Case Western Reserve University sophomore runner Donovan Crowley won a University Athletic Association Championship to lead the Spartan men's track and field team to a fifth-place finish at the 2026 UAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at DiSanto Field in Cleveland on Sunday.
Crowley won the conference title in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:51.47, the second-fastest time in program history. Overall, CWRU scored 94.5 points at the two-day meet to place fifth out of seven teams.
UAA Champion
- Crowley
- 1,500-meter run, 3:51.47
- First career title
All-UAA
- Crowley
- 1,500-meter run, first, 3:51.47
- Second career outdoor, third overall
- Sophomore Charlie Stipanovich
- 400-meter dash, second, 48.42 seconds
- First career
- Junior Tanush Anand
- High jump, second, 2.00 meters
- First career
- Senior Connor Evans
- Discus throw, second, 43.62 meters
- First career
Top Eight Finishes
- First-year Chance Krenzer
- 800-meter run, eighth, 1:59.16
- 4x400-meter relay, fourth, 3:19.52
- First-year Antonio Sidoti
- 4x100-meter relay, sixth, 42.59 seconds
- 100-meter dash, seventh, 10.86 seconds
- Crowley
- 4x400-meter relay, fourth, 3:19.52
- Senior Nathaniel Hahn
- 4x400-meter relay, fourth, 3:19.52
- Stipanovich
- 4x400-meter relay, fourth, 3:19.52
- Junior Toby Langsner
- Discus throw, fifth, 42.16 meters
- Sophomore Ishaan Solanki
- Javelin throw, fifth, 52.75 meters
- Junior Jacob Slater
- 5,000-meter run, fifth, 14:49.76
- Junior Matthew Bezuneh
- 4x100-meter relay, sixth, 42.59 seconds
- Sophomore Artin Fazeli
- 4x100-meter relay, sixth, 42.59 seconds
- Senior Troy Olson
- 4x100-meter relay, sixth, 42.59 seconds
- First-year Garrett Myers
- Discus throw, seventh, 41.57 meters
- Sophomore Luke Rabacs
- 400-meter hurdles, seventh, 57.27 seconds
Final Team Standings
- Chicago, 195.0 points
- Emory, 162.0 points
- WashU, 148.0 points
- Carnegie Mellon, 143.0 points
- CWRU, 94.0 points
- Brandeis, 42.0 points
- NYU, 27.0 points
Spartan Notes
- Stipanovich recorded the third-fastest time in program history in the 400-meter dash
- Sidoti added the fourth-best time ever by a Spartan in the 100-meter dash
- Anand had the fifth-best mark in the high jump in program history
- Crowley is the second-ever Spartan to win the conference title in the 1,500-meter run and the first since Logan Singer in 2023
- CWRU had an All-UAA finish in the 400-meter dash for the second consecutive season, and Stipanovich's runner-up finish is the best by a Spartan in the event since Nathaniel Wahner won the race in 2017
- Anand is the first Spartan to earn All-UAA honors in the high jump since 2015 when Graeham Heil was the runner-up
- Evans became the first member of the CWRU men's track and field team in 13 years to earn All-UAA honors in the discus throw. Izzy Budnick finished second in 2013
- Case Western Reserve placed fifth in the league for the fifth consecutive season
Up Next
CWRU will take a week off from competition before a contingent of student-athletes will attempt to improve their marks and times for postseason qualification. Their first chance will be at the Harrison Dillard Twilight in Berea, Ohio, on May 7 and 8.
