NEW ORLEANS - App State senior
Emma Russum was named the Sun Belt Women's Outdoor Track and Field Newcomer of the Year and was one of 10 Mountaineers who earned all-conference accolades, the league announced Thursday.
Russum clinched the Sun Belt crown in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:36.27 and secured silver in the women's 5,000 meters with a time of 16:53.59. She garnered First Team All-SBC honors for her efforts on the track. In the App State all-time list, Russum ranks second in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and women's 10,000 meters, as well as fourth in the women's 5,000 meters. Over the course of the season, Russum led the league in the women's 5,000 meters (16:30.30, PR), women's 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:34.13, PR), and women's 10,000 meters (34:41.91, PR). Russum also ranks among the NCAA Southeast Region's top-25 in the women's 10,000 meters and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase categories.
Junior
Ethan Lipham also collected First Team All-SBC honors and was one of the leagues' top scorers at the SBC Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet. Individually, Lipham scored 20 points for the Mountaineers after clinching the titles for the men's 1,500 meters and men's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Lipham defended his men's 1,500-meter title from 2024, after stopping the clock at 3:50.83. He was four seconds shy of his personal best of 3:46.82, which he set at the Penn Relays (April 24). With a personal best of 8:58.49, Lipham clinched the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase crown. The Largo, Fla. native currently stands fourth in the App State all-time list in the men's 1,500 meters and sixth all-time in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Sophomore
Matthew Gray, freshman
Lilly Nichols, and graduate student
Ethan Turner earned Second Team All-SBC accolades for their performances. Gray broke the App State men's pole vault record with a clearance of 5.38m (17' 7.75"). The previous school record, which Gray shared with
Patrick Freeman, was 5.35m (17' 6.5"). In just two seasons with the Mountaineers, Gray has reset the program record on four occasions. Nichols also broke the App State women's pole vault record with a clearance of 4.11m (13' 5.75") and now holds the program's indoor and outdoor women's pole vault records. The previous record was 4.04m (13' 3"), which was set in 2024 by
Ava Studney. In the men's 10,000 meters, Turner stopped the clock at 30:07.94 to place second. Turner also moved to ninth in the program all-time list.
Freshman
Thomas Wlazlowski had joined Lipham on the podium for his performance in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, where he finished third with a personal best of 9:03.65. Wlazlowski moved to 10th in the App State all-time list after the race. The men's 4x100-meter quartet of freshman
Brandon Parker, sophomore Armonté Ferguson, freshman
Jonathan Wilson, and junior
Ray Lee also earned Third Team All-SBC honors after stopping the clock at 40.01. The quartet was one second shy of the program record of 39.70, which was set at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
App State is set to host the Sunday Night Qualifier on May 18 at the Randy Marion Track & Field Facility in Boone, N.C.
The NCAA East Preliminary Round is slated for May 28-31 and will be hosted by North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. The meet will be available to stream on ESPN+.
Women's Track Performer of the Year: Abigail Parra, Texas State
Women's Field Performer of the Year: Imani Moore, Georgia Southern
Women's Newcomer of the Year: Emma Russum, App State
Women's Freshman of the Year: Charlize Goody, Texas State
Women's Coach of the Year: John Frazier, Texas State
Women's Elite Award: Lara Roberts, Texas State
Men's Track Performer of the Year: Jacob Pyeatt, Arkansas State
Men's Field Performer of the Year: Aiden Hayes, Texas State
Men's Newcomer of the Year: Drew Donley, Texas State
Men's Freshman of the Year: Lawson Jacobs, Louisiana
