HADLEY, Mass. – Middlebury senior Xander Swann is the NESCAC's Sabasteanski Award winner as the Most Outstanding Performer. Amherst newcomer Gavin Schmidt was named the Most Outstanding Rookie and the Middlebury staff was selected as the Coaching Staff of the Year by its peers.
 
Swann is the fourth Panther to garner the Sabasteanski Award and the first since the 2019 campaign. The senior picked up three All-NESCAC citations during the NESCAC Championship meet. Swann won the 400 meters with a personal best time of 47.92 and is the ninth Middlebury athlete to win the event. He also placed second in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 51.96 which ranks third in NCAA Division III. Swann closed out the NESCAC meet running the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay that earned All-NESCAC honors with a third-place finish and time of 3:17.09. Swann's efforts helped Middlebury win its third NESCAC Championship and its first since 2019.

Amherst newcomer Gavin Schmidt is the third consecutive Mammoth to be named the NESCAC Most Outstanding Rookie. The rookie won the NESCAC title in both the shot put and discus, becoming the first Amherst athlete to win both events since 2000. Schmidt broke an 85-year-old Amherst program record in the shot put with his winning mark of 15.91 meters. The former record of 15.05 meters was set in 1940 by Prescott Coan. Schmidt is the first Amherst athlete to win a NESCAC title in the shot put since 2000. In the discus, Schmidt recorded a winning throw of 44.57. As a team, Amherst finished as the NESCAC Runners-Up for the second consecutive season

The Middlebury staff was voted as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers after leading the Panthers to their third NESCAC title. The staff, led by head coach Martin Beatty includes assistant coaches: Nicole Wilkerson, Bruce Ingersoll, Jason McCallum, Kevin Chu, Max Memeger, Jake Rigoli, Langan Garrett. The 2025 season marks the fourth time the Middlebury staff has been recognized (2014, 2018, 2019, 2025).
 
Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Xander Swann, Middlebury
Most Outstanding Rookie: Gavin Schmidt, Amherst
Coaching Staff of the Year: Middlebury College

Men's Track & Field All-NESCAC Performers
The top three finishers in each event and the top three relay teams earn All-NESCAC honors
# indicates NESCAC Championship Meet Record

EVENT	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Men's Shot Put	15.91m - Gavin Schmidt, Amherst	14.83m - Logan Cosgrove, Middlebury	14.71m - Dave Filias, Middlebury
Men's Javelin	55.86m - Brady Stahleski, Williams	55.10m - Randy Hamilton, Tufts	51.52m - Ross Miller, Tufts
Men's Long Jump	7.06m - Kaleb Barrett, Amherst	7.00m - Sahr Matturi, Tufts	6.88m - Sam McGarrahan, Middlebury
Men's Hammer	57.47m - Dave Filias, Middlebury	54.10m - Charlie Spurrell, Amherst	50.64m - Ryan Glaser, Bates
Men's Pole Vault	5.06m # - Chris Koskinen, Conn. College	4.95m - Ian Stebbins, Bowdoin	4.60m - Wyatt Patterson, Colby
Men's High Jump	2.00m - Sam McGarrahan, Middlebury	1.93m - Edward Kiboma, Tufts	1.90m - Caleb Smith, Middlebury
Men's Triple Jump	14.22m - Michael Abbey, Amherst	14.20m - Luke Benson, Tufts	13.97m - Sahr Matturi
Men's Discus	44.57m - Gavin Schmidt, Amherst	44.20m - David Brown, Amherst	43.64m - Charlie Aucoin, Bowdoin
Men's 10,000m	31:07.41 - Matt Scardigno, Conn. College	31:14.67 - Emil Nelson, Williams	31:15.62 - Seamus McDonough, Bowdoin
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase	9:08.87 - Andrew Mottur, Bates	9:12.41 - Ziggy Goddard, Middlebury	9:24.24 - Nikhil Denatale, Williams
Men's 4x100 Relay	41.54 - Middlebury (Marco Motroni, Emerson Kington, Hayden Bobowick, Donnell Harvey, Jr.)	41.92 - Amherst (Kean Tanyi-Tang, Cody Pierce, Alexander Nichols, Jordan Harrison)	42.11 - Tufts (Ethan Forde, Josh Wilkie, Brady Kamali, Noah Turner)
Men's 1,500m	3:52.79 - Austin Brown - Amherst	3:53.32 - Parker Boyle, Amherst	3:54.57 - Will Goddard, Bowdoin
Men's 110m Hurdles	14.82 - Kane Demers, Bowdoin	14.89m - Quinn Kennedy, Middlebury	14.94m - Seneca Moore, Bates
Men's 400m	47.92 - Xander Swann, Middlebury	48.21 - Cody Pierce, Amherst	48.23 - Zuri Johnson, Trinity
Men's 100m	10.79 - Donnell Harvey, Jr. - Middlebury	10.81 - Ian Irwin, Colby	10.86 - Steve Paul, Wesleyan
Men's 800m	1:50.43 # - Parker Boyle, Amherst	1:50.62 - Oliver Brandes, Bowdoin	1:51.36 - Ross Tejeda, Bates
Men's 400m Hurdles	51.91 # - Levi Biery, Colby	51.96 - Alexander Swann, Middlebury	52.95 - Adepoju Arogundade, Bowdoin
Men's 200m	21.56 - Oscar Newman, Williams	21.71 - Zuri Johnson, Trinity	21.71 - Cody Pierce, Amherst
Men's 5,000m	14:33.88 - Stan Craig, Amherst	14:34.79 - Jonah Reisner, Tufts	14:41.34 - Liam Calhoun, Wesleyan
Men's 4x400 Relay	3:15.84 # - Amherst (Will Diana, Jai Dreher, Kean Tanyi-Tang, Cody Pierce)	3:16.03 - Colby (Jackson Coelho, Peter Martel, Levi Biery, Sam Graubart)	3:17.09 - Middlebury (Emerson Kington, Hayden Bobowick, Joseph Caspar, Xander Swann)
Men's 4x800 Relay	7:37.37 # - Bates (Ross Tejeda, Nate Roberts, Cam Stathos, Jackson Monz)	7:39.26 - Middlebury (Zach Utz, Lachlan Bishop, Cameron Miles, William Lavey)	7:42.33 - Williams (Keiyu Mamiya, Zachary Liu-Walter, Charles Dybala, Henry Reinke)