biology | Latin Honors Candidate
Landon Lewis – Health & Human Performance | Latin Honors Candidate
Noah Castillo – Wrestling
Eli Knight – Criminal Justice
Kaleb Snodgrass – Applied Science
 
*Denotes Summer graduate candidates
 
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Kevin Gama still has two years of high school left, but there’s no question how valuable he is to Curie boys water polo.

“Kevin’s been the man all his life,” Condors coach Nate Cruz said. “He’s been the man since he was in seventh grade and it’s just carrying over.”

“I’ve been feeling more confident,” Gama said. “But also the practice I put in through the summer is really crucial. Because at the end of the day consistency is the key and I’ve been feeling consistent.”

Gama and freshman Joaquin Alvarez led the way as the Curie/Kelly/UIC Prep co-op beat Kennedy/Hancock 20-7 on May 3 at the UIC Natatorium to finish third in the Public League playoffs.

Alvarez scored six goals and Gama added five for the Condors, who led 12-2 at halftime and 16-3 after three periods. Javier Cruz led Kennedy/Hancock (14-6) with three goals.

The Condors went into rebuilding mode after winning their record 10th Public League title in 2023, and the process seems to be coming along well.

The Condors have just two seniors and one junior on a team that took a 15-12 record into this week’s IHSA playoffs. They own wins over several suburban and Catholic League teams, including Sandburg (twice), Homewood-Flossmoor and St. Ignatius.

“In the month of April, we had a lot of nights of back-to-back games,” Cruz said. “But now we’ve found ourselves. We were in a slump in the third, second week of April. But we know who we are as a team. We’re growing, we’re still young. Nothing but bright things for the future.”

One of the seniors, Antonio Sandoval-Panarin, missed some time earlier in the season. His return has been key to the Condors’ better play recently, according to Gama.

“Honestly. since he came (back) we just felt better as a team,” Gama said. “We’ve bonded together. We’ve been through ups and downs and I feel like that’s really helped us.”

The Condors seem to be closing the gap against Young and Lane, the city’s other top programs. After losing 19-1 to Lane in conference play, Curie fell 20-7 to the Champions in the Public League semifinals on May 2,

“Most definitely it’s a sign of progress,” Cruz said. “Lane had a young team last year. … They’re a very talented team, very fast team. … But having a 9-4 half against them really showed a lot of progress especially with the last game we had. …

“I see nothing but improvement with my guys and the CPL league’s just getting a lot stronger.”

Gama is also upbeat.

“We have so much potential,” he said. “We want to get better and we’re gonna do anything we can to get better.”

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