BIDDEFORD, Maine – Suffolk men's outdoor track & field had quite the award haul as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) announced the inaugural major award winners.
Voting for the major awards was conducted by the five CCC men's track & field head coaches during the week following the CCC Championships. All-conference distinction, meanwhile, is determined at the CCC Championship meet. Gold medal winners earn First-Team All-CCC with silver medalist being named to the second-team and bronze medalist recognized as third teamers.
Earning the distinction as the first-ever CCC Men's Track Athlete of the Year is Suffolk senior standout Matyas Csiki-Fejer, while Brady Sorensen secured CCC Men's Track Rookie of the Year. Both Csiki-Fejer and Sorensen were triple-gold recipients at the CCC Championships April 30. Csiki-Fejer was honored for his academic prowess as well as CCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while head coach Will Feldman was named the first-ever CCC Men's Track & Field Coach of the Year.
Csiki-Fejer, a product of Manchester, Missouri, proved once against that he was one of the best distance runners in all of NCAA Division IIII this spring. His best event was the 5K, in which he currently ranks sixth on the NCAA Division III Outdoor Qualifying List with a time of 14:09.18. The long-distance runner set that mark at the Duke Invitational where he finished third in a field that included some of the top NCAA Division I teams in the country. At the CCC Championships, Csiki-Fejer took home three goals. He won the 5K with a time of 15:05.19, has also paced the field in the 800 at t1:58.37 and the 1500 at 3:59.92. Leading up to the conference meet, he set a 1500 personal-record at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational with a time of 3:54.84. For his performances throughout the season he picked up for CCC Track Athlete of the Week honors.
As incredible as he was on the track, Csiki-Fejer was just as impressive in the classroom en route to CCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition. It is second CCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award this year as he took home the same title for men's cross country. The law and public policy major currently holds an unblemished 4.0 GPA and has been honored as a CoSIDA Academic All-American twice with a spot on the second team in 2021-22 after garnering a fourth-team selection the year prior. He is the second Suffolk student-athlete to earn a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and was the youngest Ram to earn the distinction in school history. He has also been recognized for his work in the classroom by the USTFCCCA, CCC and GNAC. He is a seven-time member of the Suffolk 4.0 club and a seven-time AD Honor Roll selection.
Sorensen was a speedster on the track for Suffolk during his sophomore season and qualified for New England Regionals in the 100 and 200 dashes, respectively. The Plymouth, Massachusetts, native took gold in both races at the CCC Championships with respective times of 11.04 and 22.56. He was lao a remember of the Suffolk 4x100 relay team comprised of Jonathan Garula, Turner Mitchell and Robert Solari that took third place at the conference meet with a time of 43.95. For his efforts at the conference championship he was named Track Rookie of the Week. He also competed in the long jump and placed atop the podium.
Feldman's peers elected him the first CCC Men's Track and Field Coach of the Year honor after leading Suffolk to the inaugural CCC crown. The Rams scored 162 points at the meet, out pacing their closest competitor by nearly 40 points. The blue-and-gold received a lot of help from their eight individual champions, six of which belonged to Csiki-Fejer and Sorensen.
Suffok's season continues this weekend at the NEICAAA Championships for the Rams that qualified.
