NEW YORK – The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) has announced its All-Star awards and team for the 2025 men’s outdoor track & field season.
 
Senior Brian Guillermo of Hunter was voted as the Track Athlete of the Year, while Medgar Evers' Omari Hinds was named Field Athlete of the Year.  The Cougars' Reco Griffith was chosen as Rookie of the Year, while MEC head coach Hugh Reid was voted Coach of the Year by his peers.  Lehman's Charles Howard was selected as the Sportsmanship Award winner.
 
Track Athlete of the Year: Brian Guillermo, Hunter
Guillermo owns the conference's fastest time in two distance events.  He is No. 1 in the 1500 (4:19.00) and the 10,000 (32:29.85) and sits No. 2 in the 5,000 (15:57.70).  At the conference championship he took gold in the 5,000 and silver in the 1,500.
 
Field Athlete of the Year: Omari Hinds, Medgar Evers
Hinds held the top mark in the CUNYAC in the long jump (6.86 meters) and the triple jump (13.22 meters) while posting the No. 2 mark in the high jump (1.90 meters).  He took first in the high jump and triple jump at the conference meet and placed second in the long jump.
 
Rookie of the Year: Reco Griffith, Medgar Evers
Griffith has the conference's top time in the 100-meter dash (10.52) as well as the 200 (21.36), while his 400 time of 52.01 seconds sits fourth.  He took gold in both the 100 and 200 at the conference championship, setting CUNYAC Championship records in both events.  Griffith's 100-meter dash time ranks No. 35 nationally.
 
Coach of the Year: Hugh Reid, Medgar Evers
Reid guided the Cougars to their second straight men's outdoor track and field conference championship this season and second in program history.  Medgar Evers had a total of 11 individual event winners at the conference meet.
 
2025 CUNYAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Awards
Track Athlete of the Year: Brian Guillermo, Hunter
Field Athlete of the Year: Omari Hinds, Medgar Evers
Rookie of the Year: Reco Griffith, Medgar Evers
Coach of the Year: Hugh Reid, Medgar Evers
Sportsmanship Award: Charles Howard, Lehman
Sportsmanship Team: Howard, Brandon Green (CCNY), Angel Martinez (Hunter), Chrisnel Nicolas (Medgar Evers), Richard Reyes (York)
 
All-Stars
Michael Abayev, CCNY
Jason Alexopoulos, CCNY
Trent Santoro, CCNY
Brian Arias, Hunter
Jonathan Cauchi, Hunter
Jocsan Crespo, Hunter
Hamza Elsherbiny, Hunter
Brian Guillermo, Hunter
Leonardo Kaplan, Hunter
Benjamin Landheim, Hunter
Mateo Penafiel, Hunter
Conor Sullivan, Hunter
Hengzhi Zhu, Hunter
Quincy Miller, Lehman
Adeolu Adeyemi, Medgar Evers
Joshua Felix, Medgar Evers
Reco Griffith, Medgar Evers
Omari Hinds, Medgar Evers
Kayshaun Higgs, Medgar Evers
Jahiem Johnson, Medgar Evers
Ruper Luard-Charles, Medgar Evers
Chrisnel Nicolas, Medgar Evers
Michael Ortega, Medgar Evers
Dontay Washington, Medgar Evers
Zion Young, Medgar Evers
 

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