INDIANA, Pa. — The IUP track and field program split their weekend at the SRU Last Chance on Friday and the Stan Romanoski Open at West Virginia University on Saturday.

SRU Last Chance 

Sesia Lovell placed second in the women’s high jump (1.60m) while Jahnaya Trotter-Wimberly placed first in the women’s triple jump (11.28m), both marked PSAC qualifying jumps.

In the men’s long jump, Matthew Cusatis placed second (6.94m), with his best jump coming on his first try. In the men’s triple jump, Evan Loro placed second (13.74m). Both hit PSAC qualifying marks. 

Steve Combary placed second in the men’s 110m hurdles (15.47) and Taimir Lobban placed fourth (15.77). George Jennings placed sixth in the men’s 200m (22.40). 

Sterlene Scott placed sixth in the women’s 100m (12.49) and Renee Simmonds placed fifth in the women’s 100m hurdles (15.88).

Stan Romanoski Open

Grace Bogacz placed sixth in the women’s 800m (2:21.52) and Alyssa Hoover placed seventh (2:21.73), both marking PSAC qualifying times.

Brendon Ward led IUP in the men’s 800m with a fifth place finish (157.44), while Tom Brady and Jason Clifford placed seventh and ninth, respectively. All three ran personal bests. 

IUP placed five runners all in the top five in the men’s 1500m. Marco Cardone placed first (4:06.86), Ian Rauber placed second (4:11.04), and Owen Sparks placed third (4:11.53), each marking a personal best. 

Stella Kuntz led IUP in the women’s 1500m with a sixth place finish (5:06.51), a personal best. In the 500m, both Parker Bradley and Haley Filcheck placed fourth. 

Up Next
IUP looks ahead to PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Slippery Rock, beginning on Thursday, May 8. 

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FULL RESULTS

SCSU Wins Second Straight NE10 Title

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Southern Connecticut women’s outdoor track & field won the 2025 Northeast-10 Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship, for the second consecutive season and it marks their seventh NE10 title overall. The Owls totaled 246 points throughout the Championship, captured 24 medals, which included 11 gold medals, eight silver medals and five bronze medals.
 
With the men’s program also winning the 2025 NE10 outdoor title, the Owls’ indoor and outdoor track & field titles for both genders make it the fifth time in NE10 history that one school has won both titles in the same year, as Southern accomplished this feat four other times.

The Owls captured 11 Gold Medals throughout the weekend, individually and in the 4×800 and 4×100 relays. Kisha Francois secured a total of four medals, which included three gold medals in the 4×100, Long Jump, 100 Dash and a Silver Medal in the 200 Dash. Hannah Caiola (400, 200 Dash, 4×100) won three Gold Medals. Belle Smith secured three medals, which included Gold Medals in the Hammer Throw and Shot Put and a Bronze Medal in the Discus Throw.  The 4×800 relay team of Courtney Henchcliffe, Erin Sola, Abigail Bajorek and Julia Mansfield secured the Gold Medal. The 4×100 relay team of Francois Caiola, Avery Winters and Dardielle Exantus claimed the Gold Medal. Maddie Hathorn claimed the Gold Medal in the Pole Vault. It was an Owls’ sweep on the 5000-meter podium as Courtney Henchcliffe won the Gold Medal, Megan Whitnell captured the Silver Medal and PJ Dauphinais secured the Bronze Medal.

-Recap Provided by SCSU Athletics-

AWARD WINNERS

Most Valuable Athlete (Women): Kisha Francois, SCSU

Field Most Outstanding Performer (Women): Belle Smith, SCSU

Track Most Outstanding Performer (Women): Hannah Caiola, SCSU
 

Elite 24 (Women): Kate Famiglietti, Assumption

ABOUT THE NE10

The NE10 is an association of 11 diverse institutions serving student-athletes across 24 NCAA Division II sports. Together we build brilliant futures by embracing the journey of every student-athlete.
 

Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.

EASTON, Mass. (May 3, 2025) – Graduate student Abigail Larsson (Bayport, N.Y.) won the lone gold medal for the Stonehill College track and field team as the Skyhawks competed on day one of the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships at W.B. Mason Stadium on Saturday.
 
The men’s team sits in sixth place with 17.5 points after the first day of competition, with the women ranking in a tie for third place with 40 points. Central Connecticut State is out in front in both the men’s and women’s standings, posting 72 on the men’s side and 46 on the women’s.
 
WOMEN’S EVENTS

• Larsson highlighted the day one finishes for the Skyhawks, winning the pole vault final with a personal record of 3.75m (12′ 3.75″), tallying 10 points towards the team score for Stonehill.
• Sophomore Morgan Correia (North Dighton, Mass.) also podiumed in the pole vault, placing third with a vault of 3.35m (11′ 0″), while freshman Kendall Barton (Concord, N.H.) placed fourth with the same mark as the duo combined for another 11 points.
• Sophomore Kayla Oakes (Kingston, N.Y.) finished runner-up in the long jump final, narrowly missing the top spot by 0.01m as she reached 5.79m (19′ 0″), a new personal record. Oakes’ second-place finish adds eight points to the Skyhawks’ team total.
• In the shot put finals on Saturday, freshman Makenna Dube (North Andover, Mass.) placed seventh to secure two points for the Stonehill team score with a mark of 11.36m (37′ 3.25″), a new personal record.
• Senior Madison Gunderway (Cranston, R.I.) placed eighth in the hammer throw final, scoring one point for the Skyhawks with a season-best mark of 42.68m (140′ 0″).
• Four Skyhawks qualified for tomorrow’s 1,500-meter final after today’s preliminary race, with junior Emily Young (Newton, Mass.) leading the way with a fifth-place finish at 4:51.75.
• Junior Jordan Malloy (Colchester, Conn.) finished one spot after Young with a time of 4:57.28, followed by sophomore Anna Casey (Medford, Mass.) in 10th at 5:04.30, and freshman Rachael Korowski (Hudson, Mass.) secured the final spot in tomorrow’s race, finishing 12th at 5:06.17.
• Senior Madison Rousseau (Canton, Mass.) qualified for the 100-meter hurdles final on Sunday, placing second in the prelim at 14.37 seconds.
• Graduate student Kaytlin Encarnacao (Reading, Mass.) recorded the top time in the 400-meter preliminary race, clocking in at 56.32 seconds. Sophomore Madison Stott (Dartmouth, Mass.) will join Encarnacao in tomorrow’s 400m final after placing sixth in the prelim, finishing in 58.01 seconds.
• Encarnacao later qualified for the final in the 200-meter dash with a sixth-place finish at 24.90 seconds, a new personal record for the grad student.
• Senior Emma Lawrence (Milford, Mass.) won the 800-meter race qualifier, finishing with a time of 2:14.40, the second-best time of her career and the second-best time in the NEC this spring.
• Freshman Emmy Belvin (Chepachet, R.I.) also notched a top-five finish in the 800m run, placing fifth at 2:16.09, the fastest time of her career.
• Senior Madison Rousseau (Canton, Mass.) and junior Grace Tyrrell (Cavendish, Vt) qualified for tomorrow’s 400-meter hurdles final with Rousseau coming in second at 1:02.06 and Tyrrell coming fifth at 1:04.72. Rousseau’s time of 1:02.06 is a personal record and a program record for the Skyhawks.
• In the final event of the day, the Stonehill 4×800-meter relay race team of Belvin, freshman Mallory Hildreth (Pittsford, N.Y.), Lawrence, and Malloy secured a spot on the podium with a silver medal finish in the final, combining for a time of 9:07.06 to secure eight more points for the Skyhawks.

