By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Assistant AD for Communications
Looking back at spring sports highlights for Centenary College in 2026 leads us to the links, where Parkway’s Aubrey Snell and Haughton’s Haylee Crowder were standout performers.
Here, continuing from last Wednesday’s spring recap, are more 2026 high points for Centenary competitors:
MEN’S GOLF: Senior Jeffrey Borchert and Snell, a junior, each earned top-25 finishes in the 2026 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on April 21 as Borchert tied for 19th place and Snell tied for 23rd. Snell recorded four top 10 finishes and five top 15 finishes this season.
Senior Parker Christensen was selected the SCAC Character and Community Male Student Athlete of the Week on March 9. The SCAC Character & Community award honors the efforts of student-athletes who excel in the field of athletics, and also serve their campus and community.
WOMEN’S GOLF: Crowder, a sophomore, led the Ladies as she tied for ninth place at the SCAC Championships and earned honorable mention All-SCAC honors. Freshman Gracie Evans tied for 16th place. Crowder now owns four top 10 finishes and 10 top 20 finishes in her young career.
GYMNASTICS: The Ladies excelled in the classroom once again this season as 14 gymnasts were named 2026 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitational Championships Scholar-Athletes. These outstanding student-athletes held either a cumulative 3.3 GPA or fall semester GPA of 3.3 and seven Ladies had 4.0 GPAs in the fall semester.
Fourteen Centenary gymnasts were also named 2026 Midwest Independent Conference Scholar-Athletes. These outstanding student-athletes achieved a 3.25 GPA or better in the fall semester.
Skyla Cruz and senior Amy Foret were each named First Team WCGNI All-Americans following their appearances in the individual Finals of the 2026 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitational Championships in April.
Senior Claire Flores, sophomore Anna Ichiba and junior Olivia Williams also qualified for the championships. Individuals who qualified for the national championships were determined by their National Qualifying Score (NQS) in respective events. Cruz qualified on beam, Foret on beam, floor, and Vault, Flores on floor and vault, Ichiba on beam, and Williams on floor.
Centenary’s three seniors each earned prestigious individual postseason awards at the 2026 Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) pre-championship banquet prior to the meet. Senior Claire Flores was co-recipient of the Sylvia Keiter Award, senior Amy Foret was named Senior Athlete of the Year, and senior Olivia Stratmann was named MIC Woman of the Year.
Four Ladies were the recipient of the Coaches’ Choice Award, one of the four individual honors that the conference chooses on a weekly basis, this past season: Leila Dunlavy, Molly English, Stratmann, Dunlavy, English and Ichiba, who also won the “Performance of the Week” honor on Jan. 21.
TRACK & FIELD: The Gents finished ninth at the 2026 SCAC Championships in April with 15 points and the Ladies finished 11th with three points.
Sophomore Jay Scott SCAC named Men’s Co-Track Athlete of the Week (March 31) and named SCAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (March 17) as he had an impressive season for the Gents. He placed seventh in the long jump and 10th in the triple jump at the conference meet.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu