Men's Outdoor Track and Field | 5/17/2025 8:25:08 AM
The 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifiers were announced on Friday, May 16 with a total of 29 student-athletes from the Empire 8 Conference qualifying to compete for national titles. The three-day meet will run from Thursday, May 22 to Saturday, May 24 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, OH. Live video of the meet will be available at NCAA.com.
A total of five Empire 8 institutions have at least one student-athlete who qualified and are entered in the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Empire 8 Champion SUNY Geneseo has a total of 21 student-athletes competing. SUNY Brockport has four student-athletes competing, St. John Fisher University has a pair of student-athletes in competition, while Nazareth University and Houghton University each have one student-athlete competing.
There are 17 E8 women's student-athletes competing in a combined 15 different events (13 individual and two relays). SUNY Brockport senior Rebecca Heuler is the defending national champion in the javelin, while Penelope Greene is a returning All-American in both the 5,000- and 10,000-meters. Brynn Mooney of Geneseo, who won the indoor 400-meter national title, is competing in four separate events (200-meters, 400-meters, 4 x 100-meter relay and 4 x 400-meter relay), while teammate Jillian Ambler of SUNY Geneseo is competing in three separate events (100-meter hurdles, long jump and 4 x 100-meter relay).
On the men's side, 12 different student-athletes are competing in nine events (eight individual and one relay). Jacob Miller of SUNY Geneseo is set to compete in both the 400-meter dash and 4 x 400-meter relay, while teammate Ryan Hagan will compete in the 1,500- and 5,000-meters and fellow Geneseo standout Charlie Wilson is competing in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races.
For each men’s individual event contested, including the decathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the championships. For each women’s individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the championships. For each relay event contested, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the championships.
Below is a complete list of the Empire 8 student-athletes who received a bid to the NCAA Championship with their national rank and their seed time/mark.
WOMEN
200-Meter Dash (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 6:55 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 3:50 p.m.)
17. Brynn Mooney, So., SUNY Geneseo – :24.20
400-Meter Dash (Prelims, Friday, May 23, 3:15 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 2:20 p.m.)
6. Brynn Mooney, So., SUNY Geneseo – :54.45
800-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, May 23, 4:15 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 3:00 p.m.)
12. Sierra Doody, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 2:08.09
14. Janelle Eckl, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 2:08.89
5,000-Meter Run (Finals, Saturday, May 24, 4:25 p.m.)
1. Penelope Greene, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 16:12.88 !
10,000-Meter Run (Finals, Thursday, May 22, 9:15 p.m.)
1. Penelope Greene, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 33:42.16 !
6. Lily Fowler-Conner, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 35:04.34
17. Gabriella McCarthy, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 35:04.34
100-Meter Hurdles (Prelims, Friday, May 23, 2:30 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 2 p.m.)
13. Cierra Franz, Sr., St. John Fisher – :14.13
14. Jillian Ambler, So., SUNY Geneseo – :14.14
400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 6:25 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 3:25 p.m.)
10. Lexi Rodriguez, Jr., SUNY Brockport – 1:01.36
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 7:35 p.m.; Finals, Friday, May 23, 4:55 p.m.)
5. Ann Brennan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 10:33.41
4 x 100-Meter Relay (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 5:25 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 1:15 p.m.)
9. Sam Pynn, Sr., Brynn Mooney, So., Jillian Ambler, So., Kayla Anastasia, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – :46.33
4 x 400-Meter Relay (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 8:15 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 5 p.m.)
15. Nicole Gretzinger, Jr., Janelle Eckl, Sr., Sierra Doody, Jr., Brynn Mooney, So., SUNY Geneseo – 3:46.26
High Jump (Prelims and Finals, Friday, May 23, 11:30 a.m.)
6. Alexa Belanger, Fr., Houghton – 1.71 meters
Pole Vault (Prelims and Finals, Thursday, May 22, 12:30 p.m.)
12. Isabel Morse, Jr., Nazareth – 3.89 meters
Long Jump (Prelims and Finals, Thursday, May 22, 5:30 p.m.)
13. Jillian Ambler, So., SUNY Geneseo – 5.90 meters
Hammer Throw (Prelims and Finals, Saturday, May 24, 11 a.m.)
21. Zoe Connor, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 52.51 meters
Javelin Throw (Prelims and Finals, Thursday, May 22, 3:30 p.m.)
22. Rebecca Heuler, Sr., SUNY Brockport – 41.23 meters ^
^ 2024 NCAA Champion
! 2024 NCAA First Team All-American
MEN
400-Meter Dash (Prelims, Friday, May 23, 3 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 2:10 p.m.)
17. Jacob Miller, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – :47.17
800-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, May 23, 4 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 2:50 p.m.)
14. Matthew Sheehan, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 1:50.22
1,500-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, May 22, 5:35 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 1:25 p.m.)
11. Jonathan Zavala, Sr., SUNY Brockport – 3:46.96
12. Ryan Hagan, So., SUNY Geneseo – 3:47.14
5,000-Meter Run (Finals, Saturday, May 24, 4 p.m.)
6. Ryan Hagan, So., SUNY Geneseo – 14:04.11
12. Charlie Wilson, Gr., SUNY Geneseo – 14:08.50
10,000-Meter Run (Finals, Thursday, May 22, 8:30 p.m.)
13. Charlie Wilson, Gr., SUNY Geneseo – 29:40.95
400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 6:10 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 3:15 p.m.)
16. Ayden Grinion, Jr., SUNY Brockport – :52.62
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 7:10 p.m.; Finals, Friday, May 23, 4:40 p.m.)
3. Pierce Young, So., SUNY Geneseo – 8:50.73
12. Emerson Comer, So., SUNY Geneseo – 8:54.32
4 x 400-Meter Relay (Prelims, Thursday, May 22, 8 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 24, 4:50 p.m.)
3. Arjun Ohja, Fr, Sam Belmont, So., Giancarlo Di Fava, So., Jacob Miller, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 3:09.30
Hammer Throw (Prelims and Finals, Saturday, May 24, 1:45 p.m.)
9. Brandon Kaplan, Jr., St. John Fisher – 60.87 meters
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