MEDFORD, MA (November 25, 2025) – Tufts University Director of Track & Field and Cross Country
Jamie Norton was announced today as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's (USTFCCCA) East Region Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Voted for the award by his peers, Norton was recognized after leading the Jumbo men's team to its best NCAA finish since 2012 and its first New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) title since the same year.
Tufts placed seventh at the NCAA Championship this past Saturday, the highest finish by an East Region team. Coach Norton's squad featured two runners who achieved All-American status – senior
Cullen McCaleb and junior
Harris Gulbransen. It was the first time Tufts had two All-Americans in the same year since 2016.
Under Norton's guidance, the Jumbos recorded their lowest score ever at the NESCAC meet for a 27-point victory over runner-up Williams College. The team's five All-Conference honorees (top 14) were the most for the program since 2003. Norton and assistant coaches
Kristen Morwick,
Sophie Long, Davis Cote,
Elise Molinaro, Ben Colello and Kat Rafuse were recognized as the conference's Coaching Staff of the Year.
At the NCAA East Region Championship, Tufts finished as the runner-up team and had all seven of its runners earn All-Region honors (top 35).
Norton, a 2014 Tufts graduate who is in his second year of coaching at his alma mater, is the school's first USTFCCCA East Region Coach of the Year since Connie Putnam received the accolade for the 2023 season. This is the first Regional coaching honor of Norton's career.
See all of the USTFCCCA Regional Award Winners
HERE.
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