LAKEWOOD, NJ (May 2, 2025) - Georgian Court Track and Field had an historic weekend at the 2026 CACC Championship meet. Both teams came out with trophies, as the women won their ninth conference championship and the men their seventh.

For both teams it's their first CACC Championship since the 2021-22 season. The Lions finished the meet with nine event winners, five men and four women. They also had 21 on the All-Conference team with either a first or second place finish. 

Sprints/Hurdles
• Both Georgian Court competitors qualified in the men's and women's 100m dashes. For the women, Daizhae' Brown finished third running 12.52 to qualify while Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir was seventh running 12.77.
• In the finals, Brown took second place running 12.39 to earn her third individual medal. Sveinsdottir finished in sixth place running 12.84. 
• In the men's 100m dash, Brandon Rudder finished second in the prelims running 11.04. It was a tight field as Barone Vankline ran 11.08 to qualify and finished sixth in the trials. 
• Both improved in the finals. Vankline moved up to fourth place running 10.90 and Rudder was a spot behind in 10.91.
• Those two both also qualified for the finals in the 200m dash. Rudder got on the award stand in the 200m. He ran 21.83 for a second place finish. Vankline, although he qualified, did not start the 200m finals. 
• In the women's 100m hurdles, Shalom Adzakro ran 15.59 in the prelims which was sixth fastest in the field. She moved up and finished second in the finals running 15.42. 
• Brian Kutney had the fastest time in the trials in the men's 110m hurdles. He ran 15.39 to qualify for tomorrow's finals with the top time. 
• Kutney stayed on top in the finals. He ran 15.09 to win the event with the third fastest time in program history. 
• In the men's 400m hurdles, Gary Boyd, Jr. finished in 10th place running 1:00.57. 

Relays
• The 4x100m and 4x400m relays were both ran on day two. The Georgian Court women had a third place finish in the 4x100m relay. The team of Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir, Leela McConnell, Shalom Adzakro and Daizhae' Brown ran 49.65.
• The 4x400m relay team of Molly Burns, McConnell, Nora Sprunger and Sophia Mauro ran 4:17.75 for seventh place. 
• Georgian Court set a new school record in the men's 4x100m relay. The group of Brandon Rudder, Nicholas Jordan, Brian Kutney and Barone Vankline ran 42.22 to set the record and finish in fourth place. 
• The men's 4x400m group of Marcos Murillo-Benavides, Zachary Spoonire, James McCoy and Brandon Rudder nearly had a school record of their own. They finished fifth in 3:23.75 which is second all-time. 

Jumps
• Daizhae' Brown set new personal-bests in two jumping events on day one. She won the long jump with a mark of 18-10.25 which is fourth in school history. She also moved to 10th in Lions history jumping 4-11.75 for fifth place in the high jump.
• Brown made it two-for-two in horizontal jumps, winning the triple jump on day two. She jumped 34-2.75 for the winning jump. She took only two attempts, fouling her first and letting her second stand for the win. 
• The Lions had two more score in the long jump. Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir took second jumping a personal-best 18-2.50. Finishing in sixth place was Shalom Adzakro jumping 16-7.25.
• Juliana Dogostino had an eighth place finish to score for GCU in the high jump. She cleared 4-7.75. 
• Sydney Hurley was the event champion in the women's pole vault. She had to make a clutch jump on her third attempt at the opening height, but got over that bar and the bar at 8-11.75 to win the competition. 
• Ivan Ramos-Lopez repeated as a medal winner in the pole vault. He finished second jumping 13-0.25.
• Sean Donnamaria took fourth in the event jumping 12-6.25.
• Chuck Smith scored for GCU in the long jump. He too had a scare after fouling his first two attempts, but rebounded and had a sixth place finish jumping 21-0.
• The men's triple jump saw two from Georgian Court score. Shona Mutokuto earned a bronze medal umping 45-7.75 which is an outdoor personal-best mark.
• Matthew Sutton finished in sixth place jumping 42-10.25

Throws (Day 1)
• Georgian Court had five place in the women's hammer throw. That included event winner Chiamaka Wokocha who threw 143-6.
• Adrianna Fodera threw a new personal-best 129-10 and finished fourth. She then made the award stand in the women's javelin throw finishing in second place with a mark of 112-5, just an inch shy of her personal-best. 
• The Lion  finished up in 6th-8th place in the hammer throw. Kaydence Fischer was sixth at 116-0, Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir seventh in 115-1 and Sabrina Halk eighth at 90-0.
• Georgian Court also had five on the men's side score in the men's hammer throw, giving them 10 of 16 place-winners in the event.
• Mark Linton was the event champion throwing 173-10 and Cameren Anderson was second at 165-5.
• Amir Spruell-Everson threw 147-6 for fourth place and Guius Dabney threw 144-5 for fifth place.
• Anthony Lorenzo scratched out a point throwing 122-5 for eighth place. 
• Cameren Anderson was the first event winner for Georgian Court. He won the javelin throwing 172-10 and scored 18 points on day one. 

