OFFICIAL ECC RELEASE AND FULL RESULTS

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The Daemen College men's track and field team closed out its 2018-19 indoor season here today, competing at the East Coast Conference Championship held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex. The Wildcats finished eighth in the team standings out of 10 teams, compiling 12 points. Georgian Court University accumulated 194 points to win the conference championship.

Sprinter Rodney Corbin's (Williamsville, N.Y.) third place showing in the 60 meter dash was the highlight of the track portion for Daemen. After placing fourth in the preliminary round with a time of 7.05, the sophomore broke his own school record of 7.01 with a time of 6.98 in the finals. He came in just behind Charles Wolef-Fields of Georgian Court (6.92) and Destyn Harding of Long Island University Post (6.97). Corbin also competed in the 200 meter dash and the long jump. He placed seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 22.93, narrowly missing the school-record time of 22.84 set by Niko Jemmison at the 2016 ECC Championships. He placed 11th in the long jump with a leap of 6.08 meters.

Redshirt sophomore Nate Louk (Jane Lew, W. Va.), junior Josh Bodnar (Fillmore, N.Y.) and freshmen Ethan Majewski (Pendleton, N.Y.) and Zach Brainard (Lancaster, N.Y.) also posted top-10 efforts during the track portion. Louk placed sixth in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:39.07, while Bodnar placed eighth in the mile run with a time of 4:43.74. Majewski posted a ninth-place showing in the 200 meters (23.02), while Brainard placed 10th in the 400 meters.

Sophomore Mike Swiniarski (Akron, N.Y.) and senior Jonny Schmidt (Clarence Center, N.Y.) also turned in strong efforts for the Wildcats, as Swiniarski placed 11th in the 3,000 meters (9:27.66) and Schmidt also recorded an 11th-place finish in the 400 meters (54.03).

Junior thrower Sullivan Keller (Alden, N.Y.) continued his solid season to highlight the Daemen participants during the field events. He placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 14.46 meters and finished sixth in the weight throw with a toss of 13.03 meters.

Daemen resumes its 2018-19 schedule when the outdoor portion of the schedule gets underway with the Geneseo Early Spring Invitational on Saturday, March 30.

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