IMMACULATA, Pa. – The Neumann University Men's and Women's Track & Field teams tested themselves against the rest of the Atlantic East Conference in the 2026 Championship meet, hosted by Immaculata University.
 
Saturday featured a number or preliminary events to set qualifying for Sunday's final races. In the men's 100-meter race, Ethan John was the lone Neumann qualifier, finishing third with a time of 11.07 seconds. Nahshon Harrison-Fobbs and Jahmeen Ross finished back-to-back with times of 11.55 and 11.57.
 
John also qualified for the 200, with a time of 22.30, putting him second. Harrison-Fobbs qualified in sixth with a time of 23.06. Jamar Davis was just out of contention with a 23.38 while Ross earned a time of 24.03, and Ty Billingslea had a 24.56.
 
In the women's qualifiers, Gianna Manley-Perez picked up a time of 14.26 in the 100 and in the 200, Ciana Rosado earned a time of 28.30 seconds. Unfortunately, both efforts did not result in qualifying times.
 
On Sunday, John earned the bronze in the 100 with a time of 11.03. John stepped it up a couple of notches in his next race, winning to 200-meter championship with a time of 22.09 seconds. Harrison-Fobbs finished sixth at 23.39. The 4 x 100 meter relay featured a Knights crew of Harrison-Fobbs, John, Davis, and Ross, and they finished third with a time of 44.596           , just two-one thousandths out of second.
 
Bryan Castro had a solid showing in the 1500-meter race with a time of 4:26.62, good enough for sixth. Next was the 400 and another bronze medal as Harrison-Fobbs finished in a time of 52.29. Davis was sixth at 52.69. Ross had a time of 57.58 and Billingslea had a time of 1:00.26. Castro again was strong with a fourth-place spot in the 800 with a time of 2:07.64. The combo of Davis, Harrison-Fobbs, John, and Castro grabbed a silver medal in the 4 x 400 with a time of 3:33.67, closing out the track events.
 
In the field events, Richard McClay participated in the shot put. He put up a distance of 7.63 meters. In the javelin, McClay went for a distance of 35.63 meters, finishing in seventh. Isaac Rose rounded out the top ten with a 26.78 while Omofoma Ekhator had a 20.52-meter toss.
 
On the women's side, Ingrid Suarez-Ramirez competed in the 1500-meter race and finished in a time of 6:05.03. Katie Baier and Val Castillo finished in times of 6:15.16 and 6:29.32. Rosado got an eighth-place effort in the 400 with a time of 1:03.85. In the 800, Baier and Suarez-Ramirez were the only Neumann competitors, finishing in times of 2:58.16 and 3:56.16.
Rosado earned her second top-10 of the day with a bronze medal performance in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:16.22. Castillo also competed in that race with a time of 1:21.27. Suarez-Ramirez raced again in the 5000 and earned a time of 23:56.14. The team of Castillo, Alli Siravo, Rosado, and Baier nabbed a fifth-place finish in the 4 x 400 relay with a time of 4:53.79.
 
Switching to the field events, Siravo finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 10.11 meters. Sydney Wilson had a distance of 8.35 and Savanah Kirk had an 8.19. Siravo had a toss of 25.06 meters in the discus throw, placing her in seventh while Wilson was 10^th with a 22.85. Kirk rounded out the Knights' participation with a throw of 13.86 meters.
 
In the javelin, Kyleigh Joniec placed fourth at 30.92 meters. Wilson was 10^th at 21.40 while Kirk and Siravo had distances of 17.05 and 16.05. Siravo earned her third top 10 in the hammer throw with a 32.57-meter throw. Wilson had a 21.44 and Kirk had a 13.91.  
 
Neumann's athletes will try one last time to qualify for regional spot and improve their marks, this coming Friday at the Last Chance Meet hosted by West Chester University.