LANCASTER, PA – The Johns Hopkins men's track and field program earned widespread recognition this week, as 21 student-athletes, as well as the coaching staff received Centennial Conference honors, the league announced Friday. The Blue Jays saw eight athletes named to the All-Centennial First Team, 10 to the Second Team and three earning Honorable Mention honors.
 
Connor Oiler, along with Oluwademilade Adeniran, Emmanuel Leblond, Alex Colletti, Spencer Ye, Fisayo Omonije, Joshua Lee and Sebastian Tangelson, was named to the All-Centennial First Team. Peter Lim, Nash Minor, Zachary Martin, Rowan Cassidy, Anirudh Krishnan, Peter Murray, Carter Chui, Aiden Tomov, Ethan Oluwole and Owen Takahashi received Second Team recognition, while Andrew Myers, Wech Ring and Evan Kelly earned Honorable Mention honors.
 
Additionally, Oluwole was selected to the All-Sportsmanship Team, and Head Coach Bobby Van Allen and his staff – Hassaan Stamps, Jefferson Butler, Stephanie Colby, Cullen Doody, Alex Jebb and Dan Schuman – were named the Coaching Staff of the Year after guiding the Blue Jays to their eighth Centennial Conference Championship.
 
Oiler received his third All-Conference honor – and first First Team selection, adding a gold to his previous bronze (2023) and silver (2024) efforts in the steeplechase, as he crossed in 9:13.21. The junior becomes the third consecutive Johns Hopkins champion in the steeplechase. Teammate Andrew Myers earned Honorable Mention after finishing third (9:30.17) in the event.
 
Adeniran claimed his second career outdoor conference honor, taking home the Centennial Conference Triple Jump title with a leap of 14.32 meters, which was over a foot longer than teammate Ethan Oluwole (13.97m), who earned the silver and Second Team recognition.
 
Junior Emmanuel Leblond continued his impressive season and became Hopkins' second all-time champion in the 5000 as he cruised across in 14:07.20, earning his third-career outdoor conference honor. The mark is a season-best for Leblond, a meet record and the 10^th-best time in the nation this season.
 
The team of Colletti, Ye, Omonije, and Lee claimed First Team honors after breaking the meet record with a time of 3:16.65. This is the seventh time Johns Hopkins has won the event in Centennial Conference history, and the time is the second-fastest in program history.
 
Tangelson earned his first career outdoor First Team honor after securing the decathlon title with 6,436 points – the fourth-highest total in program history. The sophomore becomes the 10^th athlete in Johns Hopkins history to win the decathlon. Teammate Owen Takahashi finished as the runner-up (5,556 points) and earned Second Team recognition.
 
Lim received his seventh career and third outdoor conference honor with a silver-medal winning performance in the pole vault, clearing a season-best 4.45 meters. The senior adds a silver medal to his two previous golds (2023, 24) in the event.
 
Minor earned his first outdoor conference honor, taking second in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 31:39.65, securing a spot on the Second Team.
 
The Blue Jays' 4x800-meter relay squad of Martin, Cassidy, Krishnan and Murray captured the silver in 7:43.45 – the third-fastest time in program history and the fourth time a Hopkins team has claimed silver in the event.
 
Chui joined his running mates Colletti, Ye and Lee, receiving Second Team honors for his performance in the 4x100-meter relay. The squad posted a Blue Jay school-record time of 41.68 to earn a runner-up finish.
 
Tomov turned in a runner-up performance in the 1,500-meter, crossing the line in 3:55.61, receiving Second Team honors. This is the graduate students' third career outdoor conference honor and first in a Hopkins uniform.
 
Both Ring and Kelly received Honorable Mention honors after placing third in their respective events. In the high jump, Ring secured a bronze medal with a leap of 1.83 meters, while Kelly grabbed bronze in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 1:52.93.