MEN’S EVENTS

• Graduate student Patrick Garratt (Westwood, Mass.) ran in the first men’s event of the morning, placing third in the 10,000-meter final with a time of 32:28.67. This was Garratt’s first 10,000m appearance, earning six points toward the Skyhawks’ team score.
• In the high jump final, sophomore Keagan Fletcher (Wrentham, Mass.) tied for fifth place, tying his PR of 1.93m (6′ 4″).
• Sophomore Christopher Gill (Boston, Mass.) led the Skyhawks in the shot put final, tallying four points as he placed fifth with a new PR of 15.38m (50′ 5.5″).
• Sophomore Joseph Chesney (Cumberland, R.I.) notched a point for the Skyhawks, placing eighth in the shot put at 14.98m (49′ 1.75″), another personal record in the shot put.
• In the first preliminary race of the day for the men, sophomore Nicholas Davies (Auckland, Mass.) set a new PR in the 1500m race, placing third and qualifying for tomorrow’s final at 3:56.96.
• Classmate Colin Keane (Blackwood, N.J.) also qualified for the 1500m final, finishing fifth at 3:59.94.
• Sophomore Will Tinkham (Stoughton, Mass.) came in fifth place in the 110-meter hurdles prelim, crossing the finish line in 14.82 seconds to qualify for tomorrow’s final.
• Sophomore Jon Dougherty (Reading, Mass.) placed third in the 400-meter dash preliminary race, setting a new PR in the event for the second weekend in a row at 48.27 seconds.
• A trio of Skyhawks qualified for the 100-meter dash final, finishing in succession with freshman Miles Burr (Trenton, Maine) leading the way in sixth at 10.91 seconds. Senior Shea Drugan (Westfield, Mass came in seventh at 10.92 seconds, and classmate Zachary Ofurum (Brockton, Mass.) secured the final qualifying spot with an eighth-place finish at 10.99 seconds, a new PR for the senior.
• Drugan also qualified for tomorrow’s 200-meter dash final as he clocked in at 21.72 seconds, good for a sixth-place finish.
• In the 800-meter run prelim, sophomore Matthew Malora (Harrington, N.J.) qualified for the final on Sunday, finishing in third place at 1:54.77.
• The final event of the day was the 4×800-meter relay race with Malora, freshman Nathan Binda (Auburn, Mass.), junior Thomas Forde (Mystic, Conn.), and Keane placing sixth with a combined time of 7:56.58 in the Skyhawks’ first 4x800m relay of the season.

NEXT UP

• Stonehill Track and Field closes out Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships at W.B. Mason Stadium tomorrow with field events beginning at 9:30 a.m. and track events starting at noon.

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Men’s Outdoor Track and Field | 5/3/2025 11:25:00 PM

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Bloomsburg men’s track and field program recorded 11 personal-bests and a new Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying mark in the shot put from Kaleb Zimmerman (Lancaster, Pa./Garden Spot) at the LHU Qualifier in Lock Haven on Saturday afternoon.
 
Zimmerman qualified for the PSAC Championships in the shot put with a winning throw of 14.68 meters (48′ 2″).
 
Daniel Ajuz (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) moved into 11th on the PSAC performance list in the triple jump with a personal-best jump of 14.10 meters (46’3.25″).
 
In the long jump, Andrew Kane (/) took first with a jump of 6.20 meters (20′ 4.25″).
 
The Huskies saw a pair of personal bests in the javelin from Brian O’Connor (/) and Matthew Staffin (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area). O’Connor moved into 16th on the conference list with PR of 53.95 meters (177′) while taking third. Staffin placed fifth with a PR of 50.68 meters (166′ 3″).
 
Stephen Vaughn (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) set a personal best of 38.87 meters (127′ 6″) in the discus while placing eighth. Shaheem Hill (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) placed fourth in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.82 meters (5’11.5″). Jack Donchez (Bethlehem/Liberty High School) finished fifth in the hammer throw with a mark of 43.38 meters (142′ 4″).
 
