LEXINGTON, KY–Saint Peter's track and field sprinter
Cashieve Blair is set to compete in the East First Round of the 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the UK Track & Field Complex at the University of Kentucky, May 27-30.
Blair is the first Peacock in five years to qualify for NCAA Regionals and currently ranks as high as sixth nationally and fifth in the East Region in the 200m.
Action begins Wednesday, with field events opening at 10 a.m. and track events beginning at 6 p.m. with the men's 110m hurdles first round. The men's 200m first round is scheduled for 8:45 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Cashieve Blair delivered one of the most dominant performances in conference history at the 2026 MAAC Outdoor Championships, capturing two gold medals, breaking two championship records and two school records, and earning MAAC Male Most Outstanding Performer for Track Events honors.
Blair opened the meet with gold in the 400m finals in record-breaking fashion, lowering his own school record while shattering an 11-year-old MAAC Championship record with a time of 45.85–nearly a full second ahead of the field.
He followed with a second individual title in the 200m, breaking a 19-year-old MAAC Championship record while lowering his own school record for the third time this season in 20.34.
His 20.34 in the 200m ranks among the top times in the nation this season, while his 45.85 in the 400m places him inside the top 25 nationally.
WHO IS CASHIEVE BLAIR
A Jamaican-born, 2022 graduate of Irvington High School in Irvington, New Jersey, and a four-year member of the Saint Peter's track and field program. Blair has made an impact since his rookie year and leaves Saint Peter's as the most decorated athlete in school history.
He holds five individual Saint Peter's school records, one MAAC Indoor Championship record, two Outdoor Championship records, and eight additional top-ten program marks. He has stood atop the podium for Saint Peter's 52 times, including 28 first-place finishes. He has collected 15 conference Championship medals, including 11 golds, and has medaled at every conference championship he has competed in.
He earned his first conference weekly award earlier this outdoor season before becoming the first athlete in program history to win MAAC Track Athlete of the Week honors three consecutive times. The senior also became the first Peacock in program history to win the MAAC Male Most Outstanding Performer for Track Events, earning his second career MAAC major award, being named Rookie of the Meet in 2023.
WHO IS JOHN MARSHALL
John Marshall has served as Saint Peter's head track and field coach since being hired in March 2018.
Marshall has coached 12 NCAA individual champions and over 40 All-Americans. He has won two Big East team championships and has coached 93 Big East individual champions, 18 IC4A individual champions, 10 ECAC individual champions, and one Rhodes Scholar.
A 1985 graduate of Villanova, Marshall won an NCAA individual title in the 800m during the 1983 indoor championships and was named an All-American six times in the 800m and 4x400 relay team throughout his collegiate career, and still holds the Villanova 800m (1:43.92) and 1000m school records (2:16.7).
In 1984, Marshall represented Team USA at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics, advancing to the quarterfinals in the men's 800m.
TOP 200M SPRINTERS IN THE REGION
Denzel Simusialela (Kentucky)– The senior owns a time of 19.98 in the 200m, ranking first in the region and second nationally. Simusialela is one of just three athletes in the nation to break the 20-second barrier this season and earned silver in the 200m at the 2026 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Rashun Fountain (East Carolina)– Fountain, a junior, also holds a 19.98 in the 200m, ranking first in the region and second nationally. He is one of only three athletes nationwide to run sub-20 this season and captured gold in the 200m at the 2026 American Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Jaleel Croal (South Florida)– The senior ranks second in the region and fourth nationally in the 200m with a time of 20.05. Croal earned silver in the event at the 2026 American Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Israel Okon (Auburn)– Okon, a sophomore, ranks third in the region and fifth nationally in the 200m with a time of 20.10, claiming bronze in the event at the 2026 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Bokpin Mustapha (Middle Tennessee)– The sophomore sits fourth in the region and seventh nationally in the 200m with a time of 20.11. Mustapha swept the sprints at the 2026 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, capturing gold in both the 100m and 200m.
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