HADLEY, Mass. – The New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its award recipients for the 2021 men’s track & field season.
Travis Martin of Trinity won the Sabasteanski Award as the NESCAC Men’s Track & Field Most Outstanding Performer, while
Luke Botsford of Tufts was named the NESCAC Most Outstanding Rookie. The Sabasteanski Award is named in honor of the late Frank Sabasteanski, who graduated from Bowdoin and later led the cross country and track and field programs at the college for 28 years.
Martin, a sophomore from New Haven, Conn., is the top-ranked performer in the conference in the 800, 1,500, and 5,000-meter events. At the time NESCAC awards were determined, Martin ranked fifth in the country in the 800, fourth in the 1,500, and 16th in the 5,000 meters. Martin is just the third sophomore to earn the honor since 2000 and he is the first Bantam to win the award.
Botsford, a first-year athlete from Milton, Mass., posted the fastest 400m (48.85) and third-fastest 200m (21.79) times in the NESCAC and ranked inside the top 10 among rookies nationally. Botsford is undefeated in the 400m, winning by an average margin of just over one second, while going 5-1 in the 200m this season. In six meets this season, Botsford’s 11 combined victories in 200 and 400-meter races helped the Jumbos post an undefeated spring season. Botsford is the third Jumbo to be named NESCAC Rookie of the Year (Fred Jones – 2004; Mitchell Black – 2013).
The
Trinity coaching staff, led by
John Michael Mason, was voted the NESCAC Men’s Track & Field Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers. The 2021 season marks the first time the Trinity coaching staff has been honored.
In lieu of no NESCAC Championship meet being held this spring, the 2021 All-NESCAC performers were determined based on cumulative results from meets held through May 9. The individuals with the top three marks in each event listed on the NESCAC Outdoor Track & Field Performance List provided by TFRRS.org were deemed all-conference performers.
2021 NESCAC Men's Track & Field All-Conference Performers
Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Travis Martin, Trinity
Most Outstanding Rookie: Luke Botsford, Tufts
Coaching Staff of the Year: Trinity
| 100 Meters |
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5000 Meters |
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| Ajay Olson |
Bowdoin |
10.69 |
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Travis Martin |
Trinity |
14:32.02 |
| Henry Buren |
Amherst |
10.82 |
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Matt Carter |
Conn. College |
14:32.54 |
| Dorian Gilmartin |
Colby |
10.85 |
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Tyler Morris |
Colby |
14:35.99 |
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| 200 Meters |
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10,000 Meters |
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| Ajay Olson |
Bowdoin |
21.42 |
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Matt Carter |
Conn. College |
30:35.34 |
| Alex Lemieux |
Tufts |
21.70 |
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Jeffrey Love |
Conn. College |
31:16.05 |
| Luke Botsford |
Tufts |
21.79 |
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Ricardo Gonzalez |
Conn. College |
35:49.62 |
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| 400 Meters |
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110 Hurdles |
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| Luke Botsford |
Tufts |
48.85 |
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Willy White |
Tufts |
15.30 |
| Alex Lemieux |
Tufts |
49.29 |
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Troy Colleran |
Amherst |
15.67 |
| Arden Coleman |
Middlebury |
49.72 |
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Mason Martell |
Wesleyan |
15.69 |
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| 800 Meters |
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400 Hurdles |
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| Travis Martin |
Trinity |
1:51.27 |
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Kai Balin |
Trinity |
54.55 |
| Lucas Wright |
Hamilton |
1:51.28 |
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Ellis Phillips-Galucci |
Amherst |
55.12 |
| Ryan Prenosil |
Amherst |
1:52.60 |
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William Richardson |
Hamilton |
55.16 |
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| 1500 Meters |
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3000 Steeplechase |
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| Travis Martin |
Trinity |
3:50.18 |
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Peter Horvath |
Tufts |
9:41.18 |
| Evan Ensslin |
Tufts |
3:54.01 |
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Jeffrey Love |
Conn. College |
9:50.47 |
| Ryan Nealis |
Bates |
3:54.35 |
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Harry Steinberg |
Tufts |
9:55.37 |
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| 4x100 Relay |
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Triple Jump |
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| Bowdoin (Xing, Birkeland, Brawer, Olson) |
43.28 |
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Reid Brawer |
Bowdoin |
13.94m |
| Middlebury (Ngbokoli, Durst, Warner, Tobias) |
43.54 |
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Bariki Innis |
Williams |
13.46m |
| Colby (Gilmartin, Dube, Kadambi, Labree) |
43.83 |
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Kinnard Hughes |
Trinity |
13.42m |
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| 4x400 Relay |
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Shot Put |
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| Williams (Bassett, Davis, Roupas, Cooper) |
3:23.78 |
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Ethan Wilkie |
Trinity |
14.75m |
| Hamilton (Richardson, Kraus, Steffey, Wright) |
3:24.81 |
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John Rex |
Bates |
14.40m |
| Tufts (Lewis, Wagude, O'Sullivan, Ensslin) |
3:25.10 |
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Nathaniel Klein |
Middlebury |
13.97m |
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| High Jump |
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Discus |
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| Andrew Williams |
Williams |
2.03m |
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Zack Sieb |
Middlebury |
45.20m |
| Joshua Tayi |
Trinity |
1.98m |
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Liam Byrne |
Bates |
44.01m |
| Harry Rienecker-Found |
Tufts |
1.95m |
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John Rex |
Bates |
42.95m |
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| Pole Vault |
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Hammer Throw |
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| Christopher Koskinen |
Conn. College |
4.50m |
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John Rex |
Bates |
58.38m |
| Sam Riley |
Williams |
4.50m |
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Scott Fineberg |
Williams |
48.42m |
| Hunter Farrell |
Tufts |
4.35m |
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Liam Byrne |
Bates |
47.57m |
| Caron Kurtz |
Williams |
4.35m |
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| Long Jump |
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Javelin |
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| Reid Brawer |
Bowdoin |
7.11m |
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Liam Byrne |
Bates |
50.50m |
| Cheng Xing |
Bowdoin |
7.03m |
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Zack Smith |
Bates |
50.10m |
| Ahmad Praileaeu |
Williams |
7.02m |
|
Ben Stein |
Tufts |
47.29m |
