WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. - Susquehanna's men's and women's track & field programs head off to the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships Wednesday, May 14 to Thursday, May 15, hosted by Williams College.

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On the men's side the River Hawks achieved as high as a number-seven ranking in the USTFCCCA National Poll and succeeded in winning their fifth straight Landmark Conference championship in record-breaking fashion with 241 points and a number of championship meet records. They also scooped up three major awards in Benjamin Bulger named Track Performer of the Year, Calder El Bachir Diakite Rookie of the Year, and head coach Ethan Senecal and staff Coaching Staff of the Year. For the women they celebrated two Landmark champions that weekend in Hannah Alderfer in the 100-meter hurdles and Ainslee Binkley in the javelin. On the record-breaking front Alderfer rewrote her school record in the heptathlon this spring with 4,619 points, along with Sarah Bower setting a new outdoor pole vault record with 3.35m, becoming the school record holder in both the indoor and outdoor pole vaults.

One of the highlights for the team this spring was a ten-day stretch between April 10-19 that saw the team log the miles and milestones. It began by hosting their own Multi and Field Invite April 10-12. Apart from Alderfer setting the hew heptathlon record, Brandon Zimmerman did the same in the decathlon with 6,434 points. That Sunday Calder El Bachir Diakite set a new school record in the 110-meter hurdles at Bucknell University with a wind-legal time of 14.30, currently 19th-fastest in the country. The Friday after the team put on a dominating display at Moravian University's Coach Pollard Invite as Elliott Davis broke his own school record in the 400 meters at 47.34, currently 24th-fastest in the country. The 4x100 team of Dominic Santos, Mason Winslow, Brandon Zimmerman, and Austin Hurrell took ownership of the Landmark, school and facility record with a time of 40.74, now 13th-fastest nationally. All spring the men's relay teams continued to get better, particularly at Penn Relays as the 4x100 squad of Santos, Winslow, Hurrell, and Zimmerman ran a 41.19, while the 4x400 team of Winslow, Zimmerman, Bulger and Davis ran in the special Pop Haddleton MAC race, setting a new all-time best of 3:15.14, beating the previous race record set by their SU predecessors Bob Walker, Jeff Walden, Joe Boileau, and Mike Spangler, who timed in at 3:15.2 back in 1985. 

Who to Watch For...

Hannah Alderfer: Landmark Conference champion in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.90... finished third in the long jump at 5.64m and fifth the 400-meter hurdles at 1:06.47... set new personal bests at Moravian's Coach Pollard Invitational on April 18 in the 100 meters at 12.49, 400 hurdles at 1:06.26, and the long jump at 5.73m... set a school record in the heptathlon with 4,619 points during the River Hawk Multi April 10-12, while setting a new PR in the 800 at 2:27.25. 

Ainslee Binkley: Landmark Conference champion in the javelin with a personal-best throw of 39.62m... also threw the shot put at 9.68m... set an outdoor personal best in the shot put at 9.70m during the River Hawk Multi and Field Invite April 12. 

Sarah Bower: Set a school record in the pole vault clearing 3.35m at King's College's Monarch Open April 25, officially holding both the indoor and outdoor program pole vault records... finished fourth in the pole vault at the Landmark Conference Championships at 3.25m. 

Benjamin Bulger: Named Landmark Conference Track Performer of the Year after winning the 400-meter hurdles with the fastest NCAA Division III time this spring at 51.47... also a member of the winning 4x400 team that set a new championship meet and school record at 3:12.03... finished third in the 110-meter hurdles at 14.83 and long jump at 6.89m... named Landmark Athlete of the Week after running the 400-meter hurdles at 52.39 during Moravian's Coach Pollard Invitational April 18.

Elliott Davis: Landmark Conference champion in the 400 meters at 47.50 and memeber of the winning 4x400 team that set a school and championship meet record of 3:12.03... finished third in the 200 meters at 21.53... set a school and facility record in the 400 meters at Moravian's Coach Pollard Invite with a time of 47.34... set a PR in the 100 meters at 10.94 during the River Hawk Multi and Field Meet, along with a PR of of 21.31 in the 200 at the Jim Taylor Duals. 

Jordan Donahay: Member of 4x100 Landmark Conference championship relay team that won with a time of 41.12... also ran the 100 meters at 11.23 and the 200 meters at 22.89... set a PR in the 100 at 11.08 at the Jim Taylor Duals and the 200 at 22.72 at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic. 

Calder El Bachir Diakite: Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year after winning the 110-meter hurdles with a championship meet record of 14.37... also finished sixth in the 200 meters at 22.27, while running the 400-meter hurdles at 59.78... secured his fastest time in the 110 hurdles at Bucknell's Bison Outdoor Classic with a time of 14.30. 

Cole Goodwin: Landmark Conference champion in the shot put after throwing a new PR of 15.03m, which ranks 14th nationally... also threw a new PR of 46.30m in the hammer throw to place second, while finishing fifth in the discus at 42.31m.

Austin Hurrell: Ran 11.19 in the 100 at the Landmark Conference Championships and jumped 4.88m in the long jump... member of the 4x100 team that set a new record of 40.74 at Moravian's Coach Pollard Invite on April 18. 

Jackson Mabry: Landmark Conference champion in the triple jump with a mark of 13.79m, while placing fifth in the long jump with a PR of 6.62m... set a PR in the triple jump at 13.97m during the Jim Taylor Invite on Mar. 29. 

Dominic Santos: Member of the Landmark Conference champion 4x100 team that ran a time of 41.12... finished third in the 100 meters with a time of 10.92 and eighth in the 200 meters at 22.33... set new PRs at the Jim Taylor Duals in the 100 at 10.69 and 200 at 21.91... ran the 4x100 at Penn Relays where the squad logged a time of 41.19. 

Mason Winslow: Member of the Landmark Conference championship relays in the 4x100 with a time of 41.12 and the 4x400 with a school and championship meet record of 3:12.03... finished second in the 400 meters at 48.00 and fourth in the 200 meters at 21.90... named Landmark Athlete of the Week after 

Brandon Zimmerman: Landmark Conference champion in the long jump with a personal-best 7.26m and the 200 meters at 21.44... also a member of the Landmark championship 4x100 team with time of 41.12 and the 4x400 with a championship meet and school record of 3:12.03... earned Landmark Conference Track Athlete of the Week after running a PR of 10.39 in the 100 meters at the Jim Taylor Duals Mar. 29, which is the eighth-fastest time nationally... set a new school record in the decathlon at 6,434 points during the SU Multi, setting new PRs in the 110 hurdles at 14,88, 400 meters at 49.31, and shot put at 10.51m.