SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track & field and cross country teams placed six student-athletes on the Academic All-District Team when the College Sports Communicators announced the 2025-26 Academic All-District Track & Field and Cross Country teams Tuesday.
 
The Rock are represented on the team by Logan Anderson, Matthew Crow, Zach Gose, Drew Layton, John Juszynski and Seaton Wozniak. Crow and Wozniak become three-time Academic All-District honorees, while Layton becomes a two-time honoree and the other three selections pick up their first career awards.
 
In order to be nominated for the Academic All-America program and selected to an Academic All-District team, student-athletes must be at least sophomores in academic and athletic standing, must finish in the top 50 of a regional cross country championship or rank in the top 50 in the region in an individual track & field event, and should have significant athletic credentials, such as All-Conference, All-Region or All-America.
 
Each school in the country can nominate a total of six men from the combined sports of cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field to be placed on the Academic All-District team. A national committee then decides which student-athletes advance to the ballot for the Academic All-America team.
 
Slippery Rock advanced four of its six All-District selections with Anderson, Gose, Layton and Wozniak all being moved forward to the Academic All-America ballot. Wozniak is looking to become a three-time Academic All-American after making the teams in both 2024 and 2025, while Layton is looking for a second straight Academic All-America award after making the team in 2025.
 
A look at the academic and athletic accomplishments of The Rock's six Academic All-District selections can be found below. Voting by the nation's athletic communication professionals will take place over the next week and the Academic All-America team will be announced July 14.
 
LOGAN ANDERSON
Anderson had a breakout sophomore season at The Rock in 2025-26, winning PSAC titles in the heptathlon indoor and the decathlon outdoor and earning All-America honors in both seasons. He broke the SRU and all-time PSAC records in the indoor heptathlon (5,323 points) on his way to earning first team All-America honors. He recorded the fifth-best heptathlon score in the country indoor and the fifth-best decathlon score in the nation outdoor (7,125 points) and picked up second team All-America honors outdoor. He was named the PSAC and Atlantic Region Male Field Athlete of the Year during the indoor season. In the classroom, Anderson owns a 3.79 GPA while majoring in safety management.
 
MATTHEW CROW
Crow, the SRU indoor record holder in the 60-meter hurdles, earns his third career Academic All-District honor after closing his senior season in style by picking up the first 400-meter hurdle PSAC title of his career. A multiple time champion in the high hurdles indoor and outdoor throughout his career, Crow shocked the field this spring to win a title in the 400-meter hurdles. He ranked in the top 25 regionally in three different events this spring, including the 110-meter hurdles (ninth, 14.52 seconds), the 400-meter hurdles (11th, 53.81 seconds) and the long jump (22nd, 7.03 meters). He was All-PSAC in the high hurdles indoor (2nd) and outdoor (3rd) this year as well, placing in the top three every individual event he entered at the PSAC Championships this year. In the classroom, Crow graduated this spring with a degree in sport management with minors in leadership and business management with a 3.72 GPA.
 
ZACH GOSE
Gose had a breakout senior season this spring that saw him set the SRU indoor record in the weight throw (19.68 meters) and the outdoor record in the hammer throw (62.16 meters) on his way to earning his first career All-America honor. He took 17th in the hammer throw at the National Championships this spring in his nationals debut. Gose earned All-PSAC honors indoor in the weight throw and outdoor in the hammer throw and he ranked in the top 10 in the region indoor in the weight and shot put and in the top 30 in the region outdoor in the hammer, discus and shot put. He broke the outdoor hammer record at SRU four different times this spring, ultimately recording the No. 2 mark in the region at 62.16 meters. Gose graduated this spring with a degree in business management with a minor in leadership with a 3.93 GPA.
 
DREW LAYTON
Layton earns his second Academic All-District award and is looking for a second straight Academic All-America honor after competing only during the indoor season this year. Despite battling an injury this winter that sidelined him for the entire spring season, Layton still earned All-PSAC, All-Region and All-America honors in the pole vault. The SRU indoor and outdoor record holder cleared 5.10 meters indoor to rank No. 2 in the region and No. 18 nationally and then placed 13th at the indoor national meet to earn second team All-America honors, his third career All-America award. In the classroom, Layton owns a 3.58 GPA while majoring in environmental geoscience.
 
JOHN JUSZYNSKI
Juszynski closed the 2025-26 academic year with a perfect 4.0 GPA in the Master of Business Administration program after earning his undergraduate degree in exercise science with a minor in coaching with a 3.84 GPA. His best season was the spring track and field season, where he ranked seventh in the region in the steeplechase and 38th in the region in the 5K. He also ranked in the top 40 in the region indoor in both the 3K and the 5K and was 65th at the regional XC championship in the fall. He earned All-PSAC honors in the steeplechase with a third place finish to mark his second career All-PSAC honor in the event.
 
SEATON WOZNIAK
Wozniak is looking to become a three-time Academic All-American after earning first team honors in 2025 and second team honors in 2024. He closed out his senior year by keeping his perfect 4.0 GPA, graduating with a degree in business management after more than 120 credit hours. In addition to his excellence in the classroom, Wozniak also earned All-America honors during both the indoor and outdoor seasons in the shot put and won a pair of PSAC titles in two different disciplines in 2025-26. He claimed the indoor title in the shot put with an SRU record of 18.40 meters, which ranked seventh in the nation this winter. He followed that up by winning the PSAC title in the discus throw this spring while also ranking 10th in the nation in the shot put this spring. He closed his career as a three-time All-American with four straight top-15 finishes in the shot put at the National Championships.
 
 


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