AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen College men's track and field team saw three of its athletes earn first team all-conference honors as announced by the East Coast Conference today.  Freshmen Niko Jemmison (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Technical) and Alex Reid (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) as well as junior Zac Ekdahl (Middlesex, N.Y./Marcus Whitman) were included amongst the honorees stemming from their respective performances at the ECC Outdoor Track and Field Championships held last Saturday, April 19 at the Track and Field Complex on the campus of Georgian Court University in Lakewood, N.J.  The top two finishers in each event were named first team All-ECC, while the third and fourth place finishers earned second team All-ECC  distinction.

Jemmison set school and personal records by running the 400 meter dash in 51.14 seconds, placing him as the runner-up in the event behind George Erazo of St. Thomas Aquinas College.  

Reid  had a runner-up finish in the long jump (6.40 meters) to account for his first team All-ECC honors.  His leap in the long jump finals came up just one one-hundredth short of first place (Aaron McGinnis, Roberts Wesleyan College, 6.41 meters) and his preliminary-round leap of 6.71 meters was the longest of the competition for anyone.  He had previously earned three first team All-ECC selections with his performances during the indoor season.

A third runner-up finish for the Wildcats came for Ekdahl who did so in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:56.05, finishing behind race-winner Kurt Samuel of Queens College.  Ekdahl was also the runner-up in the same event at the ECC Indoor Championships in February, earning first team all-conference for that performance as well.

In addition to their first team all-conference honors, Jemmison and Reid were double-honorees having each earned second team all-conference honors in additional events - Jemmison for the 200 meter dash and Reid for the triple jump.  Jemmison took fourth place with a time of 23.14 seconds, shaving .16 seconds off his preliminary-round time while Reid was a third-place finisher with leaps totaling 12.54 meters.

Another second team all-conference selection went to junior long distance runner Zach Eustance (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton).  Eustance set school and personal records in the 5000 meter run, finishing in third place overall with a time of 15:57.92.

The full all-conference teams are as follows...

2014 ECC Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference Awards
Men's First Team
100 meter dash - Winslow Dorsainvil, St. Thomas Aquinas & Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan
200 meter dash - Winslow Dorsainvil, St. Thomas Aquinas & Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter dash - George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Niko Jemmison, Daemen
800 meter run - Kurt Samuel, Queens & Zac Ekdahl, Daemen
1,500 meter run - Thomas Rodger, Roberts Wesleyan & Keith Pease, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Enock Bor, Roberts Wesleyan & Tyler Bay, Queens
10,000 meter run - Enock Bor, Roberts Wesleyan & Tyler Bay, Queens
110 meter hurdles - Robert Watson, Molloy & Nate Sturgeon, Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter hurdles - George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Joseph Johnson, Molloy
3,000 meter steeplechase - Kevin Brown, Roberts Wesleyan & Matt Watson, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Anthony Henry, Travis Abelard, Frankie Colon, Winslow Dorsainvil)
4 x 400 meter relay - Queens (Skandal Delince, Kurt Samuel, Wilfred Ruck, Donovan Stewart)
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Joseph Cegwidden, Matt Buell, Michael Kraus, Nicolas Garvenchy)
High Jump - Tristan Holmgren, St. Thomas Aquinas, Robert Watson, Molloy, & Aaron McGinnis, Roberts Wesleyan
Pole Vault - Michael Pignotti, Molloy & Joseph Johnson, Molloy
Long Jump - Aaron McGinnis, Roberts Wesleyan & Alex Reid, Daemen
Triple Jump - Joseph Johnson, Molloy & Lanier Mason, Molloy
Shot Put - Gregory Gromling, Queens & Vincent Fratto, Queens
Discus - Christopher Pensa, Queens & Michael Glanz, Queens
Hammer - Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens & Christopher Pensa, Queens
Javelin - Charles Artino, Molloy & Kerome Bramwell, Queens

Men's Second Team
100 meter dash - Donovan Stewart, Queens & George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas
200 meter dash - George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Niko Jemmison, Daemen
400 meter dash - Skandal Delince, Queens & Sammy Abdallatif, St. Thomas Aquinas
800 meter run - Garvenchy Nicolas, St. Thomas Aquinas & Tyler Capozzoli, Molloy
1,500 meter run - Conor Gallagher, Molloy & Garvenchy Nicolas, St. Thomas Aquinas
5,000 meter run - Zach Eustance, Daemen & Michael Galonski, St. Thomas Aquinas
10,000 meter run - Eric Haslbauer,, Molloy & Mike Darnell, Molloy
110 meter hurdles - Joseph Johnson, Molloy & Wilfred Ruck, Queens
400 meter hurdles - Wilfred Ruck, Queens & Nate Sturgeon, Roberts Wesleyan
3,000 meter steeplechase - Michael Galonski, St. Thomas Aquinas & Justin Bender, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Queens (Skandal Delince, Wilfred Ruck, Eli Joseph, Donovan Stewart)
4 x 400 meter relay - Molloy (Jacob Loscano, Joseph Johnson, Conor Gallagher, Tyler Capozzoli)
4 x 800 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Justin Bender, Stephen Stewart, Thomas Rodger, Keith Pease)
High Jump - Ed Oswald, St. Thomas Aquinas & Joseph Johnson, Molloy
Pole Vault - Kerome Bramwell, Queens & Robert Watson, Molloy
Long Jump - Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan & Joseph Johnson, Molloy
Triple Jump - Alex Reid, Daemen & Lance Mason, Molloy
Shot Put - Christopher Pensa, Queens & Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens
Discus - Liam O'Connor, Queens & Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens
Hammer - Gregory Gromling, Queens & Michael Glanz, Queens
Javelin - Lance Mason, Molloy & Mitchell Jurius, Roberts Wesleyan