Galloway, N.J. – Twenty-three Stockton University track & field competitors qualified for USTFCCCA All-Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for the 2026 outdoor season. The USTFCCCA expanded all-region honors to the top eight competitors in an individual event or relay this year. Stockton is a member of the Metro region.
Five of the 23 Ospreys secured all-region accolades in multiple events, highlighted by Elaina Styer (Estell Manor/Ocean City) with all-region awards in four events, the 100m hurdles, high jump, long jump and heptathlon. Styer recorded the top heptathlon performance in the Metro with a school-record 5,050 points.
Kayla Kass (Bayonne/Bayonne) qualified for a trio of all-region honors, the 400m, 800m and 4x400 relay, to bring her career total to 14 in indoor and outdoor track & field combined. Emma Petrolia (New Milford/New Milford) produced all-region efforts in the 400m hurdles and 4x400 relay to boost her career total to 13 laurels.
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Adrienne Austin (Hainesport/Rancocas Valley) and Emma Conroy (Matawan/Matawan) rounded out the list of Ospreys with multiple all-region accolades with two apiece. Austin qualified in the 100m and 4x100 relay, while Conroy recorded spots in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
Ahmad Fogg (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT), Eva Morrison (Northfield/Mainland) and freshman Joie Buxton (Galloway/Absegami) joined Styer as the four Stockton competitors who were ranked first in the Metro Region in an event this season. Fogg was first in the long jump, with Morrison tops in the pole vault and Buxton number one in the javelin.
2026 outdoor track & field all-region honorees
- James Adams (South Plainfield/South Plainfield), 4x400 relay, 3:19.79, Metro rank 6th – Profile
- Adrienne Austin (Hainesport/Rancocas Valley), 100m (:12.34, 8th), 4x100 relay (:48.94, 7th)
- Evelynn Austin (Sparta/Pope John XXIII), 3000m ST (11:55.90, 8th)
- Jessica Bruther (Manahawkin/Southern Regional), 4x400 relay (3:58.98, 5th)
- Joie Buxton (Galloway/Absegami), javelin (44.25m, 1st)
- Emma Conroy (Matawan/Matawan), 4x400 relay (3:58.98, 5th), 4x100 relay (:48.94, 7th)
- Sophia Cornell (New Tripoli, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh), 3000m ST (11:50.24, 6th)
- Shane Daley (Galloway/Absegami), 4x400 relay (3:19.79, 6th)
- Marlie DiPalma (Hackettstown/Pope John XXIII), heptathlon (3,530 pts, 8th)
- Isabel Duval (Old Bridge/Old Bridge), 4x100 relay (:48.94, 7th)
- Ahmad Fogg (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT), long jump (7.43m, 1st)
- Kyle Greenleaf (Barnegat/Barnegat), 4x400 relay (3:19.79, 6th)
- Chris Griffin (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT), javelin (55.75m, 8th)
- Landon Jenter (Voorhees/Eastern Regional), 4x400 relay (3:19.79, 6th)
- Kayla Kass (Bayonne/Bayonne), 400m (:57.00, 4th), 800m (2:10.43, 2nd), 4x400 relay (3:58.98, 5th)
- Kevin Lu-Chua (Brooklyn, N.Y./Stuyvesant), decathlon (5,148 pts, 7th)
- Megan Morris (Pennsville/Pennsville), pole vault (3.50m, 3rd)
- Eva Morrison (Northfield/Mainland), pole vault (3.76m, 1st)
- Bryant Nelson (Millville/Millville), triple jump (14.69m, 3rd)
- Emma Petrolia (New Milford/New Milford), 400m hurdles (1:00.89, 2nd), 4x400 relay (3:58.98, 5th)
- Cameron Radcliffe (Pt. Pleasant/Pt. Pleasant Boro), 4x100 relay (:48.94, 7th)
- Elaina Styer (Estell Manor/Ocean City), heptathlon (5,050 pts, 1st), 100m hurdles (:14.22, 2nd), high jump (1.67m, T-3rd), long jump (5.63m, 4th)
- Maddy Valasek (Medford/Shawnee), 1500m (4:43.08, 8th)



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