NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Appalachian State men's track & and field team landed nine All-Sun Belt honorees the league announced on Friday.
Senior
Ryan Hastings (Matthews, N.C./Porter Ridge) led the way, earning First Team All-Sun Belt honors. Junior
Brandon Smith (Fayetteville, N.C./Douglas Byrd), sophomore
Jabari Johnson (Yokosuka, Japan/Nile C. Kinnick and freshman
De'Shawn Ballard (Wilmington, N.C./Laney) earned Second Team All-Sun Belt accolades.
Senior
Collin Loy (Burlington, N.C./Southern Almance), senior
Isaiah Relliford (Winston-Salem, N.C./White Oak), sophomore
Sean Doyle (Rutherfordton, N.C./Polk County), sophomore
Jordan Dale (Greensboro, N.C./Northwest Guilford) and freshman
Gable Dershem (Clayton, N.C./Cleveland) were all named Third Team All-Sun Belt.
Hastings won the 800-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships in 1:50.87, after qualifying second in prelims. Earlier this season at the Thundering Herd Invitational, he set a PR in the 800-meter run, crossing in 1:50.48. His time was a meet and facility record and also earned him Sun Belt Track Athlete of the Week honors.
Ballard recorded a second-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Sun Belt Championships, with a PR time of 21.28 seconds. His time ranks second in the event in program history.
The 4x400-meter relay team of Ballard, Hastings, Johnson and Smith recorded a second-place finish at the Sun Belt Championships in 3:15.69. Earlier in the season at the Thundering Herd Invitational, the same team broke the school record in the event, finishing with a time of 3:14.30.
The DMR squad of Loy, Smith, Doyle and Dershem notched a third-place finish in the event at the Sun Belt Championships in 10:13.45.
Dale finished third in the high jump at the Sun Belt Championships, clearing 6-8.25. At the VMI Winter Relays earlier in the season, he set a new PR with a mark of 6-10.75. His height also ranks sixth in program history in the high jump.
Relliford would finish third at the Sun Belt Championships in the triple jump, covering a new PR distance of 47-10.00.
The Mountaineers recorded a fifth-place finish at the Sun Belt Championships and will open the outdoor season on March 15 at the 49er Classic hosted by the University of Charlotte.
MEN'S ALL SUN-BELT
First Team
Ryan Hastings, Appalachian State
Jaylen Bacon, Arkansas State
Michael Carr, Arkansas State
Tiaan Steenkamp, Arkansas State
Luke Fielding, South Alabama
Javen Jackson, South Alabama
Ben Rolader, South Alabama
Migael Strydom, South Alabama
Joel Duren, UTA
Michael Guerrero, UTA
Erik Martinsson, UTA
D'Undre Mitchell, UTA
Emeka Nwangwu, UTA
David Seastrunk, UTA
Brenden Wallace, UTA
Jemal Parharm, ULM
Alton Clay, ULM
Alvin Chikaeze, Texas State
Ben Collerton, Texas State
T-Mond Johnson, Texas State
Second Team
De'Shawn Ballard, Appalachian State
Jabari Johnson, Appalachian State
Brandon Smith, Appalachian State
Heinrich Herbst, Arkansas State
Nick Hilson, Arkansas State
Itamar Levi, Arkansas State
Jacob Oury, Arkansas State
Bennett Pascoe, Arkansas State
Jamil Peeples, Arkansas State
David Phillips, Arkansas State
Cristian Ravar Ladislau, Arkansas State
Carter Shell, Arkansas State
Sven Glueck, Louisiana
Niel Giliomee, South Alabama
Rafael Scott, South Alabama
Beau Robinson, Louisiana
Justin Domangue, UTA
Third Team
Jordan Dale, Appalachian State
Gable Dershem, Appalachian State
Sean Doyle, Appalachian State
Colin Loy, Appalachian State
Isaiah Relliford, Appalachian State
Charles Okeze, Little Rock
Landon Abernathy, Arkansas State
Hayden Hampton, Arkansas State
Elijah Ross, Arkansas State
Kyle Baudoin, Louisiana
Richard Delphin, Louisiana
Warno Potgieter, South Alabama
Petter Gustafsson, UTA
Joe Austin III, Texas State
Joseph Meade, Texas State
