Men's Track and Field 06.23.26

Track & Field Nets 10 Honorees On CSC Academic All-District® Team

Men's Track and Field 06.23.26

Track & Field Nets 10 Honorees On CSC Academic All-District® Team

DETROIT (6/23/2026) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's and women's track and field team saw 10 student-athletes who were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team.

The list saw six male Titans in:

Luke Adamczyk, Gr., 32nd in javelin in Great Lakes Region
Ryan Belanger, Soph., 26th in 10,000m in Great Lakes Region
Andrew Drakos, Soph., 36th in 400mH in Great Lakes Region
Jack Gonzalez, Soph., 32nd in indoor triple jump in Great Lakes Region
Joshua Neary, Jr., 23rd in decathlon and 32nd in heptathlon in Great Lakes Region
Joshua Otten, Sr., 49th in 1,500m in Great Lakes Region

The four women receiving the accolade were:

Alaina Burns, Jr., 48th in steeplechase in Great Lakes Region
Jada Clark, Sr., 36th in heptathlon and 42nd in pentathlon in Great Lakes Region
Claire Hunt, Sr., 48th in 10,000m in Great Lakes Region
Julia Young, Soph., 45th in indoor and 47th in outdoor triple jump in Great Lakes Region

CSC recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes men's track & field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

The criteria include:

Academic standing: Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
Student-athletes must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination either as undergraduates or graduate students. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
Academic eligibility: An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate GPA.
The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.
Athletic eligibility M/W Track & Field/Cross Country: Eligible nominees will be based off of TFRRS performance list rankings at the time of nomination. Note: ONLY INDIVIDUAL TOP 50 PERFORMANCES ARE TO BE USED FOR ELIGIBILITY. If a student-athlete has participated in a RELAY EVENT which is ranked in the Top 50, that can bolster a nomination but the basic criteria to be met is for INDIVIDUAL performances. You cannot use a relay Top 50 performance as the basis for eligibility.
NCAA institutions: Top 50 in the region in a single event (XC, indoor or outdoor) - must be an individual performance, not a relay performance indoor or outdoor track
For Cross Country eligibility: Student-athletes must have had a Top 50 individual performance at the 2023 NCAA or NAIA regional competition to be eligible.