Throws (Day 2)
• The Lion men had six score in the men's shot put. They had each of the first four finishers starting with event champion Malicah Etienne who threw an outdoor personal-best 51-11.
• Mark Linton had a personal-best throw and took second place with his mark of 51-5 which moved him to sixth all-time at GCU.
• Third place went to Guius Dabney who threw a personal-best 50-4.50 and Cameren Anderson was fourth throwing an outdoor PR 49-10.5.
• GCU also got points as Thomas Menegus finished sixth with a personal-best 44-8 and Anthony Lorenzo taking seventh at 43-0.
• Amir Spruell-Everson finished in 10th place throwing 39-8.75.
• The Lion men also put on a show in the discus. Malicah Etienne won his second event of the day throwing 165-2. Mark Linton finished in second throwing 164-10.
• GCU also had the third and fourth place finishers. Cameren Anderson earned his third award throwing 149-6 for a third place finish. Amir Spruell-Everson was fourth with his personal-best mark 132-10.
• Thomas Menegus got a seventh place finish throwing 123-10. 
• Georgian Court went 1-2 in the women's discus. Kaydence Fischer got the win throwing 135-1. Chiamaka Wokocha threw a personal-best 130-11 for second place. That also moved her up to fifth in Lions history. 
• The GCU women also had four place in the shot put. Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir finished second throwing 38-8.25 and Adrianna Fodera took third at 37-5.75.
• Kaydence Fischer and Maeve Connell also finished back-to-back in seventh and eighth place. Fischer threw 35-8 for seventh and Connell placed eighth throwing 35-4.50. 

Distance
• Nolan Kus set a big personal-best in the men's 10,000m. He finished in sixth place running 34:05.20 which is second all-time in school history.
• Kus came back on day two and finished in seventh place in the 5K. He ran 16:07.40. 
• Matthew Schaub took 10th place in the 10K. He too ran a personal-best 36:06.82.
• The first men's distance race of day two saw Ryan Pettrow finish in fifth place in the men's 1500m. He ran 4:09.38. Pettrow also finished in eighth at 800m running 2:00.26.
• In the men's 800m Stephen Lane and Zachary Spoonire finished back to back in fifth and sixth place. Lane ran a personal-best time 1:59.34 and moved to 10th all-time in school history. Spoonire ran 1:59.53.
• Sophia Mauro led the women's distance crew. In her first race of the day, she finished in third place in the 1500m running 4:58.38. 
• Mauro came back and ran the 800m later in the day. She finished in 2:25.93 for fifth place. 

This year's conference meet might be over, but Georgian Court still has one more meet on the schedule as they'll send some athletes to Stockton for a last chance meet. 

Quoteable
• Cameren Anderson
On how he felt going into the 2026 CACC Championship meet
I just try to take it one day at at time so honestly today I felt really good. The weather is good. With javelin, I wanted to take it slow and do what I know how to do. Just compete.

On on any added pressure to score points being GCU's only male javelin thrower
Not really. I know I have my team behind me. It felt like another day at practice. 

On being a first-year transfer student and making an immediate impact for Georgian Court
I just stay true to myself. I try to be wherever I'm needed. If somebody needs me I'm there for them. Making sure I'm a teammate everyone can rely on and try to keep it cool and calm. 

• Chiamaka Wokocha
On what she had working for her this afternoon
I was just trying to keep calm. I know there isn't really pressure, but sometimes in your head you can think there's more pressure on you so you have to get past that and remember to breathe. I was really just trying to breathe and it ended up working. 

On the support from her teammates
They're awesome. It's nice that we're at our home field. This feels like we're just practice. Which is good and bad, because you do want it to be more competitive than practice but it's really nice to have that support.

On the work during the season paying off at the conference meet
It takes me a minute to realize that I'm doing something good. You can PR early in the season and then be a little disappointed later if you don't hit a mark you want. But that doesn't matter today, I just wanted to be the best I could be today and that's what I did. You practice to be the best on the day you need to be the best. I feel good about it. 

• Brian Kutney
On how he felt throughout the race
I felt great. I felt the runner in lane two pulling away and knew I had to catch up. So I pushed through and got him.

On being so consistent throughout the year
I just try to keep myself healthy. That's the number one thing.

Georgian Court All-CACC
Women
Shalom Adzakro - 2nd team 100m Hurdles
Daizhae' Brown - 1st Team Long Jump, 1st Team Triple Jump, 2nd Team 100m
Kaydence Fischer - 1st Team Discus
Adrianna Fodera - 2nd Team Javelin
Sydney Hurley - 1st Team Pole Vault
Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir - 2nd Team Long Jump, 2nd Team Shot Put
Chiamaka Wokocha - 1st Team Hammer Throw, 2nd Team Discus

Men
Cameren Anderson - 1st Team Javelin, 2nd Team Hammer Throw
Malicah Etienne - 1st Team Discus, 1st Team Shot Put
Brian Kutney - 1st Team 110m Hurdles
Mark Linton - 1st Team Hammer Throw, 2nd Team Discus, 2nd Team Shot Put
Ivan Ramos-Lopez - 2nd Team Pole Vault
Brandon Rudder - 2nd Team 200m