LA CROSSE, W.I. - The SUNY Geneseo men's and women's track and field teams competed at day one of the NCAA Championship Meet, hosted by Wisconsin La Crosse, on Thursday, May 21.

The Knights turned in multiple impressive performances, but opened the day with Mackenzie Kubat competing in the heptathlon. Kubat opened up her day in the 100m hurdles, finishing seventh at 14.74 seconds. The sophomore then followed it up in the high jump with a personal best height of 1.65m, tying for the best height of the competition, earning 795 points. Kubat continued to set personal bests, throwing 10.44m in the shot put for 558 points. She finished the day in the 200m, where she placed ninth at 25.94 seconds for another 802 points, solidifying her spot in fifth overall through the first four events.

Ryan Hagan kicked off the track events by cruising to a first place finish in the 1500m prelims, posting a time of 3:46.18, as he will turn his attention towards the finals on Saturday at 1:35 p.m. CST. Sam Belmont kept the momentum going for Geneseo, racing to a personal best time of 52.33 seconds, the sixth best time of the prelims as he will head for the finals on Saturday at 3:25 p.m. CST.

Greylynn Guyer and Ann Brennan competed in the 3000m Steeplechase, and finished with times of 10:36.99 and 10:56.48, nearly missing out on qualifying for finals. On the men's side, both Emerson Comer and Pierce Young qualified in the Steeplechase, with Comer placing fourth overall at 8:59.47 and Young at ninth at 8:59.64. Comer and Young will have a quick turnaround, competing in the finals tomorrow at 6 p.m. CST.

The men's 4x400 relay team of Arjun Ojha, Andrew Kent, Giancarlo Di Fava, and Sam Belmont capped off the day by winning their heat, crossing the finish line with a time of 3:10.43, sending them to the finals on Saturday 5 p.m. CST.

Full results from Day 1