Annville, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's outdoor track and field team was picked 7th in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Pre-Championship poll, the league office announced Thursday. The vote was conducted among the league's 16 head coaches.  

The Ducks were picked to finish exactly where they did at last year's outdoor championships. Lebanon Valley, the two-time reigning conference champions, were picked first, just six points ahead of Messiah.
 
More than 30 points back of Messiah was a tightly grouped 3-thropugh-7 of Eastern, York, Widener, Misericordia, and the Ducks, all separated by just 14 points

The entire poll can be found below:

Rank	School	Points	1st Place Votes
1	Lebanon Valley	216	11
2	Messiah	210	4
3	Eastern	173
4	York	170	1
5	Widener	167
6	Misericordia	160
7	STEVENS	159
8	DeSales	132
9	Arcadia	100
10	Delaware Valley	90
11	Stevenson	89
12	King's	80
13	Hood	79
14	Hood	42
15	FDU-Florham	38
16	Albright	15

Three individuals and three-fourths of a relay team return for the Ducks after top five finishes last year.
 
William Ladd tied for second in the high jump with a 1.91-meter clearance that put him among the top three in program history.
 
Kyle Savino was third in the 400 meters, running the first sub-48.00 time in school history.
 
Danny Jutras was fifth in the 800 meters, finishing just 0.55 seconds off a Top 3 finish in the event.
 
The 4x800 meter relay team of Mick Barbi, Caleb Stephen, Jake Aylmer, and Jutras took fourth in the 4x800 meters.
 
In addition to last year's championship performances, already this outdoor season:

• Chad Francis and Doug Winant have run two of the seven fastest 100-meter times in program history
• Francis, Connor Robinson, and Chase Kosiba have run three of the nine fastest 200-meter times in program history
• Steven Longo and Ian Rodriguez have run two of the 10 fastest 100-meter times in program history
• Michael Dao and Chris Persico have cleared two of the top six pole vault heights in program history
• Jonathan Mordi and Perriello have posted two of the eight furthest long jumps in program history
• Mordi, Konstantinos Georgiadis, and Justin Gajewski have three of the seven longest triple jumps in program history, with the first-year Mordi breaking a 45-year-old program record

 
The 2026 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be hosted by Messiah from April 30-May 2. The appropriate event links will be posted to StevensDucks.com once available.

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