LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the 2023 Men's Track & Field Major Award Winners and All-Conference teams on Monday afternoon as Marywood and Marymount earned major awards.

Marywood’s Michael McCann earned Track Athlete and Rookie of the Year after an incredible first showing at the Atlantic East Championship. McCann totaled four godl medals and one silver medal for the weekend. The first year started the meet with a conference and championship record in the 3000m steeple event with a time of 10:19.78. He then ended the time with a 10,000m win crossing the finish at 34:24.06. His next gold was in the 5000m at 16:49, while he earned a silver medal in the 1500 at 4:07.28. His relay team took gold in the 4 x 400m relay to close out the met with a final time of 3:38.19.

Will Kalinich of Marywood was named Field Athlete of the Year after earning a gold, a silver, bronze and finishing fourth in his final event. He won the javelin with a best throw of 44.80m. He followed that up with a 32.98m toss in hammer. His bronze medal came in the shot put with a 12.14m top throw. To close out the throwing events he had a toss of 32.85m in the discus for fourth overall.

Marymount University claimed the Coaching Staff of the Year accolade after leading their team to an impressive showing and conference championships. The team is led by Jonathan Morow, assisted by Max McNeil, Sam Snyde, Kornelius Klah and Courtney Smith.

Lastly, the Atlantic East Elite 20 award winner for men's track & field, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the Atlantic East's 20 team championships, was awarded to Scott Gartley of Marywood University. Gratley member of four-time conference champion Marywood, maintains a cumulative 3.9411 GPA while majoring in history.

In track & field, the Elite 20 winners are chosen from the top two team finishers at the championship. For the entire selection criteria and process, click here.

The full list of First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All Conference is listed below. For full results, click HERE.

Major Award Winners:
Track Athlete/ Rookie of the Year: Michael McCann, Marywood
Field Athlete of the Year: Will Kalinich, Marywood
Elite 20 Award Winner: Scott Gartley, Marywood
Coaching Staff of the Year: Marymount University 
 

Event	First Team	Second Team
100 Meter Dash	Noah Zeigler, Marywood	Branden Soubik, Gwynedd Mercy
200 Meter Dash	Branden Soubik, Gwynedd Mercy	Noah Zeigler, Marywood
400 Meter Dash	Chris Mendoza, Immaculata	Branden Soubik, Gwynedd Mercy
800 Meter Run	Andrew Konieczny, Neumann	Jack Baronski, Marywood
1500 Meter Run	Jack Baronski, Marywood	Michael McCann, Marywood
5000 Meter Run	Michael McCann, Marywood	Joseph Cardillo, Marywood
10000 Meter Run	Michael McCann, Marywood	Joseph Cardillo, Marywood
110 Meter Hurdles	Cole Valente, Marymount	Melvin Mathew, Gwynedd Mercy
400 Meter Hurdles	Cole Valente, Marymount	John Russo, Marywood
3000 Meter Steeplechase	Michael McCann, Marywood	Karam Aldarwhich, Gwynedd Mercy
4x100 Meter Relay	Marymount (D. Curtis, S. Struggs, M. Willliams, C. Valente)	Marywood (Custer, Howsan, Zeigler, Shygeleski, Russo)
4x400 Meter Relay	Marywood(J. Baronski, T. Lee, J. Russo, M. McCann)	Neumann (A Konieeczny, D. Joyce, M. Ricciardi, J. McNeil)

 

Event	First-Team	Second-Team
High Jump	Marcone Pessoa, Marymount	Dylan Vallade, Marymount
Long Jump	Marcone Pessoa, Marymount	Samuel Struggs, Marymount
Triple Jump	Samuel Struggs, Marymount	Darian Curtis, Marymount
Shot Put	Kevin Deal, Neumann	Tyrin Hawkins, Immaculata
Discus Throw	Hezzy Ntube, Marymount	Brady Gibbons, Immaculata
Hammer Throw	Samuel Mercedes, Marymount	Will Kalinich, Marywood
Javelin Throw	Will Kalinich, Marywood	Scott Gartley, Marywood

Final Team Results: 
1. Marywood 236 points - CHAMPIONS
2. Marymount 167 points
3. Gwynedd Mercy 56 points
3. Immaculata 56 points
5. Neumann 31 points