NEW ORLEANS – All Region honors for the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field season were announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) following the conclusion of the regular season. The organization honored the Top-5 individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region honors, in addition to each of the members of a top-3 ranked relay team.
Sage's junior John Coddington (Amsterdam, NY/Broadalbin-Perth) was recognized for his accomplishments in the shot put.
Also named the was voted the 2022 Empire 8 Conference Outdoor Track and Field Rookie of the Year. At the 2022 Outdoor Championship, he won the hammer throw at the E8 Championships with a toss of 45.93 meters. The school's first E8 champion placed third in the shot put with a throw of 14.16 meters at E8s.
The team captain, who also represented the program on the E8 Sportsmen of the Year Team, competed at the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Championships in both events. He also established program records in the hammer, shot put and discus across his debut spring. At Sage, he was also honored as the Male Athlete of the Year in an individual sport and was also honored as the men's outdoor track and field Gator of the Year.
At the 2022 Empire 8 Indoor Track and Field Championship, he was also tapped as the Co-Rookie of the Year after finishing as the conference runner-up in both the Shot Put and the Weight Throw and scored 16 points at the meet. He continued to break school records at every meet and finished the indoor season earning a spot at the 2022 All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Championships, where he was also named to the All-Region Team, a Sage first. He recorded the second-best throw in the shot put (14.75 meters) and fourth-best weight throw performance (15.81 meters) on the indoor season in the Mideast Region.
As a member of Sage's outdoor track and field squad, he has established the program's records in the shot put (14.79 meters), the discus (39.95 meters), and the hammer throw (46.36 meters). He has posted invitational wins and runner-up finishes in several events as well. He has earned two Empire 8 Outdoor Track Performer of the Week awards and won the program's first Empire 8 Championship as he opened the 2022 Outdoor Championship with a win in the hammer toss. He also picked up a third place finish in the shot out as well as a fifth place finish in the discus. He scored 18 points at the meet and competed at the 2022 All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Championship in the shot put and the hammer toss. He earned Empire 8 All-Conference honors in the hammer and was named the 2022 Empire 8 Outdoor Track and Field Co-Rookie of the Year as well as earning a spot on the Sportsman Team.
