Springfield, MA – CMCC Men's and Women's Track & Field wrapped up their 2026 season on Saturday at the Yankee Small College Conference championships hosted at American International College. The Mustangs won five YSCC events with the men's team taking fifth place overall, while the women's team finished runners-up for the second straight season.
"I couldn't be prouder of the individual and team PRs we saw across both squads," said head coach Kevin Mitchell. "Every athlete contributed in a meaningful way and had a successful day across the board. It's been a great season of growth, and this meet really showed how far this group has come, both individually and as a team."
It was a packed event with the YSCC Championships joining onto the AIC Invitational, which also featured schools from NCAA DII, NCAA DIII, and NJCAA participating.
The conference titles went to two different schools. In the men's team standings, York County won its first ever YSCC Championship in any sport, by posting 129.5 total points. That beat out Hampshire College, which marked its final season of athletic competition before the school's closure by picking up their best finish at the event. The Black Rams' 120 points were just behind in second place. UMaine-Augusta (85) followed in third, barely edging out ACPHS (83). Central Maine (64.5), VTSU-Randolph (54), and NHTI (12) rounded out the seven-team field.
In the women's championship, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ran away with the win by scoring 157 points. Central Maine came in second with 84 points ahead of York County (78), Hampshire College (69), Vermont State University-Randolph (17) and the University of Maine at Augusta (14).
On the men's side, Ritangel Silva had the best individual finish, taking second place in the YSCC in 400 meters. The Lewiston High School grad set a personal best time of 56.47 seconds, just beating out teammate Gracen Golebiewski in 56.65 seconds. The pair finished right next to each other in the 200 meters as well. Golebiewski took fourth in conference in 24.85 seconds ahead of Silva in fifth at 25.30 seconds.
They were both joined by Nathanael Mondo Moundoumou and Zachary Peirce, filling in for the absent Isaiah Taylor, on the 4x100-meter relay team. The unit finished second to York County with a performance of 48.06 seconds. Mondo Moundoumou also jumped for Central Maine at the meet, clearing 1.50 meters in high jump and a personal record in triple jump of 10.76 meters for third place in the conference.
The 100-meter dash had the most participants. In a packed field, Golebiewski was the only Central Maine runner to score points in the YSCC standings. The Raymond, ME native took fifth place with 12.37 seconds time. Silva was not far behind in 12.53 seconds and Hunter Holt, from the throwing team, made his sprint debut to round out his season in 17.56 seconds.
Speaking of throwing events, Holt had much better results in his familiar competitions. The Messalonskee High School product set personal bests in shot put (8.64 meters) and javelin (28.93 meters). He earned the team sixth-place points in shot put, discus, and hammer throw.
Peirce had a disappointing day in javelin after setting league-leading marks in the first two meets of the season. But with a packed field of throwers from schools outside of the Yankee Small College Conference, there were no finals held for any of the throwing events. Only the best effort from three attempts determined the champions. Peirce fouled on two of his attempts and had to settle for third place in the YSCC with 36.77 meters, far below his normal standards. The Charleston, ME native bounced back in the distance events, setting personal bests in the 800m at 2:19.96 and the 5,000 meters where his time of 19:59.44 was good enough for third.
Tulebari Monday had his best go in discus, finishing tied for fourth with Aidan Gagnon of UMA. Both threw 27.50 meters. The sophomore from Lewiston also earned points in shot put by reaching 9.59 meters and had a personal best in the hammer throw at 21.75 meters. Brian Somers and Elijah Burkhardt also had multiple PRs. Somers picked up a point in javelin with a throw of 33.80m and had his best discus toss at 25.50m. Burkhardt reached 17.50m in discus and 6.75m in shot put.
On the women's side, Eva Fleurent had an incredible day, winning the YSCC individual titles in the 800 and 1,500 meters, as well as being a part of the winning 4x100-meter relay team. Her time of 5:47.83 in the 1,500m bested three runners from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and her 2:53.53 mark in the 800m was also a personal best for the freshman out of Biddeford High School. Fleurent was joined on the relay team by Breanna Dwyer, Keilani Horne, and Mikela Alvarado. The quartet posted a time of 57.49 seconds to narrowly edge out a 58.76 from ACPHS for the YSCC title.
Dwyer also competed in four events for the team. The Gold Coast, Australia native won the 200-meter dash individual event for YSCC with a time of 28.57 seconds, ahead of Tiffany Souliere's 29.29 run for York County. Dwyer finished third in the conference for the 100-meter dash in 13.86 seconds and had a personal best in long jump, reaching 4.26 meters.
Horne finished fourth in the 200m in 30.61 seconds and took fifth in the 100m in 14.77 seconds. She also put down a 3.82m mark in long jump to score valuable points for the team. Alvarado added the 400 meters to her event list, coming in third with a time of 1:19.98.
In the throwing events, Samantha Saiauski had an impressive day, setting personal records in all three of her events, shot put, discus, and javelin. Her javelin throw of 18.56 meters was just shy of second place, settling for third in the YSCC. The Kittery, ME native took fourth in shot put, reaching 7.20 meters, and she netted fifth place points in discus with a 19.00m effort.
It marked the end of a short season for both track and field teams, with the conference championships being moved up a week from their normal place in the calendar and not starting until the beginning of April. Coach Mitchell's squads plan on returning with a bigger slate of meets in the 2027 campaign.
