CANTON, Ga. – Centre sweeps Men's Outdoor Track and Field athlete of the week honors after week six of competition.
Around the SAA:
Berry Field Day Invitational
McMurry Warhawk Classic
Rhodes 7-Way Meet
Lee University Fast Break Athletics Invitational
SAA Performance List
2026 SAA Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championship
Athletes of the Week:
Track:
4x100 Relay Team | Centre - The Centre men's 4x100m relay squad of Cree Ross, Brayden Carman, Jackson Heim and Jayden Channer made program history on Saturday at the Berry Field Day as they combined for a time of 41.33 to win the race and break the previous Centre men's track record that had stood since 2021. The group currently leads the SAA in the 4x100m relay and is ranked 19th nationally.
Field:
Michael Smith | Centre | SR | Barbourville, KY - Michael Smith set a new personal best outdoor mark in the men's high jump for Centre at the Berry Field Day and Multis this past weekend as he regained the school record in the event. Smith cleared 6-7.5 (2.02m) to get the win in the event, helping the Colonels cruise to a team victory. Smith currently leads the SAA in the high jump and is tied for 15th in all of Division III.
Notable Performances
Track:
- Berkey Powell | Berry | JR | Temple, TX - Powell finished 2nd in the 400m at the Berry Field Day Invitational, running a new lifetime PR by over a second in the 400m, finishing with a 48.38. His time is #2 in the SAA and #4 in the South Region. He also moves up to #4 All-Time at Berry in the event. He also anchored the winning 4x400m relay team at the meet with the fastest time in the SAA.
- Greer Hernandez | Millsaps | SO | Broussard, LA - Millsaps sophomore men's track and field distance runner Greer Hernandez laid down an impressive time in the 5000 meters at the Rhodes 7-Way Meet on Saturday. He claimed first place with a school-record time of 15 minutes, 15.96 seconds, bettering the field of 17 runners by over 16 seconds. Hernandez' time bettered his own school record by nearly 19 seconds.
- Jack Collins | Sewanee | FR | New Orleans, LA - Collins placed third in his section in the 5000-meters at the Lee University FastBreak Invitational, recording a outdoor personal-best time of 15:27.12. The time ranks third all-time at Sewanee. Collins finished third among D3 competitors in the event.
- Kyle Fix | Trinity | SO | Wilmette, IL - Fix opened his weekend by taking 12th overall in the men's 1500-meter at the Lee Fast Break Invitational, running a PR of 3:55.67 to move into sixth in program history and 44th in Division III. He then came back the next day for a huge double in the men's 800-meter, setting a PR of 1:53.07 to take 20th overall, moving him into third in program history and 27th in Division III.
Field:
- Dawson Livingston | Berry | SR | Jackson, GA - Livingston won the Men’s Hammer Throw at the Berry Field Day Invitational with a new lifetime PR of 54.19m which breaks his own school record in the event. He is the top ranked Hammer Thrower in the South Region and #30 in the Nation.
- Elliot Allen | Sewanee | SO | Birmingham, AL - Allen cleared 4.32-meters (14-feet, 2-inches) in the pole vault at the Lee University FastBreak Invitational, posting a new personal-best. The mark currently ranks second in the SAA and second all-time at Sewanee. Twelve of the 14 competitors who registered a mark in the event were from D2 institutions with another in D1.
2026 Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Report Archive (AOW Track/Field)
Week One - March 10 (Zeno Goss/Andrew Popp)
Week Two - March 10 (Jalen Joseph/Caleb Cadena)
Week Three - March 24 (Jackson Heim/Luke Cole)
Week Four - March 31 (Zeno Goss/Lukas Nowlin)
Week Five - April 7 (Jayden Channer/David Harless)
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