WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Amherst College Men's Track & Field team delivered a historic performance this weekend at Lee Track on the campus of Williams College to clinch the conference championship for the first time in program history.
 
The Mammoths won five events and posted 14 All-NESCAC performances over the two-day meet. Amherst finished atop the team standings with 159 points, five more than runner-up Tufts (154 points). Middlebury (141 points), Bowdoin (90 points), and Williams (67 points) rounded out the top five teams.
 
In the field events, Michael Abbey Jr. led the way for Amherst. He set a new Amherst record with a first-place finish of 14.90 meters in the triple jump. In the hammer throw, Charlie Spurrell shattered the Amherst record with a winning toss of 56.57 meters.

On the track, Cody Pierce won the 400-meter race with a personal best time of 47.11 seconds and was a member of the record-breaking 4x100 relay squad. The Mammoths’ relay set a NESCAC record in the event with a time of 40.92 seconds.
 
Stan Craig posted a time of 14:25.77 to win the 5,000-meters to cap an impressive meet for Amherst.
 
Overall, four NESCAC records fell in the 2026 championship. The Ephs’ Zachary Liu-Walter posted a time of 1:50.09 to set a new conference championship record in the 800 meters. In the long jump, Uly Junker of Williams registered a leap of 7.41 meters, setting a new NESCAC mark. The Amherst and Middlebury relays broke NESCAC records in the 4x100 and 4x400, respectively.
 

Men's Team Scores - Final
1. Amherst, 159 points	2. Tufts, 154 points
3. Middlebury, 141 points	4. Bowdoin, 90 points
5. Williams, 67 points	6. Colby, 56 points
7. Wesleyan, 53 points	8. Bates, 34 points
9. Trinity, 25 points	10. Hamilton, 22 points
11. Conn. College, 18 points

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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	15.03m - Charlie Aucoin, Bowdoin	14.00m - Henry Risch, Bowdoin	13.97m - Pete Passaro, Trinity
Men's Javelin	63.77m - Randy Hamilton, Tufts	59.71m - Adam Ferreira, Middlebury	56.80m - Manav Bhatia, Amherst
Men's Long Jump	7.41m # - Uly Junker, Williams	7.22m - Kaleb Barrett, Amherst	7.07m - Caleb Smith, Middlebury
Men's Hammer	56.57m - Charlie Spurrell, Amherst	56.04m - Samuel Spector, Middlebury	52.55m - Martin Decker, Tufts
Men's Pole Vault	4.75m - Vincent VanMaaren, Williams 4.75m - Lexington Lehnert, Colby		4.75m - Alec Kuzyk, Amherst
Men's High Jump	2.03m - Toby Warmack, Middlebury	1.92m - Tieren Mead, Tufts	1.92m - Logan Sullivan, Colby
Men's Triple Jump	14.90m - Michael Abbey, Jr., Amherst	14.42m - Omar Frostman El-Hmaini, Bowdoin	14.38m - Donovan Koukal-Kollie, Trinity
Men's Discus	48.83m - Charlie Aucoin, Bowdoin	48.35m - Gavin Schmidt, Amherst	44.44m - Ben Martin, Middlebury
Men's 10,000m	30:25.93 - Emil Nelson, Williams	30:27.24 - Dylan Cote, Wesleyan	30:38.12 - Harrison Dow, Amherst
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase	9:04.46 - Henry Alexander, Williams	9:06.00 - Owen Johnson, Middlebury	9:06.11 - John Quinn, Hamilton
Men's 4x100 Relay	:40.92 # - Amherst Irwin, Pierce, Nichols, Harrison	:41.15 - Bowdoin Rockey, Shields, O'Flaherty, Demers	:41.51 - Middlebury Hoiland, Bobowick, Pantzer, Harvey Jr.
Men's 1,500m	3:50.03 - Quinn Hampson, Tufts	3:50.14 - Keiyu Mamiya, Williams	3:50.54 - Henry Dennen
Men's 110m Hurdles	:14.47 - Josh Wilkie, Tufts	:14.68 - Kane Demers, Bowdoin	:14.87 - Keason Ky, Amherst
Men's 400m	:47.11 - Cody Pierce, Amherst	:47.39 - Joseph Caspar, Middlebury	:47:58 - Jackson Coelho, Colby
Men's 100m	:10.59 - Steve Paul, Wesleyan	:10.64 - Donnell Harvey, Jr., Middlebury	:10.76 - Ian Irwin, Amherst
Men's 800m	1:50.09 - Zachary Liu-Walter, Williams	1:51.93 - Ben Davis, Amherst	1:52.30 - Oliver Brandes, Bowdoin
Men's 400m Hurdles	:52.21 - Levi Biery, Colby	:52.26 - Josh Wilkie, Tufts	:52.32 - Joseph Caspar, Middlebury
Men's 200m	:21.35 - Steve Paul, Wesleyan	:21.44 - Jack Davis, Tufts	:21.67 - Reese Connors, Wesleyan
Men's 5,000m	14:25.77 - Stan Craig, Amherst	14:35.33 - Harris Gulbransen, Tufts	14:35.22 - Stephen White, Colby
Men's 4x400 Relay	3:13.17 # - Middlebury Lawton, Kington, Bishop, Caspar	3:13.71 - Bowdoin Shields, Silverstein, O'Flaherty, Rockey	3:14.08 - Tufts Wilkie, McLeod, Kamali, Verma
Men's 4x800 Relay	7:39.54 - Tufts Henok, Lucas, Jacques, Kurian	7:39.83 - Middlebury Miles, Prestes, Kuelps, Utz	7:40.30 - Amherst Nagy, Churchill, O'Hara, Davis