Patriots, Midshipmen earn IC4A/ECAC Outdoor T&F Crowns
FAIRFAX, Va. – The 2025 IC4A/ECAC Outdoor T&F Championships came to a close on Sunday afternoon, with George Mason’s women and Navy’s men collecting the team titles. The Patriots finished with 98.5 points as team to hold off Richmond (94), while the Midshipmen ended with 128 team points on the men’s side.
Army swept the Athlete of the Meet honors, with Emily Fink winning the women’s award and Robby Manse picking up the men’s. Both turned in strong performances on Saturday, as the duo combined for two event wins, a second-place finish, a new national #1 ranking, a meet record and a new facility record.
The men’s discus kicked off Sunday’s action, with Iosif Papa (54.38m/178’ 5”) of UMBC earning the first event win of the morning. Wilmington’s Donte Dockery followed with a season-best mark of 15.38m (50’ 5 ½) to take home men’s triple jump title.
Navy’s 4x100 relay team of Marcel Jackson, Nathan Kent, Jonah Johnson and William Yurich combined to produce a first-place time of 39.68. The race proved to be a strong one, with seven total teams earning an NCAA “A” time in the event.
The finals of the men’s 100 saw all eight competitors finish under 11.00, with Julian Saunders (10.64) of Saint Francis taking the crown with a strong performance. In the 200, UMBC’s Alpha Balde (20.46) turned in a new PR to earn the individual title, and his new mark ranks 26th in the nation.
In the lone men’s distance event of the day, Brendan Hefferan (8:35.65) of St. Joseph’s picked up the win in the 3K, holding off a late threat from NJIT teammates Anthony Dvorsky (8:36.79) and William Mitchell (8:43.12).
George Mason dominated in the men’s 110 hurdles, with Davian Burke (14.30) holding off teammate Albert Asare (14.32) for the top spot and Mason Morales (14.71) and Joshua Sutton (14.74) giving the Patriots four of the top five. Duquesne’s Ian Baughman (52.32) emerged as the victor in a tight 400 hurdles race, with Navy’s David Walker (52.43) and Luke Noss (52.76) of St. Joseph’s rounding out the top three.
UMBC took home the men’s 4x800 relay crown, as Joseph Ensor, Mark Unger, Justin Banks and Tyler Edson teamed up for a time of 7:24.14. In the final event of the weekend, Navy closed out the 4x400 with a first-place time of 3:11.42, with David Walker, Cooper Wakley, Conor McFadden and Peter DeJonge ending up atop the podium.
Duquesne’s Rose Kuchera (12.27m/40’ 3 ¼”) snagged the women’s triple jump crown, while fellow Duke Mia Pierce (49.55m/162’ 6”) found herself in first in the discus behind a new PR.
On the track, it was the Quinnipiac team of Nyasia Dailey, Talia Graham, Michelle Tota and Hailey Tolson that held on for first in the women’s 4x100, as their mark of 46.92 was just five-tenths of a second ahead of second-place Lafayette. Dailey came up with her second win less than half an hour later, when she turned in a time of 11.59 to claim the women’s 100.
Jia Anderson of Navy earned first in the women’s 100 hurdles with a time of 14:03, while UMass’ Alexandria Scott won the 400 hurdles at 1:00.80.Lauryn Clarke gave Loyola a first-place finish behind a time of 24:10 in the 200, holding off Sacred Heart’s Sierra Thompson (24:12) in a photo finish. Both competitors produced a new PR in the process.
George Mason’s Ellie Desmond finished more than six seconds ahead of second place in the 3K, with Grace Sousa (9:53.57) of Sacred Heart and Kelley MacElhiney (PR, 9:54.11) of Bryant rounding out the top three.
Richmond came away with the final two women’s events of the day, with Dylan Miller, Ashley Bolesh, Morgan Lyons and Caroline Donohoe teaming up for a time of 8:52.87 in the 4x800 relay. Fellow Spiders Morgan Elliot, Gabrielle Cummings, Elke van der Westhuizen and Ginny Beringer closing out the weekend with a season-best time of 3:42.09 in the 4x400 relay.
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