Sparkill, N.Y. - On Wednesday, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced its 2022 Outdoor Track & Field All-Region awards. Dante Brown, Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez, Tyler Robinson, DeAndre Smith and Skylar Moreno of St. Thomas Aquinas College were selected for the prestigious honor in recognition of their outstanding individual spring seasons.
Brown, the graduate student from Nyack, N.Y., posted a pair of first place finishes (ECC Championships/6.69m & East Stroudsburg All-American Meet/7.15m) in the Long Jump this season.
Mena-Jimenez, a freshman from West Haverstraw, N.Y., finished in Fourth (Princeton Elite Invite/46.39m), First (ECC Championships (47.02m), Second (East Stroudsburg All-American Meet/51.13m), First (Misericordia Twilight/49.74m), First (Ramapo Invite/50.03m), First (Lafayette Open/49.84m), First (St. Thomas University 8-Way Meet/46.54m) and Fourth (Ansin Invitational Track Series #2/41.02) Place in the Discus during eight meets this season.
He also posted First (ECC Championships (50.72m), Sixth (East Stroudsburg All-American Meet/45.96m), First (Misericordia Twilight/49.78m), First (Ramapo Invite/51.14m), First (Lafayette Open/50.48m) and First (Ansin Invitational Track Series #2/45.07) Place finishes in the Hammer Throw during six meets this season.
Robinson, the sophomore from New City, N.Y., placed Sixth (ECC Championships/29.96m), Tenth (Misericordia Twilight/29.42m), Fourth (St. Thomas University 8-Way Meet/27.94m) and First (Ansin Invitational Track Series #2/45.02m) in the Discus during four meets this season.
Smith, a senior from Brentwood, N.Y., led the way for the Spartans in the High Jump event, as he posted Second (Princeton Elite Invite/2.09m), First (ECC Championships (2.05m), First (Army West Point Twilight/2.07m), First (East Stroudsburg All-American Meet/2.06m), First (Misericordia Twilight/2.02m), First (Ramapo Invite/1.97m), First (Lafayette Open/2.00m), First (St. Thomas University 8-Way Meet/2.05m) and Second (Ansin Invitational Track Series #2/2.00m) Place finishes in the High Jump during nine meets this season.
Moreno, the senior from Congers, N.Y. finished in First (ECC Championships/11:29.48), First (Ramapo Invite/11:32.95) and Second (Ansin Invitational Track Series #2/11:45.19) Place in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase this season.