LOUDONVILLE, NY – Gearing up for what will be their final MAAC Championship event, the Siena Track team's 14 combined seniors and graduate students will "be ready to rip" at the MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ on the Michael P. Brady Track and Field Complex.
The first event that the Saints will be competing in on Saturday's Day 1 will be the men's 1,500-meter trials at 1:20 p.m. The last event for Siena on Saturday is scheduled for 5:55 p.m. in the men's 10,000-meter race.
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.
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Siena is coming off a strong performance at the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships where the team combined to win three gold medals including
Claire Gardner (2:12.25 in the 800-meter), the women's 4x800 relay team that consists of
Jennifer McClintock,
Mattingly O'Rourke,
Keira Flaherty and Gardner (9:14.58) as well as Flaherty, who won the one-mile event in 4:52.
"I think we've set them up to run with a lot of confidence," said second-year Siena Track head coach
Elizabeth DeBole.
"They've really taken advantages of the opportunities that have been presented to them so this weekend, I think they can just stand on the line with confidence and go race with anyone in the MAAC."
Siena will look to build off last year's program-best fifth place finishes on both the men's and women's meet.
Seven Saints will compete in the men's 1,500-meter including
Jackson Cayward,
Marcus Homa,
Noah Greski,
Jake Gogarty,
Cormac Leahy,
Killian McNamee and
Tommy Sheerin.
McNamee will be one to watch as the graduate student finished in sixth place (3:54.89) in the 2024 edition of this race.
At 1:45 p.m., the women's 1,500-meter will have Flaherty, Gardner,
Chloe Poulos,
Izzy McNamee,
Summer Reinoehl,
Faith Skowvron and
Julianna Tourangeau representing the Green and Gold.
Siena's
Parris Porter and
Noah Smith will take part in the men's 400-meter trials at 2:35 p.m. while
Sara Fitzgerald will be running in the women's edition of the 400-meter trials.
At 3:40 p.m.,
PJ Dauer and
Luke Tkaczyk are racing in the men's 800-meter trials followed by a 4 p.m. start for the women's 800-meter trails with Flaherty, Gardner,
Katie Hayes, McClintock,
Marissa Navarra, O'Rourke and
Olivia Schaffer participating in the event.
Flaherty and Gardner have traded off top performances in the 800-meter this season while Flaherty placed second in this spot last year with a time of 2:12.92.
In the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase,
Collin Brown,
Nathaniel Sletten,
Connor Thomas and
Evan Wattie are set to go for Siena at 5:20 p.m. followed by the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase at 5:40 p.m.
Kate DeForest and
Katharine Hesler are the two Saints in the event.
Brown was named last year's MAAC Male Track Rookie of the Meet in 2024 after a second-place finish in the event and was fourth running in the men's 5,000-meter race.
Wrapping up at 5:55 p.m., Siena will be represented by
Colin Brunelle,
Collin Clinton,
Christopher DeForest and
Brody Santagata in the men's 10,000-meter.
On Sunday, six Saints will take part in the men's 5,000-meter including Brunelle, Greski, C. 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.
