Coming from behind down the stretch, senior Claire Gardner became an individual double MAAC Champion by winning the women's 1500-meter on Sunday at the 2025 MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship after winning the 800-meter event at the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in February.

The Chestnut Ridge, NY native ran a time of 4:42.57, beating out teammate and senior Keira Flaherty by 0.57 seconds at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ on the Michael P. Brady Track and Field Complex. Chloe Poulos (4:58.17) finished in 12^th place for Siena.  Gardner's time nearly four and a half seconds better than her qualifying time that she recorded just a day earlier on day one. 

In the Saints' best contested event – the women's 800-meter – Mattingly O'Rourke made the podium after a third-place finish by clocking in at 2:16.30, roughly the same time she ran just a day earlier at 2:16.22 to qualify.  Jennifer McClintock was fourth at 2:16.79 while Flaherty was seventh at a time of 2:17.96 and Gardner closed out in eighth place at 2:19.49. 

In the men's 1,500-meter, Killian McNamee narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place spot at 3:55.31, shaving off about nine seconds off his qualifying time and Jackson Cayward was ninth place (4:00.88) with a time about three and a half seconds faster than his previous time. 

In the women's 4x400-meter race, Sara Fitzgerald, Katie Hayes, Izzy McNamee and Faith Skowvron ran it in 4:16.17 for a 10^th place finish. 

Among the six Saints who competed in the men's 5,000-meter, Christopher DeForest had the top finish with a time of 15:00.04 for fifth place. Siena grouped together in a tight pack, finishing in eighth, ninth, 10^th and 12^th with Collin Brown (15:06.27), Collin Clinton (15:08.49), Colin Brunelle (15:20.86) and Noah Greski (15:27.90).   Jake Passalugo closed in 17:01.51.

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.

The Siena Women's team that consisted of Flaherty, McClintock, Gardner and O'Rourke finished in fourth place to earn five points with a time of 9:23.07. 

The Siena Men team, comprised of Marcus Homa, Jackson Cayward, P.J. Dauer and Tyler Tkaczyk, were eighth in the 4x800 with a time of 8:08.31.