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SCSU Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field Places 12th for USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Program of the Year
Story Links NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field placed 12th for the USTFCCCA Damon Martin Program of the Year Award which is handed out to the top program in all of NCAA Division II. They finished the year with 95 points based on their finishes […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field placed 12th for the USTFCCCA Damon Martin Program of the Year Award which is handed out to the top program in all of NCAA Division II. They finished the year with 95 points based on their finishes at the NCAA DII Cross Country, Indoor, and Outdoor Track & Field National Championships.
The Owls ranked 12th among all Division II school, qualifying for the award by reaching each of three National Championships for the 2024-2025 season. They placed 33rd at the 2024 NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships, 30th at the 2025 Indoor National Championships, and 27th at the 2025 Outdoor National Championships. Cameron Belton was the standout, earning All-American honors for both the Indoor and Outdoor Championships after finishing third and second in the Shot Put, recording personal bests both times. SCSU was the only DII school in the entire northeast to place for the award, with the 11 teams preceding them coming from Colorado (3), California (1), North Carolina (1), Kansas (2), Michigan (1), Montana (1), Illinois (1), and Texas (1).
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