HADLEY, Mass. – Tufts senior Luke Botsford is the NESCAC's Sabasteanski Award winner as the Most Outstanding Performer. Amherst newcomer Michael Abbey was named the Most Outstanding Rookie and the Amherst staff was selected as the Coaching Staff of the Year by its peers.
 
Botsford becomes the first athlete in the NESCAC to win the Sabasteanski Award three consecutive years since 2000 and is the fourth Jumbo to garner the honor.
 
Botsford won three individual NESCAC titles to help Tufts capture its third straight NESCAC Championship. Botsford, a four-time All-NESCAC performer at the 2024 championships, set NESCAC Championship records in the 400-meter and 200-meter races while also contributing to the Jumbos' 4x100 relay that took first place. Botsford's record in the 400-meter race, a time of 47.08, broke the mark held by Williams' Timothy Alspoo (47.56) that was set in 1997. The 200-meter record Botsford broke (21.06) had stood for 30 years and was set by Mario Watts of Amherst (21.31). Botsford was also part of Tufts' 4x400 relay team that finished as runners-up in the event.
 
Abbey is the second straight Mammoth to garner Most Outstanding Rookie honors and the third Amherst athlete since 2000 to be honored. Abbey won the triple jump in his NESCAC Championship debut with a leap of 14.28 meters and earned All-NESCAC honors.
 
For the first time since 2000, the Amherst coaching staff of head coach Steve Rubin and assistants Hannah Chappell-Dick, Jamie Carlson, John Murphy, D.J. Petty, and Veronica Rocco, was selected as the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year. The staff guided the Mammoths to a NESCAC Runner-Up performance for the first time since 1985. Amherst totaled 151.5 points, the most by the program at a NESCAC Championship. The Mammoths claimed two titles in the men's championship competition and boasted 19 All-NESCAC citations at the meet.
 
Sabasteanski Award (Most Outstanding Performer): Luke Botsford, Tufts
Most Outstanding Rookie: Michael Abbey, Amherst
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
# - NESCAC meet record

EVENT	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Men's Shot Put	16.07m - Ethan Wilkie, Trinity	15.90m - Jacob Goff, Bates	15.84m - Matthew Charpentier, Bates
Men's Javelin	59.00m - Randy Hamilton, Tufts	56.13m - Milo Goode, Tufts	54.09m - Caleb Smith, Middlebury
Men's Long Jump	7.32m - Alex Lemieux, Tufts	7.18m - Carter Rosewell, Tufts	7.10m - Sahr Matturi, Tufts
Men's Hammer	61.22m - Dave Filias, Middlebury	53.26m - James Guinee, Bates	52.88m - Ethan Wilkie, Trinity
Men's Pole Vault	4.70m - Myles Thornton-Sherman, Colby	4.55m - Christopher Koskinen, Conn. College	J4.55m - Peter Martel, Colby
Men's High Jump	2.03m - Karsten Kropp, Tufts	1.96m - Harry Rienecker-Found, Tufts	J1.96m - Edward Kiboma, Tufts
Men's Triple Jump	14.28m - Michael Abbey, Amherst	14.00m - Jayson Firmin, Conn. College	13.83m - Kaleb Barrett, Amherst
Men's Discus	44.40m - Petey Lemmon, Tufts	44.23m - James Guinee, Bates	43.99m - Daniel Urchuk, Middlebury
Men's 10,000m	30:26.08 - Charles Namiot, Williams	30:31.12 - Harrison Dow, Amherst	30:35.23 - Alex Gironda, Middlebury
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase	9:09.85 - Zygmund Goddard, Middlebury	9:10.28 - Ian Dopp, Amherst	9:15.39 - Henry Alexander, Williams
Men's 4x100 Relay	41.32 # - Tufts Alex Lemieux, Josh Wilkie, Ethan Forde, Luke Botsford	41.46 - Bates Derek Shen, Kevin O'Connor, Evan Berthiaume, Jackson Rose	41.82 - Amherst Benjamin Bell, Cody Pierce, Alexander Nicholas, Jordan Harrison
Men's 1,500m	3:48.58 - Ned Farrington, Bates	3:49.26 - Nate Lentz, Williams	3:49.61 - Jinwoo Kang, Williams
Men's 110m Hurdles	14.84 - Josh Wilkie, Tufts	15:04 - Seneca Moore, Bates	15:05 - Alton Machen, Amherst
Men's 400m	47.08 # - Luke Botsford, Tufts	48.41 - Oscar Newman, Williams	48.44 - Cody Pierce, Amherst
Men's 100m	10.66 - Jordan Harrison, Amherst	10.80 - Jack Davis, Williams	10.82 - Derek Shen, Bates
Men's 800m	1:52.57 - Zachary Liu-Walter, Williams	1:52.61 - Ross Tejeda, Bates	1:53.35 - Ben Davis, Amherst
Men's 400m Hurdles	53.32 - Max Russo, Bowdoin	54.02 - Cameron McLeod, Tufts	54.02 - Alexander Swann, Middlebury
Men's 200m	21.06 # - Luke Botsford, Tufts	21.38 - Kane Demers, Bowdoin	21.48 - Cody Pierce, Amherst
Men's 5,000m	14:38.73 - John Lucey, Williams	14:40.59 - Stan Craig, Amherst	14:46.08 - Henry Dennen, Amherst
Men's 4x400 Relay	3:16.15 # - Williams Jack Davis, Bryce Cooper, Oscar Newman, Asa Shepard	3:16.47 - Tufts Ethan Forde, Alex Lemieux, Neil Chowdhury, Luke Botsford	3:16.89 - Bowdoin Jared Joyce, Ronan O;Flaherty, Adepoju Arogundade, Max Russo
Men's 4x800 Relay	7:41.80 - Bates Callahan Porter, Aidan Rooney, Miles Logan, Ross Tejeda	7:42.15 - Williams Zachary Liu-Walter, Jinwoo Kang, Tom Emery, Nate Lentz	7:43.51 - Amherst Ben Davis, Kolya Markov-Riss, Will Nagy, Ian Dopp