The Roadrunners Track and Field teams completed an impressive season this past weekend at the NJCAA Division III National Championships. The teams had a total of 20 athletes qualify and compete at the meet hosted by Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, NY. Going into the meet, the men's team had been ranked #9 and the women's team #5 in the latest USTFCCCA polls. At the meet, the teams faced the same difficult weather conditions they seemed to face all year, with cold and rain dominating the three day competition. Despite the conditions, the RCSJ Roadrunners mostly outperformed their expectations.

On the women's side, the team placed 5th, matching their latest ranking. The ladies came home with 12 season best performances which helped them achieve this finish. Highlights of the meet included several individual National Champions and All-American performances:

Kara Knorr is the 2024 National Champion in the shot put, javelin, and hammer

Sophia Dunning is All-American in the hammer with her 3rd place finish

Kara Knorr is All-American in discus with a 2nd place finish

Additional medal winning performances for the lady roadrunners came from:

Courtney O'Hara 6th in the 10,000m

Emma Harverson was 7th in high jump

Francesca Maccarone was 8th in pole vault

Sophia Dunning was 7th in javelin and 8th in discus

4x100 relay (Murrow, Serrano, Maccarone, Harverson) was 8th

      4x400 relay (Murrow, Serrano, Cochran, O'Hara) was 8th

      4x800 relay (Campo, Serrano, Cochran, O'Hara) was 4th

On the men's side, the team came home with 4 seasonal best performances and finished 13th in the team standings. Medal winning performances came from:

John Schilling 8th in the steeplechase

Angel Garnett-Willis 4th in the javelin

Evan Hope was 5th in hammer

Jordan Wilson 8th in the shot put

The 4x800m team (Ben Kellum, Berto Camacho, John Schilling, Gavin Casella) was 7th

WOMEN:

400m

13 Susana Serrano        1:07.96 SEASON BEST
14 Emily Murrow    1:08.51 SEASON BEST

1500m
11 Ally Campo      5:41.67

5000m
10 Courtney O'Hara       21:25.52

10,000m
6 Courtney O'Hara        46:14.74 SEASON BEST
9 Ally Campo       49:17.85 SEASON BEST

4x100m relay
8      56.49 SEASON BEST
(Murrow, Serrano, Maccarone, Harverson)

4x400m relay
8      4:35.20 SEASON BEST
(Murrow, Serrano, Cochran, O'Hara)

4x800m relay
4      10:56.67 SEASON BEST

(Campo, Serrano, Cochran, O'Hara)

High Jump
7 Emma Harverson   1.39m

Long Jump
13 Susanna Serrano       3.89m SEASON BEST

Pole Vault
8 Francesca Maccarone    2.11m

Shot Put
1 Kara Knorr       12.09m NATIONAL CHAMP ALL-AMERICAN

Discus
2 Kara Knorr       34.31m ALL-AMERICAN SEASON BEST
10 Sophia Dunning        25.89m

Hammer
1 Kara Knorr       42.46m NAT. CHAMP ALL-AMER. SEASON BEST
3 Sophia Dunning   35.22m ALL-AMERICAN SEASON BEST

Javelin
1 Kara Knorr       36.31m NAT. CHAMP ALL-AMER. SEASON BEST
7 Sophia Dunning   25.48m
13 Grace Wahl      21.16m

MEN:

400m
14 Heriberto Camacho     51.57 SEASON BEST

5,000m
16 Gavin Casella   17:24.61

10,000m
11 Ben Kellum      38:20.86
12 Gavin Casella   38:22.62

Steeplechase
8 John Schilling   11:59.56

4x800m
7      8:47.24 SEASON BEST
(Kellum, Camacho, Casella, Schilling)

Shot Put
8 Jordan Wilson    12.08m SEASON BEST
14 Nicasio Alteros       11.43m

Discus
11 Jordan Wilson   32.76m

Hammer
5 Evan Hope        39.33m SEASON BEST

Javelin
4 Angel Garnett-Willis   43.53m
12 AJ Davis        39.01m
18 Evan Hope       33.56m