WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – The Daemen University men's cross country team placed second for the third consecutive season at the 2024 East Coast Conference Championships on Saturday morning at Bassett Park. The Wildcats placed two runners in the top-14 finishers to earn All-Conference honors today.
 
Daemen placed their top five runners between 10^th and 26^th place in the race to finish with a team score of 76. Roberts Wesleyan University claimed the team title for the 10^th consecutive season, placing their top five in the first eight finishers including the first and second place finishers. Molloy University finished third with 86 points. St. Thomas Aquinas College (112), Queens College (114), D'Youville University (142) and the College of Staten Island (179) were the final four teams.
 
Roberts Wesleyan's Zachary Hall paced the field of 68 with a time of 25:48.5. Roberts' Owen White finished second and D'Youville's Henry Smith finished third.
 
Daemen junior Aidan Kincaid (Orchard Park, N.Y.) led the Wildcats for the second straight meet, earning Second Team All-ECC honors for the third consecutive season with a time of 26:48.6 to finish 10^th overall.
 
Graduate student Jon Moote (Wilson, N.Y.) was named to the Second Team All-ECC after finishing 13^th with a time of 27:07.7.
 
Sophomore Ethan Keating (Wooster, N.Y.) placed 16^th overall with a time of 27:27.0. Junior Josh Trometer (Lancaster, N.Y.) finished with a time of 28:01.0 and posted a personal-best finish of 19^th overall. Graduate student David Schwinger (Buffalo, N.Y.) rounded out the Daemen scorers with a 26^th-place finish at 28:32.1.
 
NOTABLE

• Today marked the third straight Second Team All-ECC honor for Kincaid, who was named the 2022 ECC Rookie of the Year as the first freshman to cross the finish line in the conference championships.
• Moote has earned All-Conference honors in each of the past three seasons.
• Sophomore Brad Tobin (Hamburg, N.Y.) posted a time of 29:58.4 to post a personal-best finish of 37^th overall.
• Graduate student Laertes Cushing (Alfred, N.Y.) rounded out the Daemen runners with a 40^th place finish with a time of 30:22.9.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats will travel to Rochester, N.Y. to race in the 2024 NCAA Division II East Region Championships at the Matt St. James Cross Country Trails on Saturday, Nov. 9. 

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