Track & Field Prepares for MAAC Outdoor Championships

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Saint Peter's track and field team is set to close out its season at the 2025 MAAC Outdoor Championships, hosted by Rider University at the Michael P. Brady Track & Field Complex, May 10–11.

The Peacocks are looking to build on a strong showing at last year's conference meet, where Saint Peter's captured three event titles and several top finishes. Abigail Vital led the women's team with a win in the 100m hurdles (14.48), edging out the runner-up by just 0.04 seconds, and added a second-place finish in the 200m. On the men's side, Cashieve Blair took gold in the 400m with a time of 47.68, following up his then-school record performance of 47.53 from the Morgan State Legacy Meet. The 4x400m relay team—Clardo Nestor, Connor Ziolkowski, Delano Gooden, and Blair—also claimed the MAAC title, finishing in 3:18.89. Diamond McLaughlin earned silver in the women's 400m hurdles.

With upperclassmen leaders Gooden, Blair, and McLaughlin not competing this year, the door is open for a new wave of Peacocks to step up on the conference stage.

Rider University enters as the defending champion on both the men's and women's sides, having swept the team titles at last year's MAAC Outdoor Championships. Saint Peter's finished sixth on the men's side and seventh on the women's.
 

Saint Peter's MAAC Championship Roster

Competitors: Day One

M Javelin	Derek Garica
M Long Jump	Temiloluwa Adesetan  Amari Campbell
W Pole Vault	Ana DeVries
W Javelin	Lusiana Flores
W Long Jump	McKenzie Johnson
W Hammer Throw	Ciara Brown Kennedy Vaughn
M 1500m (Prelims)	Nicholaus Michael Gerardo Quaglia Brendan Heaney
W 1500m (Prelims)	Shirleysa Rivas
M 400m (Prelims)	Hensley Jean Baptiste Ryan Fernandes Malique Jackson Ajani Peck-Wekunda
W 400m (Prelims)	Karilynn Jimenez Shanelle Vilson
M 400m Hurdles (Prelims)	Connor Ziolkowski Ameen Zubair
M 100m (Prelims)	Omari Owens-Jones Dylan Williams Ameen Zubair
W 100m (Prelims)	Karilynn Jimenez Kamia Boykin Shania McDuffie Samyah Wilson
M 800m (Prelims)	Elijah Kiboma Michael Amaker Solomon Dunham
W 800m (Prelims)	Paulina Nunez Shirleysa Rivas
M 200m (Prelims)	Malique Jackson Omari Owens-Jones Dylan Williams
W 200m (Prelims)	Kamia Boykin Mikell Dolo Karilynn Jimenez Shania McDuffie Ayanna Paige Shanelle Vilson Samyah Wilson
M 3000 Steeplechase	Brendan Heaney

Following the two-day meet, the MAAC will present its annual awards, including MAAC Track Rookie of the Meet, Field Rookie of the Meet, Track Most Outstanding Performer, Field Most Outstanding Performer, and Coach of the Year.

Season Highlights Heading into MAAC Championships:

• Karliynn Jimenez owns SPU's season-best times in the 100m (12.37 – Morgan State Legacy Meet), 200m (25.02 – METS Championship), and 400m (1:00.42 – Maryland Invitational).
• The men's 4x100m relay team of Ameen Zubair, Omari Owens-Jones, Dylan Williams, and Delano Gooden broke a nine-year-old school record, clocking a 41.24 at the METS Championship.
• Ciara Brown captured a title in the shot put with a mark of 11.85m at the METS Championship.
• The men's 4x400m relay squad—Hensley Jean Baptiste, Ajani Peck-Wekunda, Ameen Zubair, and Connor Ziolkowski—won the College Men's 4x400 CTC division at the Penn Relays, finishing in 3:19.27. The time is a season-best and now ranks among the top 10 fastest in Saint Peter's program history.

Championship action begins Friday, May 10 at 12 p.m. and will stream live on MAAC.TV. Saint Peter's will open competition with Derek Garica in javelin.

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