Nine from Men's Track & Field Earn All-Conference Recognition

5/1/2026 8:00:00 PM | By: Joseph Garwood: Director of Athletic Communications

NEED TO KNOW:
All-Conference Honorees: 9
All-Conference Awards: 10

ATLANTA - Piedmont men's track and field was well represented on the Collegiate Conference of the South All-Conference listing, released Friday evening by the league office.

Overall, a total of nine different athletes earned honors while the Lions took home 10 total podium finishes for the event, in which they

*The winners of events were placed on the CCS First Team with second-place finishers earning a spot on the Second Team while third-place finishers were placed on the Third Team.*

SILAS GOOLSBY

- 4x100m Relay Champion - 41.85
- 200m, 2nd - 21.62
- 400m, 2nd - 47.89
- 110m hurdles, 2nd - 15.71

GEORGE KETCH

- Hammer Champion - 47.67m

FRANKLIN BROWN JR.

- 4x100m Relay Champion - 41.85

TYLER BROWN

- 4x100m Relay Champion - 41.85

BRYANT MURRAY

- 4x100m Relay Champion - 41.85

MATTHEW BLOCKSOM

- Discus, 2nd - 41.60m
- Hammer, 2nd - 44.78m

WALTER BURKS

- 2nd, Javelin - 47.29m

KEEGAN IVEY

- 3k Steeplechase, 3rd - 11:14.00

JAYDEN SMITH

- Shot Put, 3rd - 13.31m

Superlative Awards
Track Athlete of the Meet – Ethan Saiki, Covenant
Field Athlete of the Meet – Neal Terry, Belhaven
Overall Athlete of the Meet – Ethan Saiki, Covenant
Athlete of the Year – Ethan Saiki, Covenant
Rookie of the Year – Ryheem Mighten, LaGrange
Coach of the Year – Kunle Lawson, Maryville

2026 CCS Men's Track and Field All-Conference Teams

First Team

Hammer	George Ketch	Piedmont
High Jump	Kenneth Mills	Belhaven
Long Jump	Neal Terry	Belhaven
Javelin	Christian Mortimer	Covenant
Steeple	Adyn Elliott	Maryville
10,000m	Ethan Saiki	Covenant
Shot Put	Lukas Yackley	Maryville
Discus	Sky Pleasant	Maryville
Pole Vault	Matthew Wilson	Asbury
Triple Jump	Neal Terry	Belhaven
4x100m	Silas Goolsby Franklin Brown Jr. Tyler Brown Bryant Murray	Piedmont
1500m	Ethan Saiki	Covenant
110 Hurdles	Rory Gilroy	Huntingdon
400m	Ryheem Mighten	LaGrange
100m	Clarence McLean	Maryville
800m	Andrew Beedle	Asbury
400 Hurdles	Rory Gilroy	Huntingdon
200m	Ryheem Mighten	LaGrange
5,000m	Ethan Saiki	Covenant
4x400m	Andrew Beedle Caleb Payne Coleman Anderson Manny Dut	Asbury

Second Team

Hammer	Matthew Blocksom	Piedmont
High Jump	Carson Meloon	Asbury
Long Jump	Alex Reed	Belhaven
Javelin	Walter Burks	Piedmont
Steeple	Steven Cope	Maryville
10,000m	Alex Burns	Covenant
Shot Put	Sky Pleasant	Maryville
Discus	Matthew Blocksom	Piedmont
Pole Vault	Jacob Faulkner	Maryville
Triple Jump	Javerious Askew	Huntingdon
4x100m	Zedrick Drew Clarence McLean LaRue Tisby Manny Palmer	Maryville
1500m	Chandler Lines	Covenant
110 Hurdles	Silas Goolsby	Piedmont
400m	Silas Goolsby	Piedmont
100m	Fabian Coleman	LaGrange
800m	Chandler Lines	Covenant
400 Hurdles	Damian Sidelien	Belhaven
200m	Silas Goolsby	Piedmont
5,000m	Aidan Devries	Covenant
4x400m	Rory Gilroy Gavin McAbee Johnny Quarles William Mann	Huntingdon

Third Team

Hammer	Joshua Panetta	Maryville
High Jump	Austin Umberger	Maryville
Long Jump	Austin Umberger	Maryville
Javelin	Cameron McElroy	Asbury
Steeple	Keegan Ivey	Piedmont
10,000m	Aidan Devries	Covenant
Shot Put	Jayden Smith	Piedmont
Discus	Cameron Robinson	Maryville
Pole Vault	Jackson Lakeman	Maryville
Triple Jump	Alex Reed	Belhaven
4x100m	Seth Haynes Julius Phillips Leeson Taylor Kenneth Mills	Belhaven
1500m	James LeNeve	Maaryville
110 Hurdles	Jackson Rinehart	Huntingdon
400m	Manny Dut	Asbury
100m	Zedrick Drew	Maryville
800m	Jacob Graston	Asbury
400 Hurdles	Johnny Quarles	Huntingdon
200m	Clarence McLean	Maryville
5,000m	Alex Burns	Covenant
4x400m	Julius Phillips Leeson Taylor Neal Terry Seth Haynes	Belhaven

Men's Track and Field All-Sportsmanship Teams

Both Mony	Asbury
Drew Duckworth	Belhaven
Ethan Saiki	Covenant
Marcus Malone Jr.	Huntingdon
Steven Cope	Maryville
Fabian Coleman	LaGrange
Xander Wiley	Piedmont

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