EDISON, NJ – Nine former Monmouth University indoor track and field student-athletes and longtime head coach Joe Compagni were named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 40th Anniversary Teams, the league announced Thursday.

Since entering the conference prior to the 2013-14 campaign, Monmouth's men's and women's indoor track and field teams have each won six team championships, with Compagni overseeing six women's titles and five on the men's side. He led the Monmouth program for 24 seasons prior to retirement in the summer of 2019 and mentored all nine of Monmouth's representatives on the MAAC 40^th Anniversary Team.

All five of the men who earned a spot on the team hold MAAC Indoor Track and Field records. Dylan Capwell, Kyle Mueller, Corey Murphy, Khalid Slocum and Bryan Sosoo made the list for Monmouth. For the women's team, Mariah Toussaint is the lone MAAC record holder, while Patrice Baston, Lindsey Bellaran and Casey Sturts each earned Most Outstanding Performer honors at the MAAC Championships.

Capwell turned in a number of terrific performances throughout his indoor career as an individual and as part of relay teams. He owns the conference 800m record (1:46.83), set as a sophomore at the 2015 MAAC Championships and was part of the 4x800m relay team that set that MAAC mark at the 2018 indoor championships. Capwell was named Most Outstanding Performer after winning the 800m and the 4x400m relay in 2015. He is a two-time First Team All-American in the 800m (2015, 2016) after placing second and eighth overall, respectively, at the NCAA Championships. In 2018, Capwell garnered Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 800m and won gold medals in the 800m and 4x800m relay at the MAAC Championships.

Mueller helped lead Monmouth to the 2020 MAAC Championship after he broke the conference record in the 5000m run with a time of 14:07.39. He shared Most Outstanding Performer honors as the men won their third consecutive championship. At the 2018-19 championships, Mueller secured a second-place finish in the 5000m run.

Murphy set the MAAC Indoor Track and Field shot put record in 2019 (19.66m) and went on to be named a Second Team All-American after placing 12th at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Murphy was a three-time MAAC Champion in the shot put in his career and a three-time All-East selection.

Slocum broke the conference record in the 200m at the 2019 MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships when he clocked in at 21.45. It was part of an impressive weekend for the junior, who also took home gold medals in the 60m and long jump. He went on to earn All-East honors in all three events and won the 60m at the 2019 IC4A Championships.

Sosoo opened his MAAC Championships career by placing third in the 60m dash in 2015. As a sophomore, Sosoo broke the MAAC record in the 60m with his time of 6.71 at the 2016 championships, was named All-East and competed in the first round of the NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2017, Sosoo added two more gold medals in the 60m and 200m en route to being named Most Outstanding Performer. At his final indoor championships, Sosoo won the 60m for the third time in his career as well as the triple jump.

Baston was selected Most Outstanding Field Performer at the 2019 MAAC Championships after winning the long jump and placing second in the triple jump. Her efforts helped the Hawks win their sixth consecutive indoor championship, as she finished her career with four indoor team titles.

Bellaran pulled in her own Most Outstanding Track Performer honors in 2016 as Monmouth captured its third title. Individually, Bellaran won the 800m, finished second in the mile with a school-record time of 4:48.63 and anchored the winning DMR squad, which set a new MAAC record of 11:44.68

Another Hawk to grab Most Outstanding Field Performer honors was Sturts, who won the award as a senior in 2017. Sturts won gold in the pole vault and bronze in the high jump at the 2017 conference meet, before repeating as the MAAC pole vault champion in 2018 and winning silver in the high jump. As a sophomore in 2015, Sturts also claimed a second-place finish in the high jump.

Toussaint set the MAAC Indoor Track and Field long jump record in 2014 (6.18m) to help lead Monmouth to the 2014 MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championship in its first season in the league. She became Monmouth's first student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships and was also a 2014 All-East selection.

The conference will announce its Outdoor Track and Field 40^th Anniversary Teams on Thursday, August 13, 2020.