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Men's Cross Country 07.17.25

Cross Country/Track & Field Announce Season Awards

Men's Cross Country 07.17.25

Cross Country/Track & Field Announce Season Awards

Juniors Joshua Otten (L) and Jaden McKenzie (R) were named the team MVP's

DETROIT (7/17/2025) -- The University of Detroit Mercy cross country and track and field teams announced their postseason awards for the 2024-25 seasons.

Juniors Joshua Otten and Jaden McKenzie took home the highest honors as Otten was tabbed the Dominick Taddonio Most Valuable for cross country and indoor track and field, while McKenzie was MVP for the outdoor campaign.

Otten earned All-Horizon League Second Team accolades in cross country with an 11th-place finish in a career-best 24:43 at the Horizon League Championships. During the year, he led the team in all six races, recording a pair of top-10 finishes and four top-20 efforts. In indoor track and field, he became the first Titan to win the mile at the league meet as he led from start to finish in the race.

McKenzie scored for the Titans at the outdoor championships by taking third in the 400-meters and was on the runner-up 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays.

Below are the rest of the award winners.

Cross Country
Dominick Taddonio Most Valuable - Joshua Otten
Student-Athlete - Kenyon Popiel
Coach's Award - Josiah Burr
Most Improved - Caleb Wynn
Rookie of the Year - Ryan Belanger

Cross Country Varsity Letters
2 - Josiah Burr, Nicholas Fringer, Elijah Jorgensen, Kenny Lashaway, Joshua Otten, Ashwin Philip, Kenyon Popiel, Andrew Pries, Christopher Russelburg
1 - Ryan Belanger, Zach Rubicz, Tyler Vandierdonck, Caleb Wynn, Nicholas Yaquinto

Indoor Track & Field
Most Valuable - Joshua Otten
Student-Athlete - Simon Jones
Coach's Award - Jaden McKenzie
Most Improved - Joshua Neary
Rookie of the Year - James Wallace

Outdoor Track & Field
Most Valuable - Jaden McKenzie
Student-Athlete - Nicholas Johnson & Joshua Neary
Coach's Award - Ashwin Philip
Most Improved - Anthony Yip
Rookie of the Year - James Wallace

Track & Field Varsity Letters
4 - Cody Bartlett, Isaiah Bonner, Nicholas Fringer, Simon Jones,
3 - Luke Adamczyk, Jaden McKenzie, Raeed Monnan, Josh Otten, Ashwin Philip, Anthony Yip
2 - Mike Ferguson, Nicholas Johnson, Elijah Jorgensen, Kenny Lashaway, Joshua Neary, Kenyon Popiel, Andrew Pries, Christopher Russelburg,
1 - John Almeda, Ryan Belanger, Luke Bracket, Sebastian Cervelli, Andrew Drakos, Jack Gonzalez, Brady McGee, Zach Rubicz, Blake Shaya, James Wallace, Nicholas Yaquinto

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Players Mentioned

Luke Adamczyk

Luke Adamczyk: Sprints; Senior

Cody Bartlett

Cody Bartlett: Jumps; Senior

Isaiah Bonner

Isaiah Bonner: Mid-Distance; Senior

Josiah Burr

Josiah Burr: Distance; Senior

Sebastian Cervelli

Sebastian Cervelli: Mid-Distance; Sophomore

Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson: Sprints; Sophomore

Nicholas Fringer

Nicholas Fringer: Distance; Senior

Nicholas Johnson

Nicholas Johnson: Sprints; Sophomore

Simon Jones

Simon Jones: Multi; Graduate Student

Elijah Jorgensen

Elijah Jorgensen: Distance; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Luke Adamczyk

Luke Adamczyk
: Senior
: Sprints

Cody Bartlett

Cody Bartlett
: Senior
: Jumps

Isaiah Bonner

Isaiah Bonner
: Senior
: Mid-Distance

Josiah Burr

Josiah Burr
: Senior
: Distance

Sebastian Cervelli

Sebastian Cervelli
: Sophomore
: Mid-Distance

Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Nicholas Fringer

Nicholas Fringer
: Senior
: Distance

Nicholas Johnson

Nicholas Johnson
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Simon Jones

Simon Jones
: Graduate Student
: Multi

Elijah Jorgensen

Elijah Jorgensen
: Sophomore
: Distance