Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Set For Regionals

AARTFC Meet Information

The 2026 All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Outdoor Championships run May 13-14 at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa. The top eight finishers in each event earn All-Region honors. 

Regional results do not guarantee national qualification. The top 20 athletes in each event and the top 12 groups in each relay event throughout the entire season qualify for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 

2025 St. John Fisher AARTFC Champions: Brandon Kaplan (Men's Hammer Throw, 57.59 Meters)

St. John Fisher Outdoor Season Highlights  

Men's Team 

• Senior Brandon Kaplan's mark of 60.07 meters in the hammer throw, recorded in the Cardinal Classic last month, ranks eighth on the DIII national performance list for the event. He recently won his third consecutive Empire 8 hammer throw title. 
• Junior distance runner Jace Stuart won his first career E8 title in the 1,500-meter run earlier this month. He clocked a time of 3:56.81, the second-best mark in school history and just a few seconds shy of James Felice's program record.
• Sophomore thrower Daniel Davis defended his Empire 8 championship in the discus throw, recording a first-place toss of 43.94 meters. He won last year's event with a throw of 40.43 meters. 
• Sophomore Gabe Cromer set Fisher's records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter runs during the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic on April 12. He placed sixth in the 100 with a time of 10.73 seconds and 16th in the 200 with a time of 21.85 seconds. Cromer bested his mark in the 200 a week later in the Cortland Classic, recording a time of 21.72 seconds. 
• The Cardinals' 4x100 team of Corinthian Reed, Elijah Burnley, Ethan Fox and Cromer set a school record with a time of 41.90 seconds in the Cortland Classic. 
• Junior Hayden Penna shattered his school record in the pole vault with a mark of 5.10 meters, which currently stands seventh on the Division III performance list, in the Geneseo Outdoor Invite on April 5. 
• Junior Jace Stuart placed fourth in the unseeded 1,500-meter run in the Bucknell meet with a time of 3:56.84, good for second on the Cardinals' all-time top-five list for the event. 
• Freshman London Premo placed third in the men's decathlon in the Cortland Classic with an overall score of 5,286, good for third on the program's top-five list. He placed first in the event's discus throw (30.74 meters), second in its 1,500-meter run (5:04.81) and 110-meter hurdles (16.12 seconds) events and third in its long jump (6.06 meters) and shot put (10.45 meters) events.

Women's Team

• Sophomore Abigail Dorunda had an outstanding performance in the Empire 8 Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month, earning Track Athlete of the Meet honors. She won the 100-meter dash with a program record time of 12.25 seconds and helped the Cardinals' 4x100 team, which also included Makenna Manson, Ella Radley and Emily Heiner, place first at 48.38 seconds. Additionally, she finished third in the 200-meter run (25.44 seconds), placed sixth in the 400-meter run (59.45 seconds) and was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed second (4:04.00).
• Sophomore Kianna Naval set Fisher's outdoor record in the triple jump at 11.46 meters in the Empire 8 Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Freshmen Makenna Keough previously held the record with a mark of 11.32 meters, which she recorded in the Cortland Classic in April. 
• Senior Anna Steed's mark of 50.82 in the hammer throw, recorded in the Cortland Classic, ranks 37th on the Division III performance list. 
• Freshman Emily Heiner placed 23rd in the 100-meter run in the Bucknell Outdoor Classic with a time of 12.37 seconds, the fourth-best mark on Fisher's top-five list for the event. Sophomore Abigail Dorunda placed 29th at 12.47 seconds.
• Sophomore Brianne Hurlburt recorded the second-fastest 800-meter run time in program history at 2:19.25 in the Bucknell Outdoor Classic. 
• Freshman Juliana Riemersma clocked a time of 25.40 in the 200-meter run in the Cortland Classic, the third-fastest in program history. 
• Sophomore Kathryn Hillyard qualified for regionals in the pole vault with a mark of 3.36, good for second on Fisher's outdoor top five list for the event, in the St. John Fisher Tri Meet on March 29. 
• Sophomore Hailee Garcia placed first in the discus throw with a hurl of 38.41 meters, the fifth-best mark in program history, in the St. John Fisher Tri Meet. 

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