Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Jackson Doran, Roberts Wesleyan
Senior | Middle Distance | Lockport, NY
Doran had an impressive first outdoor meet of the season at the Redhawks Invitational on Wednesday afternoon. The RWU senior first won the 800m in a field of 23 runners with a time of 1:54.78; that performance leads both the ECC and NCAA East Region. He then anchored the first-place 4x400m relay team of 3:37.77 that ranks second in the ECC and sixth in the NCAA East Region.
Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Jayden Bennermon, St. Thomas Aquinas
Senior | Jumps | Poughkeepsie, NY
Bennermon posted a trio of ECC-leading marks in the jump events at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge to kick off the 2025 outdoor season. The STAC senior placed fourth in a field of 50 in the long jump, posting an NCAA East Region-leading and ECC-leading mark of 6.84m. He also placed fourth in a field of 32 in the triple jump, recording another NCAA East-Region leading and ECC-leading mark of 14.44m, which met the NCAA provisional standard. Bennermon also placed ninth in the Division I high jump field of 15 with an ECC-leading leap of 1.90m, which sits sixth in the NCAA East Region.
Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Jadyn Mullen, Roberts Wesleyan
Sophomore | Multis | Batavia, NY
Mullen returned from the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships to compete in a pair of events at the season-opening Redhawks Invitational on Wednesday, winning both. The RWU sophomore posted the top time in the 800m as she raced to a 2:20.96 finish to win in the field of six runners and also won the 100m hurdles with her time of 15.56 to win in a field of five. Her 800m time leads the ECC while her 100m hurdles time ranks second.
Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
Graduate Student | Pole Vault | The Woodlands, TX
King won the pole vault at her first outdoor meet of the season just days after winning her third NCAA Championship at the Indoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, IN. The RWU standout cleared a height of 4.67m (15' 3 3/4”) to win the event in a field of seven jumpers. The height was just shy of her school and NCAA record of 15' 4 1/4”, set last year, and is the second-best in Division II history.
Honor Roll
Men's
Luke Jarski, Molloy
Graduate Student | Sprints/Distance | Massapequa, NY
Jarski led the Lions to a first-place victory in the 400m at the Stony Brook Snowflake Classic. The Molloy graduate student topped all runners in the field of 17 with a time of 50.55, knocking off Division I runners from Stony Brook, Hofstra, and Iona, all of whom finished second through seventh.
Thomas McConnelee, Roberts Wesleyan
Freshman | Throws | Carlisle, NY
McConnelee opened the outdoor season in fashion with a school record on the very first discus throw of his career. The RWU freshman opened with a 53.94m (177' 0") throw to eclipse the school record and then later posted a 54.67m (179' 4") to win the event in a field of 12 at the season-opening Redhawks Invitational at Roberts Wesleyan. Both performances meet the NCAA provisional standard (50.51m), while his further throw of 54.67m sits first in the ECC and NCAA East Region and fourth across all of NCAA Division II (top freshman mark).
Women's
Ciara Durcan, St. Thomas Aquinas
Senior | Distance | Orangeburg, NY
Durcan finished sixth in a field of 15 in the 10,000m, clocking in at 41:26.26 at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge to open the Spartans 2025 outdoor season.
Kyndra Hines, District of Columbia
Freshman
Hines posted a 15.02 in the 100m hurdles to finish ninth in a field of 40. The UDC freshman also ran on the 4x100m relay team that clocked a time of 50.10, finishing 14th in a field of 20. Both times lead the ECC.
Sophia Hines, Molloy
Freshman | Sprints | Merrick, NY
Hines won the long jump in a field of four with a mark of 5.08m at the Stony Brook Snowflake Classic. She also picked up her first win in the 100m on the indoor track with a time of 13.42 to earn gold, clearing second and third place by over an entire second.
Emmanuela Katou Kouami, District of Columbia
Junior | Bronx, NY
At the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, Kouami placed eighth in a field of 51 in the discus throw with a distance of 36.89m (121' 0") and secured a fifth-place finish in a field of 45 place in the hammer throw with a mark of 46.60m (152' 10”). Both performances top the ECC.
Samantha Morrison, District of Columbia
Junior | Kingston, Jamaica
At the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, Morrison posted an ECC-leading time of 1:09.54 in the 400m hurdles to finish 16th in a field of 45. She also won the 800m in a field of 33 with a time of 2:25.19, which is good for third in the ECC.
ECC Outdoor Track and Field Award Winners
MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 18 - Jackson Doran, Roberts Wesleyan
MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 18 - Jayden Bennermon, St. Thomas Aquinas
WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 18 - Jadyn Mullen, Roberts Wesleyan
WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mar. 18 - Brynn King, Roberts Wesleyan
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USTFCCCA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S NATIONAL POLLS
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Women's Week 1 (4/1): TBA
USTFCCCA MEN'S EAST REGION POLL
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USTFCCCA WOMEN'S EAST REGION POLL
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