On the track, Peyton Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:53.51. Caden Dufrene (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run High School) finished third in the event, crossing the line at 10:23.04.
 
Jaxson Hoffman (/), Tyler Leitzel (/), Jalik Hill (Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon) and Patrick Moore (Blakeslee, Pa./Commonwealth Charter Academy) ran a 43.01 in the 4×100-meter relay to take second.
 
Three Huskies recorded personal bests in the 400-meter dash, including Landon Kester (). Kester took fourth in the event with a time of 51.32. Finnegan Purtle (/) placed fifth with a 52.00. Evan Mann (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) set a PR with an eighth-place time of 52.85 while Lucas Pearson (/) ran a personal best time of 53.76 to place tenth.
 
Ryan Casagrande (/) ran a 4:56.15 in the mile to place seventh and set a personal-best in the event. Colin Snyder (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York) ran a PR of 5:03.68 to finish in eighth.
 
Michael Gehman (/) finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 1:03.96. Evan Babarsky (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) ran a PR of 2:08.25 in the 800-meter.
 
The Huskies head to Slippery Rock on Thursday, May 8 for day one of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.
 
 

NEW LONDON, CT. – Marking 80 points to top a field of 47 collegiate institutions, the Wesleyan’ men’s track and field team took first place at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships for the first time in program history, breaking three school records in the process as they walked away with 17 Top 10 finishes at the United States Coast Guard Academy.

Saturday afternoon marked the third time the Cardinals finished in the Top 10 team rankings at the New England Division III Championships, but the first time at the head of the table. The Cardinals placed 10^th in 2019 but previously tied for sixth at the 1993-94 indoor championship.

Leaving New London with two broken records and a first-place finish, Steve Paul ’28 opened the weekend with a Friday night record break in the 100m dash. Breaking a 13-year record previously held by LaDarius Drew ’15, Paul ran a 10.60 in the preliminary heats of the event, besting Drew’s previous record of 10.69. On Saturday morning, Paul finished as the runner-up, clocking a final 10.68. Paul followed his performance in the 200m, breaking his own outdoor record with a first-place final of 21.24, beating the previously set 21.56 set on April 19.

The record breaking was not finished. Ethan Singleton ’28 cracked his own week-old record in the men’s 400m, as he crossed the line in second place with a 47.83. At the NESCAC Championships on April 26, Singleton completed a 48.37.

A second Cardinal victory was the result of the 5000m distance race. Noah Mahoney ’27, a national contender in the cross country circuit, placed first with a final clocked time of 15:11.26 for the Cardinals. Mahoney’s runner-up was teammate Will Wise ’26, finishing 23 seconds behind at a 15:34.17.

Making up half of the Top 10 contenders in the 1500m, the Cardinals dominated with a pack led by Rob D’Aquila ’26. D’Aquila placed fourth (3:57.19), Liam Calhoun ’26 took fifth (3:57.32), Bruce Lenes ’26 was seventh (3:59.75), Alex Kermath ’26 finished eighth (4:00.04), and Zach Allen ’27 rounded out the club in ninth (4:00.59).

Fourth and fifth place in the 800m went to George Lepska ’25 and Nate Fogarty ’25. Lepska earned fourth place, kicking up a 1:52.51 while Fogarty was on his heels in fifth with a 1:53.90. The final of the individual track events went to Philip Keith’s ’25 sixth-place final in the 10,000m, clocking in a solid 32:37.89.

Fielding a relay team for the 4×800, Fogarty, D’Aquila, Lepska, and Ben Taffet ’26 combined forces for a fourth-place finish and a time of 7:50.92.

The field events were headlined by Javier Orelanna’s ’25 performance at shot put. Throwing for 15.33m, Orellana placed third. Eli Liedtka’s ’27 discus throw of 44.22m earned him a finish at eight.

The Cardinals look ahead to the Open New England Championships on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10.