Fairfax, VA - The La Salle track & field teams will race in the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships this weekend on Saturday and Sunday with the meet set to start at 1:00 pm Friday. The meet will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
Last Time Out
 
The Explorers last competed last weekend in the Penn Relays at Franklin Field. In the meet, freshman Seán Cronin finished second (time of 3:40.89) in the men's 1500-meter championship, and the women's relay team of freshmen Carleen Lionel and sophomores Adaugo Ilonze, Marionna Logan, and Jorden Gore won their event with a time of 47.02.

La Salle In The Atlantic 10 Championship Meet
 
This is the 29th year that both teams will compete in the outdoor A-10 Championships. The men's team's best finish is second place three times (2003-2005), while the women's team had placed third overall in 1998 and 2005. In last year's meet, the women's team finished in 13th place out of 15 teams, whereas the men were 11th place out of 13 teams. 
 
Jorden Mentality
 
Jorden Gore will aim to become the first Explorer to win gold in the 100-meter event since Melissa Mastrangelo did it in 2005. Gore in her first year as an Explorer has set two program records this year in the 100m sprint, and was part of the winning 4x100m relay team at Penn Relays.
 
"Sean"-sational Performances
 
Seán Cronin has also had a statement debut outdoor season in the Blue and Gold. The 4/6-4/12 A-10 Performer of the Week owns the new program record in the outdoor 1500m event after going 3:40.26 to get third place in the event at the Duke Invitiational. At last week's Penn Relays, Cronin made a late surge to secure second place in the 1500m championship, finishing just .04 seconds behind the winner.

Scary "Good"e
 
Junior Gwenno Goode will look to win back the 3k steeplechase event at A-10's, having won the event two years ago in 2024. The 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships finalist set a program record in the 1500m with her ninth-place finish time of 4:19.01 at the Duke Invitational. Her time of 10:06.33 at the Penn Relays currently ranks as the 29th fastest time in the 3k steeple among all D1 athletes this season. 

Going (and Crushing) the Distance
 
The USTFCCCA ranked the men's quartet of Cronin, senior Chanel Muir, sophomore Callum Murray, and freshman Jacob Gardner the eighth-best 1500m group in D1 for the week of 4/6-4/12. Together, the group has combined for four program records, five A-10 indoor medals, and three individual outdoor track podium finishes this year.

Next Up
 
The teams' first meet after the conference championships will be at Army in the West Point Twilight on Thursday, May 7.