HADLEY, Mass. – Tufts junior Luke Botsford and the Jumbos' coaching staff along with Amherst first-year Jordan Harrison have earned 2023 NESCAC Track & Field Individual Awards.

Botsford was voted as the Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer) recipient. A three-time All-NESCAC performer, Botsford won the 200m and 400m races for the second straight year to score 20 points towards Tufts' 171 total points as the Jumbos won the NESCAC title for the second consecutive season. Botsford is the fifth athlete to win the honor in back-to-back years and the first since 2014 and 2015 and the fourth Jumbos.

Harrison was voted as the NESACAC Most Outstanding Rookie. He was the NESCAC Champion in the 100m and placed third in the 200m in his NESCAC Championship debut and earned All-NESCAC honors in both events to help the Mammoths finish third in the team standings. Harrison is the second Amherst athlete to earn the Most Outstanding Rookie honor.

The Tufts staff was selected as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year for the second season in a row. The recognition includes head coach Joel Williams, associate head coach Michael Schmidt and assistants Margo Cramer, Kristin Fleagle, Stephen Fleagle, Morgan Florsheim, Ingrid Gustafson, Jon LeClair, and Lisa LeClair. Tufts' victory this year was by a 45-point margin. This season marks the ninth time a Jumbo Coach/Coaching Staff has been honored since 2003.

2023 NESCAC Men's Track & Field Awards
Men's Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Luke Botsford, Tufts
Men's Most Outstanding Rookie: Jordan Harrison, Amherst
Men's Coaching Staff of the Year: Tufts

2023 Men's Track & Field All-NESCAC Performers
The top three finishers in each event and the top three relay teams earn All-NESCAC honors // # - NESCAC meet record

EVENT	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Men's Shot Put	15.74 - Ethan Wilkie, Trinity	15.24 - Liam Byrne, Bates	14.33 - Petey Lemmon, Tufts
Men's Javelin	55.62 - Ross Miller, Tufts	52.09 - Liam Byrne, Bates	52.06 - Max Spelke, Amherst
Men's Long Jump	6.84 - Carter Rosewell, Tufts	6.78 - Yeob Kim, Amherst	6.63 - Adrian Friedman, Amherst
Men's Hammer	58.84 - Dave Filias, Middlebury	54.94 - Liam Byrne, Bates	52.06 - Charlie Spurrell, Amherst
Men's Pole Vault	4.65 - Christopher Koskinen, Conn. College	4.45 - Peter Martel, Colby 4.46 - Aidan Casey, Williams
Men's High Jump	2.00 - Harry Rienecker-Found, Tufts	1.95 - Karsten Kropp, Tufts	1.90 - Gabriel Dos Santos, Amherst
Men's Triple Jump	13.73 - Justin Whitney, Bowdoin	13.31 - Sahr Matturi, Tufts	13.20 - Casey Lambert, Tufts
Men's Discus	43.09 - Ethan Wilkie, Trinity	42.86 - Daniel Urchuk, Middlebury	42.37 - Liam Byrne, Bates
Men's 10,000m	30:55.72 - Elias Lindgren, Williams	31:01.55 - Charles Namiot, Williams	31:02.65 - Alec Gironda, Middlebury
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase	9:20.34 - Nikhil Denatale, Williams	9:25.96 - Ivan Appleton, Tufts	9:30.09 - Zygmund Goddard, Middlebury
Men's 4x100 Relay	41.47 # - Williams Jack Davis, Oscar Newman, Bryce Cooper, Jackson Anderson	41.55 - Amherst Benjamin Bell, Cody Pierce, Alexander Nichols, Jordan Harrison	42.02 - Tufts Sam Nissen, Ethan Forde, Noah Turner, Alex Lemieux
Men's 1,500m	3:56.45 - Jinwoo Kong, Williams	3:56.96 - Ned Farrington, Bates	3:57.21 - Nate Lentz, Williams
Men's 110m Hurdles	14.94 - Jackson Anderson, Williams	15.04 - Josh Wilkie, Tufts	15.09 - William Warlick, Bowdoin
Men's 400m	47.68 - Luke Botsford, Tufts	48.26 - Oscar Newman, Williams	48.88 - Jackson Davis, Williams
Men's 100m	10.82 - Jordan Harrison, Amherst	10.98 - Ajay Olson, Bowdoin	10.99 - Alex Lemieux, Tufts
Men's 800m	1:55.51 - Lars Sorom, Bowdoin	1:55.86 - Ben Davis, Amherst	1:56.22 - Kolya Markov-Riss, Amherst
Men's 400m Hurdles	53.25 - Peter Hansen, Middlebury	53.72 - Ellis Phillips-Gallucci, Amherst	55.35 - Kai Bailin, Trinity
Men's 200m	21.47 - Luke Botsford, Tufts	21.55 - Ajay Olson, Bowdoin	21.76 - Jordan Harrison, Amherst
Men's 5,000m	14.16.79 # - Elias Lindgren, Williams	14:22.75 - Travis Martin, Trinity	14:25.54 - Jeffrey Love, Conn. College
Men's 4x400 Relay	3:20.79 - Colby Jackson Coelho, Peter Martel, Raghav Kadambi, Ren Zanze	3:21.57 - Amherst Jai Dreher, Jack O'Hara, Kolya Markov-Riss, Ellis Phillips-Gallucci	3:22.47 - Middlebury Peter Hansen, Colin Breen, Luke Hayes, Isaiah Lizardi
Men's 4x800 Relay	7:48.09 - Amherst Lev Robertson, Braedon Fiume, Ben Davis, Will Nagy	7:54.56 - Middlebury Max Cluss, Zach Utz, Johnny Lafortune, Lachlan Bishop	7:56.86 - Bates Aidan Rooney, Jackson Monz, Calvin Capelle, Owen Glover