CHARLESTON, W. VA. — The Daemen men's track and field team opened its outdoor season by competing at the Charleston Golden Eagle Invitational on Friday.

 HIGHLIGHTS 

• The Wildcats logged two top-10 finishes in the 5000m run, led by Ethan Keating (Wooster, Ohio), finishing fifth with a time of 15:58.51. Simon Evans (Galway, N.Y.) placed ninth, crossing the finish in 16:15.74. Josh Trometer (Lancaster, N.Y.) came in 14th, finishing in 17:18.69. 
• CJ Johnson (Baltimore, Md.) took seventh in the 800m with a personal-best time of 1:58.56. 
• In the 1500m, Johnson crossed the finish line seventh with a time of 4:02.96, the second-best in program history behind the record he holds. 
• Adam Kamagate (Hilton, N.Y.) earned a sixth-place finish in the 1110m hurdles, posting a time of 15.46 seconds. 
• Kamagate also placed seventh in the 400m hurdles, crossing the finish in 57.57 seconds.
• In the 200m,  Zayvion Davis (Lansing, N.Y.) took 24th with a time of 23.43 seconds.
• The Wildcats' 4x100 relay team of Davis, Owen Dernbach (Alden, N.Y.), Seth Connery (North Tondawanda, N.Y.), and Avon Adams (Tondawanda, N.Y.) placed fifth, finishing in 44.80.

UP NEXT 
The Wildcats compete at the Brockport Multi next Sunday in Brockport, N.Y.

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