Occidental College's
Shane Kawakami-Williams and
Kaden Cassidy of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges garnered Track and Field Athlete of the Year distinction following the 2026 SCIAC Championship.
Kawakami-Williams won an individual title in the 100-meter dash, led the 4x100 Relay to another gold and picked up a bronze on the 4x400 Relay. The junior set a new wind-legal SCIAC record and tied the meet benchmark with a time of 10.43 and is ranked seventh in DIII in the 200m.
Cassidy three-peated as the hammer throw victor at the SCIAC Championship and has been the top-ranked hammer thrower in Division III with a season-best mark of 65.01 meters that is among the Top-10 in DIII history.
Fellow Stag
Jack Paavola was named Newcomer of the Year after winning a gold medal in the discus with a season-best mark of 47.05 meters.
Caltech's Aaban Syed was presented the Dixon Farmer Award in acknowledgement of exemplifying the conference's high ideals including ability, leadership, determination, sportsmanship and sincerity of academic pursuit. Syed has held a 4.0 GPA while majoring in electrical engineering and minoring in biology, earning the Ford Scholar Award for best academic record at Caltech in the EE major. The senior's research experience includes combining electrical and molecular engineering for non-invasive imaging and control of biological systems, among other advanced projects while also serving as a teaching assistant, tutor and volunteer EMT at Huntington Hospital. A Caltech record-holder in the pole vault and unanimous team captain selection, Syed never fails to check in with and support teammates despite a busy schedule and will attend an MD/PhD program upon graduation seeking to further research in medical imagining and therapeutics.
Glenn Stewart and the Stags assistants were recognized as Coaching Staff of the Year after securing a fifth consecutive Championship title. The Stags won eight events and compiled another 11 All-Conference performances to win by 52.5 points.
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Track
Athlete of the Year |
Field
Athlete of the Year |
Newcomer
of the Year |
Dixon Farmer
Award |
Coaching
Staff of the Year |
Shane
Kawakami-Williams
Occidental |
Kaden Cassidy
CMS |
Jack Paavola
CMS |
Aaban Syed
Caltech |
Glenn Stewart
CMS |
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| Men's 100-meter Dash |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Shane Kawakami-Williams |
10.43 |
Occidental |
| 2. Ezra Satran |
10.49 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Harrison Brown |
10.62 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Men's 200-meter Dash |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Michael Holland |
21.46 |
Cal Lutheran |
| 2. Harrison Brown |
21.53 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Jaiden Coleman |
21.62 |
Redlands |
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| Men's 400-meter Dash |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Jaden Rattay |
47.55 |
CMS |
| 2. Oliver Thompson |
48.01 |
CMS |
| 3. Charles McCarthy |
48.71 |
Chapman |
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| Men's 800-meter Run |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Ellis DelVecchio |
1:51.08 |
CMS |
| 2. John Bard |
1:51.88 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Pierce Clark |
1:53.64 |
CMS |
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| Men's 1500-meter Run |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Jefferson Wright |
3:51.29 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Hayden Beauchemin |
3:51.38 |
CMS |
| 3. Peter Neid |
3:52.74 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Men's 5000-meter Run |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Jack Stein |
14:30.72 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Jacob Pippel |
14:44.63 |
CMS |
| 3. Jefferson Wright |
14:46.83 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Men's 10000-meter Run |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Stian Asper |
31:54.19 |
Redlands |
| 2. Ryan Fortin |
31:55.84 |
Caltech |
| 3. Charlie Routledge |
31:57.10 |
CMS |
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| Men's 110-meter Hurdles |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. James Buellesbach |
14.31 |
Occidental |
| 2. Jude Holling |
14.52 |
Redlands |
| 3. Sam James |
15.22 |
Redlands |
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| Men's 400-meter Hurdles |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Jude Holling |
53.92 |
Redlands |
| 2. Harrison Brown |
55.43 |
La Verne |
| 3. Peter Villano |
55.43 |
Occidental |
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| Men's 3000-meter Steeplechase |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Jacob Pippel |
9:14.59 |
CMS |
| 2. Nate Wehner |
9:20.64 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Joseph O'Donnell |
9:31.50 |
Caltech |
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| Men's 4x100-meter Relay |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Hanalei Heresa, Shane Kawakami-Williams, Khylee Jackson, Zachary McGraw |
41.47 |
Occidental |
| 2. Matthew Yen, Ezra Satran, Harrison Brown, Sam Butler |
41.68 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 3. Aiden Owens, Max Even, Arthur Cary, Jaden Rattay |
42.02 |
CMS |
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| Men's 4x400-meter Relay |
| Name |
Time |
Institution |
| 1. Max Even, Aiden Owens, Ellis DelVecchio, Jaden Rattay |
3:15.70 |
CMS |
| 2. Tyler Levonduskie, Matthew Farnsworth, Jaiden Coleman, Jude Holling |
3:17.62 |
Redlands |
| 3. Peter Villano, Shane Kawakami-Williams, Zachary McGraw, Alex Ellis |
3:20.34 |
Occidental |
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| Men's High Jump |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Tyler Gatewood |
2.03m |
Caltech |
| 2. Drew Nees |
1.95m |
Cal Lutheran |
| 3. Asher Cleary |
1.95m |
Chapman |
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| Men's Pole Vault |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Derek Amlicke |
5.00m |
Chapman |
| 2. Diego Amescua |
4.57m |
CMS |
| 2. Nate Reinhard |
4.57m |
Redlands |
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| Men's Long Jump |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Emerson Ames |
7.16m |
Occidental |
| 2. Jonathan Holcombe |
6.74m |
CMS |
| 3. Tyler Thompson |
6.67m |
Cal Lutheran |
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| Men's Triple Jump |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Isaac Robin |
14.52m |
Chapman |
| 2. Roman Juni |
13.94m |
Redlands |
| 3. Darrin Parham |
13.59m |
Cal Lutheran |
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| Men's Shot Put Throw |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. William Marquart |
16.52m |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| 2. Aidan Cho |
15.51m |
CMS |
| 3. Christian Ferguson |
14.06m |
Redlands |
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| Men's Discus Throw |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Jack Paavola |
47.05m |
CMS |
| 2. Odis Hamer |
45.07m |
Redlands |
| 3. William Marquart |
43.96m |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Men's Hammer Throw |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Kaden Cassidy |
60.91m |
CMS |
| 2. Kavin Prasanna |
59.54m |
CMS |
| 3. Christian Ferguson |
54.59m |
Redlands |
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| Men's Javelin Throw |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Luke Lamitina |
63.42m |
Caltech |
| 2. Cian Bryant |
56.05m |
CMS |
| 3. William Marquart |
54.66m |
Pomona-Pitzer |
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| Men's Decathlon |
| Name |
Mark |
Institution |
| 1. Wyn Smoole |
6447 |
Chapman |
| 2. Hunter Bond |
6203 |
La Verne |
| 3. Nikolas Sorich |
6122 |
Redlands |
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