Men's Coach of the Year: John Frazier, Texas State
Men's Elite Award: Bradley Jelmert, Arkansas State
2025 Sun Belt Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference First Team
Ethan Lipham, App State
Jacob Pyeatt, Arkansas State
Colby Eddowes, Arkansas State
Bradley Jelmert, Arkansas State
Menachem Chen, Arkansas State
Noa Isaia, Arkansas State
Mark Daley, Louisiana
Jonathan Gamarra, Louisiana
Chris Gravois, Louisiana
Camren Hardy, Louisiana
Jeremy Nelson, Louisiana
Lawson Jacobs, Louisiana
Joseph Patterson, Louisiana
Caemon Scott, Louisiana
Hunter Ullrich, Louisiana
Reuben Booysen, South Alabama
Kendal White, South Alabama
Piers Cameron, Southern Miss
Drew Donley, Texas State
Aiden Hayes, Texas State
Chris Preddie, Texas State
Easton Hammond, Texas State
Tydreke Thomas, Troy
2025 Sun Belt Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Second Team
Matthew Gray, App State
Ethan Turner, App State
Brandon Williams, Arkansas State
Terrique Webb, Coastal Carolina
Samuel Mika, South Alabama
Sacha Perrier, South Alabama
Javel Fullerton, Southern Miss
Conner Mozee, Southern Miss
Kelsey Singleton, Southern Miss
Connor Warzecha, Texas State
Michael Hermes, Texas State
Shedrack Akpeki, Texas State
Daniel Harrold, Texas State
Kason O'Riley, Texas State
Altwayne Bedward, Troy
Evan Brown, Troy
Michael Eady, Troy
Keylan Hicks, Troy
Imani Coleman, ULM
Matthew Malcolm, ULM
Santana Richardson, ULM
Stafon Roach, ULM
J'Marcus Sewell, ULM
2025 Sun Belt Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Third Team
Armonté Ferguson, App State
Ray Lee, App State
Brandon Parker, App State
Jonathan Wilson, App State
Thomas Wlazlowski, App State
Kamil Przybyla, Arkansas State
Trey Kraimer, Coastal Carolina
Adam Groves, Coastal Carolina
William Howard, Louisiana
Federico Bovo, Louisiana
Teodor Borgius, Louisiana
Dallas Beck, South Alabama
Javon Glen, South Alabama
Bobby Gray, South Alabama
Tre Hill, South Alabama
Marlon Miller, South Alabama
Jordan Morrison, South Alabama
Zayne Palomino, Southern Miss
De'Aundre Ward, Southern Miss
Mihajlo Katanic, Texas State
Daniel Strooh, Texas State
Carlo Martinez-Jaramillo, ULM
Devin Bilbo, ULM
2025 Sun Belt Women's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference First Team
Emma Russum, App State
Carly Pujol, Arkansas State
Molly Jones, Coastal Carolina
Amanda Kinloch, Coastal Carolina
Shatalya Dorsett, Georgia Southern
Emani George, Georgia Southern
Imani Moore, Georgia Southern
Devine Parker, Georgia Southern
NaJ Watson, Georgia Southern
Kimola Hines, Louisiana
Isabelle Russell, Louisiana
Jaellene Burgess, Southern Miss
Taliyah Lindsey, Southern Miss
Addison McLaurin, Southern Miss
Kennedi Sanders, Southern Miss
Alana Simon, Southern Miss
Abigail Parra, Texas State
Melanie Duron, Texas State
Lara Roberts, Texas State
Charlize Goody, Texas State
Savanna Lawson, ULM
Katerina Natsiopoulou, ULM
2025 Sun Belt Women's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Second Team
Lilly Nichols, App State
Miranda Burgett, Arkansas State
Michelle Ogbemudia, Arkansas State
Kennedy Hood, Georgia Southern
Leonaya Knox, Georgia Southern
Holly Mpassy, James Madison
Amairi Ashford, Louisiana
Alaysha Veal, Louisiana
Destiny Berryman, Marshall
Iyana Johnson, South Alabama
Calli Stokes, South Alabama
Joidon Boddie, Southern Miss
Cadence Lapp, Southern Miss
Tacherria Lawson, Southern Miss
Valencia Watson, Southern Miss
Jasmine Jimenez, Troy
Aaliyah Murphy, Troy
Kady Schwietz, Troy
Haley Wilson, Troy
2025 Sun Belt Women's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Third Team
Tyra Nabors, Arkansas State
Amilia Wise-Sweat, Coastal Carolina
Christine Fitzgerald, James Madison
Esther Germain, James Madison
Erica Moolman, James Madison
Kadence Wilson, James Madison
Lily Murray, Louisiana
Quincy Simon, Louisiana
Reem Tammam, Louisiana
Jaala Thymes, Louisiana
Chaniqua Tonge, Louisiana
Shenell Tucker, Louisiana
Hannah Wyler, Marshall
Taylor Spencer, Marshall
Charleen Elizondo, South Alabama
Ava Wheaton, South Alabama
Jelese Alexander, Southern Miss
Sophia Haberer, Texas State
Shanyah Washington, Troy
Alice Hultberg, ULM
