Three years ago, Christopher DeForest had run his fastest 10K time at the 2022 MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships to finish 16^th overall. 

On Saturday in the 2025 edition of the MAAC Track and Field Championships, the experience paid off for the graduate student as he ran another highly competitive time and now you can call him MAAC Champion of the 10K. 

DeForest ran the course in 32:10.92 to best the field of 17 runners at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ on the Michael P. Brady Track and Field Complex.

Teammate Colin Brunelle wasn't far behind as he finished on the podium as well with a third-place finish by .05 second.  The Saints fared very well in this event overall as Collin Clinton was fifth (32:21.03) and Brody Santagata was eighth (32:53.80). 

Day 1 for Siena began with the men's 1,500-meter trials with qualifiers from the Saints included Killian McNamee (4:04.16) and Jackson Cayward (4:04.29) 
Three Saints qualified in the women's 1,500-meter.  Keira Flaherty (4:46.98), Claire Gardner (4:48.31), and Chloe Poulos (4:48.56) all advanced. 

The women's 800-meter trails were a big bright spot for Siena as the Saints had four of the eight qualifiers with Flaherty (2:16.44), Gardner (2:17.89), McClintock (2:16.58), and O'Rourke (2:16.22).

Katie Hayes placed 35^th (2:28.81), Marissa Navarra (2:35.58) was 38^th, Olivia Schaffer (2:41.19) was 40^th in the event. 

In the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, Collin Brown and Connor Thomas each earned points for the Saints' scoreboard.  Brown ran fifth in 9:28.09 while Thomas wound up eighth in 9:41.14. 

Evan Wattie just missed out on the points board with a ninth-place spot (9:45.48) while Nathaniel Sletten placed 17^th (10:23.12).

In the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, Kate DeForest (11:11.49) earned points with a fifth-place finish and Katharine Hesler narrowly missed the points' board with a time of 11:35.60 and ninth place. 

Siena's Parris Porter (51.67) placed 24^th overall and Noah Smith (52.88) was 29^th in the men's 400-meter trials while Sara Fitzgerald (1:01.62) ran 19^th in the women's race of the 400-meter trials.

PJ Dauer (1:59.03) was 20^th and Luke Tkaczyk (1:58.81) was 19^th in the men's 800-meter trials.

Day two on Sunday starts at 10 a.m. for field events and track events will begin at 12 p.m. with the last event set to go off at 3:50 p.m. in the women's 4x400-meter race. 

Fans may watch on ESPN+ and follow live results here.

Heat sheets can be viewed for Day 2 here.

Fans who plan on attending the meet may purchase tickets through Hometown Tickets for day two on this link.

Follow the Saints all weekend long by clicking on the corresponding video and live stats links at the top of the page. Continuous in-meet updates will be provided via the team's official twitter page @SienaXCTrack. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #MarchOn, #SienaSaints, and #MAACTrack.

Six Saints will take part in the men's 5,000-meter including Brunelle, Noah Greski, Christopher DeForest, Clinton, Brown and Jake Passalugo while four women will take part in the women's 5,000.  Katie Hesler, Kaitlin DeForest, Christina Peppy and Olivia Armenia will be among the competitors.

Siena will take part in both 4x800 and 4x400 relay races as well.