BABSON PARK, Mass.—Five members of the Babson College men's track & field and cross country programs were recognized for their success in the classroom when the College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced their Division III Academic All-District teams on Tuesday.
Senior
Julian Ivarra (Plano, Texas) was honored for the third consecutive season, while classmate
Will Dean (Belmont, Mass.) earned CSC Academic All-District laurels for the second year in a row. Graduate student
Matthew Campbell (South Easton, Mass.) and sophomores
Coleman Hayes (New York, N.Y.) and
Stratton Seymour (Merrimac, Mass.) all earned their first CSC Academic All-District nod.
Since 1952, CSC (formerly CoSIDA) has honored more than 20,000 outstanding student-athletes across the NCAA. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and ranked among the top 50 in the region in at least one event in indoor or outdoor track & field, or among the top 50 finishers at cross country regionals.
Ivarra put together a terrific senior campaign beginning with the best cross country season of his four-year career. He finished fifth at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship and 13th at the NCAA East Regional to become just the second male in school history to qualify for the Division III National Championship, where he would go on to finish 155th.
Ivarra continued his success in the spring recording the top times of his career in both the 5000 meters (14:53.27) and the 10,000 meters (31:01.28). He took third in the 10,000 meters at the NEWMAC Championships and ranked seventh in the event in the East Region while ranking 16th in the 5000 meters.
A six-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honoree, Ivarra earned a pair of all-region awards in cross country and another in track & field.
Dean, who earned All-NEWMAC honors in the decathlon in 2024, recorded a throw of 142-feet, 2-inches that ranked 45th among East Region competitors in the javelin at Bryant's Black & Gold Invitational on March 29. He also recorded three top-10 finishes in the long jump, which includes coming in ninth with a mark of 19-feet, 5.25-inches at the conference meet in late April.
Despite missing a pair of meets due to injury, Campbell recorded the three fastest times of his career on the trails this past fall and set a new personal best with a time of 27:09 in the 8k on the way to placing 47th at the NEWMAC Championship back in November. In the spring, he earned all-region honors at the New England Division III Championships by coming in seventh with a time of 32:44.85 in the 10,000 meters. Campbell's time ranked 20th overall among East Region competitors.
Hayes ranked among the top 50 in the region in a pair of events, finishing 22nd in the shot put and 42nd in the hammer throw with each of his top marks coming at the NEWMAC Championship on April 25-26. He came in seventh with a distance of 42-feet, 6-inches in the shot put and placed 14th with a throw of 117-feet, 7-inches in the hammer.
Seymour, who entered the 2025 campaign with the Beavers' program record-holder in the 400 hurdles, posted his top result of the year at the Sean Collier Invitational at MIT on April 19. His time of 59.56 ranked 38th in the East Region. Seymour also came in 11th in the 400 hurdles with a time of 59.70 at the NEWMAC Championships on April 26.