2022 ALL-CCC MEN'S TRACK & FIELD TEAMS
Track Athlete of the Year/CCC Scholar-Athlete - Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Suffolk
Field Athlete of the Year - Kyle Moser, Wentworth
Track Rookie of the Year - Brady Sorensen, Suffolk
Field Rookie of the Year - Sam Bielawa, Roger Williams
Coach of the Year - Will Feldman, Suffolk
Team Sportsmanship - Wentworth
FIRST TEAM ALL-CCC
100m - Brady Sorensen, So., Suffolk
200m - Brady Sorensen, So., Suffolk
400m - Joshua Backert, So., Gordon
800m - Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Sr., Suffolk
1500m - Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Sr., Suffolk
3K Steeple Chase - Shawn Tobin, Sr., Nichols
5K - Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Sr., Suffolk
110m Hurdles - Carter Nevulis, So., Suffolk
400m Hurdles - Alexander Ferris, Jr., Gordon
4x100m Relay - Christopher Borge, Sr., Nichols
4x100m Relay - Jamri Jones, So., Nichols
4x100m Relay - Jared Mason, Sr., Nichols
4x100m Relay - Mason David, So., Nichols
4x400m Relay - Alexander Ferris, Jr., Gordon
4x400m Relay - Jacob Smith, So., Gordon
4x400m Relay - Joseph Tibbles, Jr., Gordon
4x400m Relay - Joshua Backert, So., Gordon
Discus - Jared Pierce, Jr., Wentworth
Hammer - Michael Balestra, Sr., Suffolk
Javelin - Tyler Klockars, So., Wentworth
Shot Put - Kyle Moser, Jr., Wentworth
High Jump - Christopher Borge, Sr., Nichols
Long Jump - Brady Sorensen, So., Suffolk
Pole Vault - Eli Sleasman, So., Wentworth
Triple Jump - Sam Bielawa, Fr., Roger Williams
SECOND TEAM ALL-CCC
100m - Mason David, So., Nichols
200m - Scott Stehlik, Fr., Wentworth
400m - Nathan Douglas, Sr., Roger Williams
800m - Jacob Smith, So., Gordon
1500m - Tim Barry, So., Suffolk
3K Steeple Chase - Colin McGinn, So., Gordon
5K - Thomas Novy, Fr., Suffolk
110m Hurdles - Daniel Erikson, So., Gordon
400m Hurdles - Sean Donovan, So., Roger Williams
4x100m Relay - Brendan Truman, Jr., Roger Williams
4x100m Relay - Jon Gladstone, Fr., Roger Williams
4x100m Relay - Sam Bielawa, Fr., Roger Williams
4x100m Relay - Sean Donovan, So., Roger Williams
4x400m Relay - Cole Bolduc, Jr., Suffolk
4x400m Relay - Joshua Durand, Fr., Suffolk
4x400m Relay - Robert Solari, Sr., Suffolk
4x400m Relay - Selvin Backert, So., Suffolk
Discus - Justin Mini, Jr., Gordon
Hammer - Kyle Moser, Jr., Wentworth
Javelin - Edward Abouzeid, Fr., Suffolk
Shot Put - Jared Pierce, Jr., Wentworth
High Jump - Dre Colas, Jr., Wentworth
Long Jump - Jared Mason, Sr., Nichols
Pole Vault - Andrew Napolitano, Sr., Nichols
Triple Jump - Joshua Backert, So., Gordon
THIRD TEAM ALL-CCC
100m - Jared Mason, Sr., Nichols
200m - Joshua Backert, So., Gordon
400m - Jacob Smith, So., Gordon
800m - Selvin Backert, So., Suffolk
1500m - Jack Chausse, So., Wentworth
3K Steeple Chase - Domenic Savastano, So., Nichols
5K - Alexander Kalber, So., Roger Williams
110m Hurdles - Christian Army, Jr., Wentworth
400m Hurdles - Chase Silvia, 5th, Gordon
4x100m Relay - Brady Sorensen, So., Suffolk
4x100m Relay - Jonathan Garula, So., Suffolk
4x100m Relay - Turner Mitchell, So., Suffolk
4x100m Relay - Robert Solari, Sr., Suffolk
4x400m Relay - Jack Bielawa, Fr., Roger Williams
4x400m Relay - Jon Gladstone, Fr., Roger Williams
4x400m Relay - Liam Engel, Jr., Roger Williams
4x400m Relay - Nathan Douglas, Sr., Roger Williams
Discus - Kyle Moser, Jr., Wentworth
Hammer - Jared Pierce, Jr., Wentworth
Javelin - Tyler Zurowski, Jr., Nichols
Shot Put - Martin Dupuy, So., Nichols
High Jump - Archie Killian, So., Nichols
Long Jump - Sam Bielawa, Fr., Roger Williams
Pole Vault - Nate Muller, Fr., Wentworth
Triple Jump - Carter Nevulis, So., Suffolk