SCSU Men's Outdoor Track & Field Brings Home Three USTFCCCA NCAA DII Regional Awards

Men's Track & Field 6/3/2025 7:53:00 PM

SCSU Men's Outdoor Track & Field Brings Home Three USTFCCCA NCAA DII Regional Awards

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Southern Connecticut Men's Outdoor Track & Field brought home three NCAA Division II Regional Awards for the 2025 season, as announced by the USTFCCCA. Cameron Belton was named the East Region Field Athlete of the Year, John Wallin was named the East Region Coach of the Year, and Bernardo Mbaya was named the East Region Assistant Coach of the Year. All three winners also won the award for the 2025 Indoor season.

Cameron Belton capped off his phenomenal 2025 season by completing the indoor/outdoor sweep of the East Region Field Athlete of the Year. He finished the season with a personal-best mark, throwing 18.87m to grab silver at the NCAA DII Shot Put Championship, earning All-American honors for the second time after doing the same at the Indoor Championships. That is the second-best throw in SCSU Program History. This season, he was named the NE10 Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, the USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor East Region Field Athlete of the Year, and the NE10 Outdoor Most Outstanding Field Performer. Through both the indoor and outdoor seasons, Belton never placed lower than third in a Shot Put competition.

John Wallin took home the Men's Coach of the Year honors, also completing the season sweep. In his 15th year as Head Coach at Southern Connecticut, he led the Owls to their ninth-straight NE10 Championship, winning 10 events. Southern also earned one First-Team (Belton) and two Second-Team (Lawrence Hicks, Osaretin Osagie) All-America honors from the NCAA DII Outdoor Championships.

In his first year transitioning to coaching, Bernardo Mbaya saw major success. He coached the Owls' throwers to combine for 49 points at the Northeast 10 Conference Championships, helping Southern Connecticut win the team title. His top athlete, Cameron Belton, won the NE10 Shot Put and Discus titles and finished second in the shot at the NCAA DII Outdoor Championships.

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