NEW ORLEANS, LA -- Nine Bulldogs: Braylen Brown (San Antonio/Randolph), Parker Cabra (Schertz/Randolph), Rickey Franks (Rockport/Rockport-Fulton), Caden Keller (McAllen/McAllen), Amir McClain (Converse/Veterans Memorial), Hezekiah McDow (Goliad/Weiss), Tavion Parrish (Kyle/Johnson), Eden Perez (Hebbronville/Hebbronville), and Gavino Ramirez (Alice/Alice) all secured All-Region honors from the USTFCCCA for their incredible outdoor seasons. All-Region honors for the 2026 NCAA Division-III Outdoor Track & Field season were announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) following the conclusion of the regular season. All nine All-Region honorees will compete at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in La Crosse, Wisconsin this week.
Top-8 individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region honors, in addition to each of the members of a top-8 ranked relay team.
Only USTFCCCA member programs are eligible for awards.
Braylen Brown earned All-Region honors in both the 400m dash and the 4x400m relay, his fourth and fifth All-Region honor across indoor and outdoor track and field seasons so far in his young career. His 47.22 second time in the 400m dash ranked fourth in the West Region while the TLU program record breaking time of 3:12.07 in the 4x400m relay alongside Caden Keller, Gavino Ramirez, and Eden Perez ranked third in the West. The 4x400m relay time led the Bulldogs to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the first time in the event in men's track and field history.
Parker Cabra earns All-Region honors in the high jump with a mark of 2.09m (6' 10.25") which ranked third in the West region. Cabra also added All-Region honors in the 110m hurdles, ranking second in the West with a time of 14.51 seconds, a new TLU record.
The NCAA Championship qualifying 4x100m relay team comprised of Rickey Franks, Eden Perez, Hezekiah McDow, and Tavion Parrish earn All-Region honors with their region leading time of 40.74 seconds turned in at the J.G. Gonzales Memorial Invitational at Trinity University. McDow would also add an All-Region honor in the 200m dash, ranking eighth in the region with a time of 21.32 seconds while Franks added All-Region honors in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.94 seconds to finish eighth in the West.
Amir McClain was recognized for his performance in the long jump (7.10m/23' 3.5") and the triple jump (15.18m/49' 9.75"). McClain would sit atop the regional leaderboard in the triple jump with one of the best marks in all of Division-III while ranking sixth in the West in the long jump.
The nine add to the list of All-Region honors for TLU Men's Track and Field in 2026 as Brown, Cabra, Garrett Haass (La Vernia/La Vernia), Keller, McClain, Perez, and Ramirez all earned honors for the 2026 indoor season.
The entire list of All-Region performers for the 2026 outdoor season can be seen here.
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