Men's Track and Field | 6/3/2025 11:38:00 AM

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – St. John Fisher men's track and field junior Brandon Kaplan has been named Empire 8 Field Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced on Tuesday when it revealed its major awards and All-E8 teams for the 2025 season. 

Kaplan joins Kyle Rollins, Mark VanMarter and Devin Cornelius as the fourth student-athlete in St. John Fisher men's track and field history to win the award. He also earned first-team All-Empire 8 honors in the hammer throw. 

Kaplan became a second-team All-American in the hammer throw with a 14th-place finish in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships last month in Geneva, Ohio. He took first place in the event in the Empire 8 Outdoor Championships and the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Championships. 

In the E8 meet, Kaplan set the conference's hammer throw record with a toss of 60.87 meters. That mark shattered former NCAA Champion Luis Rivera of Nazareth University's mark of 59.22 meters, set in winning the 2015 NCAA National Championship.

The Empire 8 first-, second- and third-team all-conference selections were determined at the championship meet on May 2-3 from Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium, hosted by SUNY Brockport.

St. John Fisher All-Empire 8 Performers 

Corinthian Reed – Second-Team 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash

Brady Bishop, Adam Johnson, Michael Prentice, Reed – Third Team 4x400-Meter Relay

Hayden Penna – First-Team Pole Vault

Oren Welch – Second-Team Pole Vault

Bryant DePaull – Second-Team High Jump

Manuel Sepulveda – First-Team Triple Jump

Daniel Davis – First-Team Discus Throw

Brandon Kaplan – First-Team Hammer Throw

Alexander Kolpien – Second-Team Javelin Throw 

Cole Fuller – St. John Fisher's E8 Sportsman of the Year Nominee