By: Caleb Philips, Director of Athletic Communications
2025 Schedule
2025 Roster
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's track and field team kicks off its 2025 outdoor season on Friday, April 4, at the Hamilton Outdoor Invitational hosted by Hamilton College, looking to continue to climb the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) standings.
The Cardinals, who are led by fourth-year head coach
Andrew Krug, finished fifth at last year's outdoor conference meet and are coming off a sixth-place finish at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships.
Last year,
Brexton Montville won gold in the 100-meter dash, with returning junior
Charles Cypress (New Windsor, N.Y./Cornwall) looking to improve upon his second-place finish in the 200-meter dash and third-place finish in the 100-meter dash from last season.
Distance
The returning group for the distance unit includes sophomore
Nate Alexander (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus), sophomore
Zander Brown (Wappingers Falls, N.Y. / Roy C. Ketcham), senior
Justin Kumrow (Mahopac, N.Y. / Mahopac), sophomore
Matthias Lauvau (Rye, N.Y. / Rye Park), sophomore
Graham Richard (Albany, N.Y. / Albany), senior
Denali Rodriguez-Garnica (Port Henry, N.Y. / Moriah), and senior
JT Zimmerman (Middlesex, N.Y. / Marcus Whitman).
New additions competing in their first outdoor season are junior
Jack Natali Jr. (Clayton, N.Y./Thousand Islands) and junior Samuel Van Auken (Greenville, N.Y./Greenville).
Mid-Distance
The team's mid-distance group in 2025 includes sophomore
Matt DeJulio (Wynantskill, N.Y./Averill Park), who just had a solid indoor season, as he will be joined by newcomers and first-years
Joshua Gaboriault (Saranac, N.Y./Saranac) and
Jack Gregory (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland).
Multis
Sophomore
Tyler Baker (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Plattsburgh) is fresh off his bronze medal in heptathlon during the SUNYAC Indoor Championships and will look to improve upon that finish in the outdoor season.
Seniors
Isaiah Martens-Collins (London, Ontario/Penticton) and
Faris Webber (Arlington, Va./Washington Liberty) will each look to build upon indoor seasons that saw them score in the SUNAYC Championships.
Hurdles
Baker will compete for the hurdles group as well in 2025, while first-year
Thomas Clark (Stone Ridge, N.Y./Rondout Valley) will look to build upon his first SUNYAC Championship appearance during the indoor season.
Jumps
The Cardinals boast a deep group of jumpers that had strong seasons in the indoor season and will look to carry over into the 2025 outdoor season. Sophomore
Isaiah Ritter (Peekskill, N.Y./Peekskill) nearly medaled at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships in the long jump with a fourth-place finish, and first-year
Jackson Hooper (Elizabethtown, N.Y./Boquet Valley) placed fifth in the high jump.
Other returning jumpers from last season include sophomore
Locke Gerken (Berne, N.Y./Berne-Knox-Westerlo), junior
Julius James (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes), sophomore
Sampson Lin (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East), and senior
De'Andre Watson (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Plattsburgh).
Newcomers to the jump unit this outdoor season are first-years
Drew Duncan (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown Heights) and
Trevon Mitchell (Peru, N.Y./Peru),
Sprints
Despite the departure of last year's SUNYAC 100-meter champion, the Cardinals still have Cypress to lean on in the sprint group, as the junior is coming off his first career championship in the indoor season and will look to add to the two outdoor medals he obtained last year.
Junior
Jordan Williams (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes) also returns in 2025 for the Cardinals after finishing in sixth place at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash. Other returning sprinters include sophomores
Ryan Beltran (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes),
Aidan Lobdell (Westport, N.Y./Bouquet Valley),
Justin Rushia (Warrensburg, N.Y./Warrensburg), and
Ryan Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y./South Shore).
New sprinters joining the team in 2024-25 include
Ethan Cypress (New Windsor, N.Y./Cornwall),
Jack Scauri (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge),
Brian Shannon (Goshen, N.Y./Goshen), and
Hassani St. John (Trinidad and Tobago).
Throws
The Cardinals return just two throwers for the outdoor season as sophomore
Chandler Baxter (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg) and junior
Thomas Konnick (Cooperstown, N.Y./Laurens) will look to lead a young throwing core this year.
Newcomers competing in their first outdoor season are first-years
Manny Oliver (Glen Cove, N.Y./Glen Cove),
Zach Stevens (Queensbury, N.Y./Glens Falls),
Nathan Webber (Cadyville, N.Y./Saranac, and
Hayden Wells (Saranac, N.Y./Saranac)
Schedule
The Cardinals kick off their outdoor season on Friday, April 4, at the Hamilton Outdoor Invite. The following week, the team will head to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the RPI Friday Night Under the Lights meet on Friday, April 11.
Plattsburgh State will send qualifiers to the Bobbi Palma Spring Classic, hosted by the University of Albany, on Friday, April 18. The team will also head to Middlebury on Saturday, April 19, for the Middlebury Invitational. The final meet before championships is at St. Lawrence on Friday, April 25, as the team will compete in the SLU Twilight Meet.
The two-day State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championship meet will occur on Friday & Saturday, May 2 & 3, hosted by Cortland, while the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships will take place from Friday & Saturday, May 14 & 15, at Williams College. The 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships are slated for May 22-24 at the SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio.
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