DALLAS – Following a competitive championship weekend, Conference USA has awarded the Performers of the Meet and Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
With a handful of outstanding races, Middle Tennessee’s
Mustapha Bokpin has earned the title of Men’s Track Performer of the Meet. Bokpin electrified the track during the championship in the 100 and 200-meter dash. In the 100, he recorded a personal best of 9.94, meeting the Olympic qualifying standard, breaking the meet record and soaring to No. 5 in the NCAA. The sophomore followed up with a dominant win in the 200, setting another personal and meet record at 20.26. Bokpin's stellar performance also earned him the title of CUSA Men’s High Point Scorer.
On the women’s side, LA Tech’s
Jamara Patterson has been named the Track Performer of the Meet. Patterson won gold at the championship while setting a new 400-meter meet record with a time of 51.43. That finish marked a personal best, placed her No. 26 in the NCAA and is the fastest outdoor time in program history for the Bulldogs. The junior has now broken LA Tech’s 400 record on four separate occasions this season. She was also a part of the Bulldogs’ winning 4x400-meter relay team where she ran the second leg.
Winning Men’s Field Performer of the Meet is Kennesaw State’s
Gage Voyles. In the high jump championship, Voyles cleared 2.27 meters (7-5.25) to win the gold medal. That mark set a school record, leads the conference and ranks second in the NCAA this season. It is also tied for the second-highest winning clearance in CUSA Championship history.
New Mexico State’s
Alesha Lane has been named the Women’s Field Performer of the Meet. The 2026 CUSA Shot Put Champion tallied the highest individual point total (17) of any field athlete at the championship meet. Her mark of 16.05-meters is the furthest throw in the championships since 2024, while setting a new personal best and qualifying her for the NCAA West First Round in Fayetteville. Lane will also compete in the discus at John McDonnell Field, after taking third in the event at the CUSA Championships with a best mark of 52.35 meters. In the hammer throw, the senior recorded a new personal best of 51.57 meters to take eighth place.
Head coach for the Flames,
Lance Bingham has earned the title of Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year after sweeping the outdoor championship team titles. For the men, Bingham coached Liberty to the CUSA title with the largest margin of victory (97 points) in the meet's 30-year history. The Flames scored points in 18 of the19 events they entered, winning seven of them. In the events Bingham directly oversees, Liberty went 1-2-3-4 in the decathlon and 2-3-5 in the pole vault. On the women’s side, Bingham coached the Lady Flames to their third-straight CUSA outdoor title with a 40-point victory over indoor champion Kennesaw State. Liberty scored points in 18 of 20 events, winning five of them. The heptathletes that Bingham coaches finished 1-4-6, including a pair of 5,000-point scorers. He also coached
Katie Urbine to third place in the pole vault for Liberty's first-ever All-CUSA performance in the event.
2026 CUSA Outdoor Track and Field Postseason Awards
Men's Track Performer of the Meet
Mustapha Bokpin, MTSU
Women's Track Performer of the Meet
Jamara Patterson, LA Tech
Men's Field Performer of the Meet
Gage Voyles, KSU
Women's Field Performer of the Meet
Alesha Lane, NM State
Men's and Women's Coach of the Year
Lance Bingham, Liberty