GREENWOOD, Ind. (June 18) – Five members of the Saint Vincent College track and field and cross country program have been named Academic All-District™ by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
Senior
Lauren Brennan (Saint Leonard, Md./Calvert), juniors
Aiden Jackson (Carroll, Ohio/William V. Fisher) and
John Syms (Plains, Pa./Coughlin) and sophomores
Miranda Cincotta (Emmittsburg, Md./St. John's Catholic Prep) and
Kristen Prince (Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert) all earned Academic All-District™ honors for the 2023-24 season, which recognizes standout student-athletes of at least sophomore academic standing who hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
Brennan turned in a solid senior season both on the cross country course and the track. In the fall, she turned in a pair of top-15 finishes, as she placed seventh at the Thiel Tomcat Rumble and 15th at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship, before finishing 41st at the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship. During the track and field season, Brennan specialized in the 5,000-meter run, earning a sixth-place finish at the Westminster Invitational and landing a spot on the podium with a seventh-place finish at the PAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, while she set a program record with a time of 11:03.30 in the 3,000-meter run at the Westminster Invitational. An early childhood education major and perennial honor student, Brennan served as vice president of the Saint Vincent College chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the national education honor society, was a Fred Rogers Scholar and was awarded Saint Vincent College's William Rafferty Award for academic and athletic excellence.
During the cross country season, Jackson was a regular member of the Bearcats' top-five. He earned three top-25 finishes, including a 16th-place performance at the PAC Cross Country Championship, while he posted a career-best time of 26:07 in the 8-kilometer Lock Haven Invitational. At the PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, Jackson landed a pair of podium performances, including a fifth-place showing in the one-mile run (4:28.81) and as a member of SVC's second-place distance medley relay team. During the outdoor track and field season, Jackson specialized in the 800 and 1,500-meter runs. His top 800 effort came at the Westminster Invitational, when he ran a season-best 2:01.64, before he placed fifth at the PAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 1,500 (4:08.57) and 11th in the 800 (2:02.73). He then concluded the season by running a personal-best time of 4:05.16 in the 1,500 at the All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Championships (AARTFC). A theology and business administration major, Jackson has been named to the Dean's List in every semester enrolled at SVC.
Syms, a sports and media major, was a consistent member of the Bearcat men's cross country team's top-five, as he placed 17th at the PAC Cross Country Championship and 61st at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship. During the indoor season, he achieved a new personal record in the 5,000-meter run with a mark of 15:47 at the SPIRE Indoor Games, before landing a spot on the podium at the PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships with an eighth-place showing in the 5,000-meter run. During the outdoor season, he specialized in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 5,000-meter run, and earned podium finishes in each event at the PAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, taking sixth in the 5,000 in 15:51.86 and sixth in the steeplechase in 10:02.63. Named to the Saint Vincent College Dean's List in each semester, Syms was inducted into the SVC chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma (the national student-athlete honor society) in April 2024.
Cincotta enjoyed one of the finest seasons for a runner in the history of the SVC women's cross country and track and field teams. During the cross country campaign, she earned All-PAC honors with a 10th-place finish at the conference championships, before placing 41st at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. During the indoor campaign, Cincotta ran the 200, 800 and mile, while also a member of the team's 4x400 and distance medley relay teams. She recorded three top-six performances at the PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing fourth in the mile and running legs on the third-place DMR squad and sixth-place 4x400 relay squad. She established a program record in the mile with a time of 5:12.37 at the SPIRE Indoor Games, while her time of 28.99 seconds in the 200-meter dash also ranks top-five in team history. In the outdoor season, she ran the second-fastest 800 in program history, with a time of 2:16.26 at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic. At the PAC Outdoor Championships, Cincotta made three trips to the podium, as she placed second in the 1,500, seventh in the 800 and was a member of the seventh-place 4x400 relay. She would then close out her season by setting a program record with a time of 4:44.44 in the 1,500 at the AARTFC Outdoor Championships. A biochemistry major, Cincotta is enrolled in the Saint Vincent College Scholar Honors Program, and is an inductee of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society.
Prince turned in a pair of top-10 performances during the cross country season, highlighted by a first-place finish at the Thiel Tomcat Rumble on Sept. 29. During the indoor season, she competed in all distance events, recording a personal best time of 5:30.34 in the one-mile run at the Youngstown State Mid-Major, before earning three top-six performances at the PAC Indoor Track and Field Championship, where she placed third in the 5,000-meter run, fourth in the 3,000-meter run and ran the second leg on SVC's sixth-place 4x400 relay. Specializing in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs during the outdoor season, Prince ran a season-best 19:10.81 in the 5K at the West Virginia Stan Romanoski Open, before she placed sixth in the 10K at the PAC Outdoor Championships with a season-best time of 40:08.08, the second-best mark in team history. A 2022 NCAA Division III National Cross Country Championship qualifier, Prince is an engineering major and has been selected to the Saint Vincent College Dean's List in each semester of her enrollment.
