LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey – The Marist men's and women's outdoor track and field are gearing up for the 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship, which is being held on the campus of Rider University in Lawrenville, NJ on Saturday and Sunday.

The Red Foxes enter the championships having placed fifth (women) and seventh (men) in the 2018 Indoor Championship on Feb 17-18 at the Armory in New York City.

LAST TIME OUT:
Junior Jordan Casey qualified for the ECAC Championships with a big, breakthrough effort in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Penn Relays last week. Casey improved by more than 13 seconds in the event, breaking 11 minutes for the first time, and placing 22^nd overall in 10:51.90. Her previous best was set two weeks ago at Bucknell.
 
In the Olympic Development 5,000-meter racewalk, junior Katie Miale powered to a personal-best time of 25:56.81, placing sixth overall. In the 5,000-meter run, freshman Hayley Collins ran an outdoor personal-best time of 17:17.28. And in the 400-meter hurdles, junior Debbie Boerke once again dipped under the ECAC standard in the event, placing 20^th in 1:02.88
 
Senior Dietrich Mosel ran an outdoor personal-best time and posted the fastest Penn Relays time in school history at 5,000 meters, placing 52^nd in his event at the prestigious meet on Thursday night. Mosel went out in a blistering pace (4:33 through the mile, 9:13 through two miles) and hung on for an IC4A qualifying mark.
 
In the 10,000-meter run, sophomore Christopher Rivas placed 23^rd in 31:49.85, his second-fastest time at the distance. Earlier this spring, Rivas qualified for the IC4A Championships in the event.
 
Marist was also in action at the Yale Springtime Invitational on Sunday. Freshman Gianna Tedeschi powered her way to a pair of qualifying marks in the 3,000-meter run. Tedeschi stormed to a personal-best time of 9:59.92, placing second overall. The time qualified her for the ECAC Championships (qualifying mark = 10:00.24) as well as the USATF Junior Championships (qualifying mark = 10:00.00). Tedeschi utilized a strong finishing kick to garner the coveted qualifying times.
 
Other highlights included:
 
--Senior Jenna Robinson got a pair of top-10 finishes in a difficult double – the 800-meter run and 3,000-meter run.
--Junior Debbie Boerke placed third in the 400-meter dash.
--Freshman Jillian Laliberte ran a personal-best time at 800 meters.
 
On the men's side:
 
--Junior Riley Hughes had the highest individual placement, second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
--Junior Sean Patterson ran to a season-best time of 57.16 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles.
--Senior Steven Rizzo placed third in the 1,500-meter run.
 
MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC:
 
On the men's side, the Red Foxes had a league best 26 student-athletes named to the MAAC All-Academic Team. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.

Men's All-Academic Team:

Eamonn Beers	Marist	Junior	Business Administration
Andrew Burns	Marist	Senior	Information Technology & Systems
Mark Cappuccitti	Marist	Sophomore	Business Administration
Will Duggan	Marist	Senior	Communication
Brian Edsall	Marist	Graduate Student	Master of Public Administration
Sami Ellougani	Marist	Senior	Computer Science
William Esposito	Marist	Junior	Computer Science
Matt Hawker	Marist	Sophomore	Biology
Brian Henderson	Marist	Junior	Computer Science
Daniel Hillman	Marist	Senior	Psychology
Joshua Hindle	Marist	Junior	Communication
Alexander Hogue	Marist	Sophomore	English/Adolescence Education
Riley Hughes	Marist	Junior	Chemistry Biochemistry
Spencer Johnson	Marist	Graduate Student	Educational Psychology
Michael Kennedy	Marist	Senior	Business Administration
Santosh Krishnan	Marist	Sophomore	Communication
Connor Levins	Marist	Sophomore	Business Administration
Joseph Miller	Marist	Senior	Accounting
Steven Morrison	Marist	Senior	Business Administration
Dietrich Mosel	Marist	Senior	Business Administration
Christopher Rivas	Marist	Sophomore	Business Administration
Steven Rizzo	Marist	Senior	Economics
Zachary Ropes	Marist	Junior	Computer Science
Tanner Senius	Marist	Senior	Business Administration
Conor Stack	Marist	Sophomore	Communication
Palmer Weimann	Marist	Senior	Accounting

For the women's team, Marist had a third best 22 student-athletes named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

Women's All-Academic Team

Lauren Adams	Marist	Senior	Social Work
Hannah Albert	Marist	Senior	Communication
Alexandra Bartolotta	Marist	Junior	Business Administration
Deborah Boerke	Marist	Senior	Educational Psychology
Shea Bohan	Marist	Junior	Environmental Science/Policy
Emily Burns	Marist	Junior	Psychology/Special Education
Jordan Casey	Marist	Junior	Business Administration
Mariah Christian	Marist	Senior	Communication
Candhace Forrest	Marist	Junior	Applied Mathematics
Christine Gambell	Marist	Senior	Communication
Kerry Gaye	Marist	Senior	English
Shannon Gildea	Marist	Senior	Mathematics
Denise Grohn	Marist	Sophomore	Biology
Alex Hernandez	Marist	Senior	Communication
Jessica Howe	Marist	Junior	Environmental Science/Policy
Alyssa LaFave	Marist	Sophomore	Biomedical Sciences
Katherine Miale	Marist	Junior	Communication
Fallon Quigley	Marist	Senior	Biology
Jenna Robinson	Marist	Senior	Biology
Mara Schiffhauer	Marist	Senior	Psychology
Janelle Solviletti	Marist	Graduate	Integrated Marketing & Communication
Ericka Stewart	Marist	Junior	Business Administration

CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE:
MAAC Outdoor Championships
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6
Final time schedule and heat assignments
Saturday, May 5
2:15 p.m.: Men's 1,500 trials (3 heats): James Pratt (Heat 2), Eamonn Beers (Heat 2), Connor Levins (Heat 3), Steven Rizzo (Heat 3), James Moehringer (Heat 3)
2:30 p.m.: Women's 1,500 trials (3 heats): Talia Cutrone (Heat 1), Kerry Gaye (Heat 1), Maria Smith (Heat 2), Janelle Solviletti (Heat 2), Emily Burns (Heat 2), Boushra Belkhir (Heat 3), Denise Grohn (Heat 3)
2:50 p.m.: Men's 110 hurdle trials: No entries
3:00 p.m.: Women's 100 hurdle trials: No entries
3:10 p.m.: Men's 400 dash trials: Santosh Krishnan (Heat 4 of 4)
3:20 p.m.: Women's 400 dash trials: Danisha Craig (Heat 1 of 3)
3:30 p.m.: Men's 100 dash trials: No entries
3:40 p.m.: Women's 100 dash trials: No entries
3:55 p.m.: Men's 800 run trials (4 heats): Connor St. Germain (Heat 1), Brian Henderson (Heat 2), Cole Ziskind (Heat 2), Steven Morrison (Heat 2), Drew Burns (Heat 3), Tanner Senius (Heat 4), Andrew Whitney (Heat 4)
4:10 p.m.: Women's 800 run trials (5 heats): Jenna Robinson (Heat 1), Jess Howe (Heat 1), Maddie Tooker (Heat 2), Gianna Mastromatteo (Heat 3), Jill Laliberte (Heat 3), Christine Gambell (Heat 5), Shea Bohan (Heat 5)
4:30 p.m.: Men's 400 hurdle trials: Sean Patterson (Heat 2 of 2)
4:45 p.m.: Women's 400 hurdle trials: Debbie Boerke (Heat 3 of 3)
5:00 p.m.: Men's 200 dash trials: No entries
5:10 p.m.: Women's 200 dash trials: No entries
5:25 p.m.: Men's 3,000 steeplechase final (1 heat): Matthew Ronan
5:40 p.m.: Women's 3,000 steeplechase final (1 heat): Jordan Casey, Alyssa Lafave
5:55 p.m.: Men's 10,000 run final (1 heat): Spencer Johnson, Graham Strzelecki, James Draney, Alex Hogue, Riley Hughes, Palmer Weimann, Joe Miller
6:35 p.m.: Women's 10,000 run final: No entries
Sunday, May 6
12 noon: Women's high jump: Fallon Quigley (Flight 1 of 1)
12:00 p.m.: Men's 4x100 relay: Heat 1 of 1
12:05 p.m.: Women's 4x100 relay: Heat 1 of 2
12:10 p.m.: Men's 1,500 run
12:17 p.m.: Women's 1,500 run
12:30 p.m.: Women's 100 hurdles
12:40 p.m.: Men's 110 hurdles
12:55 p.m.: Men's 400 dash
1:00 p.m.: Women's 400 dash
1:15 p.m.: Men's 100 dash
1:20 p.m.: Women's 100 dash
1:30 p.m.: Men's 800 run
1:35 p.m.: Women's 800 run
1:50 p.m.: Men's 400 hurdles
2:00 p.m.: Women's 400 hurdles
2:10 p.m.: Men's 200 dash
2:15 p.m.: Women's 200 dash
2:25 p.m.: Men's 5,000 run (1 section): Dietrich Mosel, Conor Stack, Elias Platanias, Dan Hillman, Will Duggan, Michael Kennedy, Christopher Rivas
2:50 p.m.: Women's 5,000 run (1 section): Hayley Collins, Gianna Tedeschi, Mariah Christian
3:10 p.m.: Men's 4x800 relay
3:25 p.m.: Women's 4x800 relay
3:40 p.m.: Men's 4x400 relay
3:55 p.m.: Women's 4x400 relay
 
TICKETS: 

Adult tickets for both days are $20.00, adult tickets for either Saturday or Sunday are $10.00 and tickets for either Saturday or Sunday for students, children and/or seniors (60+) are $5.00. Tickets can be purchased here.

HOW TO FOLLOW:

Live results will be available and fans can follow @MaristXCTF on Twitter for updates.

UP NEXT:

The Red Foxes will head to Princeton University for the IC4A (men) and ECAC (women) Championships next Saturday and Sunday.