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Track & Field Teams Set for ECC Championships on Thursday

4/29/2026 12:29:00 PM

ECC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Thursday, April 30 | 9:30 AM
Rochester, N.Y. | Roberts Stadium 
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AMHERST, N.Y. — The Daemen men's and women's track & field teams wrap up their seasons at the ECC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday in Rochester, N.Y., hosted by Roberts Wesleyan. 

Last season at the ECC Outdoor Championships, the women placed fourth out of eight teams. Kristen Oliver (Massena, N.Y.) placed second overall in the hammer throw and fourth in the shot put. She was joined by D'Naesha Quicksey (Buffalo, N.Y.), who took fifth in the shot put. Patsy Oberholzer (Greece, N.Y.) earned a bronze medal in the 3,000m while Lia Brasacchio (Victor, N.Y.) finished fourth in the 400m and the 400m hurdles. 

The men placed fourth out of six teams at the 2025 outdoor championships. Adam Kamagate (Hilton, N.Y.) won the 110m hurdles to lead the Wildcats. CJ Johnson (Baltimore, Md.) finished in second place in the 1,500m and fourth in the 800m. Ethan Keating (Wooster, Ohio) earned a silver medal in the 5,000m, completing the race with a final time of 16:09.66. Josh Trometer (Lancaster, N.Y.) earned fourth place in the steeplechase. 

Daemen wrapped up the regular season portion of its schedule at the Fredonia Blue Devil Invitational last Saturday. Leading the way was Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.), who won the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.84 seconds. Quicksey also earned a gold medal in the triple jump with a 10.08m leap. Oliver earned a silver medal in the hammer throw with a launch of 46.75m, good for second in program history. Lia Brasacchio (Victor, N.Y.) and Skylar Savage (Attica, N.Y.) both logged top-five finishes in the 400m hurdles. Brasacchio earned a silver medal with a time of 1:08.15, ranking ninth in program history. Savage placed fourth, finishing in 1:11.73. Mia Wright (Liverpool, N.Y.) took fourth in the 100m, logging a time of 13.03 seconds.

On the men's side, Johnson placed second in the 800m, posting a time of 1:57.89, ranking seventh in program history. Ibrahim Hakizimana (Rochester, N.Y.) finished fourth in the event with a time of 1:59.69. Keating earned a bronze medal in the 1500m with a personal-best time of 4:09.48, good for 10th in program history. Kamagate took 10th in the 400m, finishing in 16.88 seconds. The senior finished 10th in the 400m, posting a PR time of 52.74 seconds. Owen Dernbach (Alden, N.Y.) took seventh in the long jump, leaping 6.21m. 

WOMEN'S LINEUP
Elizabeth Bentley - shot put, discus, hammer throw, javelin throw
Lia Brasacchio - 400mH, 4x800m relay
Alana Cawthon - shot put, discus, hammer throw
Gracie Conlan - long jump, triple jump
Raegan Giardini - 4x800m relay
Grace Gominiak - 200m, 4x400m relay
Abbie Herman - 100mH
Teagan Jones - 1,500m, 800m
Maggie Middaugh - 100m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay
Alexis Nguyen - 3,000m steeplechase
Christa Oates - 4x800m relay
Patsy Oberholzer - 10,000m, 5,000m
Kristen Oliver - shot put, hammer throw
Julia Petry - shot put, hammer throw
Kylie Piekarski - 10,000m
D'Naesha Quicksey - triple jump, shot put, discus
Carli Quinlan - shot put, discus, hammer throw
Skylar Savage - 100mH, 400mH, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay, long jump
Becca Schultz - 100mH, 4x100m relay, long jump
Madeline Straub - 1,500m, 4x800m relay
Grace Tag - 800m
Mia Wright - 100m, 400m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay

MEN'S LINEUP
Avon Adams - 100m
Seth Connery - 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay
Zayvion Davis - 200m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay
Owen Dernbach - 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay, long jump
Simon Evans - 10,000m
Ibrahim Hakizimana - 800m, 4x800m relay
CJ Johnson - 800m, 1,500m, 4x800m relay
Adam Kamagate - 110mH, 400mH, 4x400m relay, javelin throw
Andre Kannisto - 1,500m
Ethan Keating - 5,000m, 10,000m
Devon Mendez - 100m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay
Brendan Smukall - 4x800m relay
Brad Tobin - 1,500m
Josh Trometer - 4x800m relay
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