ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Daemen men's track and field team competed at the Nazareth Conference Challenge Cup on Saturday, its final tune-up before the ECC Championship meet in two weeks.

Senior Adam Kamagate (Hilton, N.Y.)  led the way for the Wildcats, finishing second in the 60m hurdles. 

 HIGHLIGHTS 

• Kamagate placed seventh in the 60m hurdles preliminaries with a time of 8.98 seconds, before improving to 8.65 seconds in the finals to earn the silver medal.
• Owen Dernbach (Alden, N.Y.) finished 11th in the 60m dash, crossing the finish line in 7.47 seconds
• Ibrahim Hakizimana (Rochester, N.Y.) took 15th in the 800m run, finishing with a personal-best time of 1:59.26, shaving 0.51 seconds off his previous PR.
• Ethan Keating (Wooster, Ohio) finished 19th in the 1-mile run, posting a time of 4:32.77.
• Simon Evans (Galway, N.Y.) recorded a 17th-place result in the 3000m run, finishing in 9:15.42.
• Off the track, Dernbach placed 17th in the long jump with a leap of 5.75m. 

UP NEXT 
The Wildcats are off until Feb. 15, when they will compete at the ECC Championship Meet in Staten Island, N.Y.

---

Daemen University features the premier NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 18 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.

Follow the Daemen track & field programs on Twitter and Instagram at @DaemenXCTF.