HADLEY, Mass. – Wesleyan sophomore Steve Paul is the NESCAC's Sabasteanski Award winner as the Most Outstanding Performer. Williams newcomer Uly Junker was named the Most Outstanding Rookie and the Amherst staff was selected as the Coaching Staff of the Year per a vote of the NESCAC Men's Track & Field coaches.
 
Paul is the second Cardinal to garner the Sabasteanski Award and the first since LaDarious Drew won the honor in 2014 and 2015. Paul picked up two All-NESCAC citations during the NESCAC Championship meet. The sprinter won the 100-meter (10.59) and 200-meter (21.26)  races and was part of the Wesleyan 4x100 relay that placed fourth at the NESCAC Championships. Paul is just the second Cardinal, joining Drew, to win the 100 and 200 meter events at the conference championship meet. 

Junker was one of two rookies to win an event at the NESCAC Championship meet. The first-year set a NESCAC meet and Williams school record with a mark of 7.41 to win the long jump. The mark ranked third among all Division III competitors. Junker is the sixth Eph to claim the NESCAC title in the event and the first since 2018.

The Amherst staff was voted as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year by their peers after leading the Mammoths to the first NESCAC title in program history. The staff, led by head coach Steve Rubin includes assistant coaches: Hannah Chappell-Dick, John Murphy, Andre Dubois, Chase Worthen, and Lauren Roy. The 2026 season marks the second time in three years and the second time in team history the Amherst staff has been recognized.
 
Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Steve Paul, Wesleyan
Most Outstanding Rookie: Uly Junker, Williams
Coaching Staff of the Year: Amherst 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	15.03m - 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, Amherst
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	14:34.33 - 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