{"id":77281,"date":"2026-06-05T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/salisbury-universitys-smith-earns-c2c-outdoor-athlete-honor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:41:11","slug":"salisbury-universitys-smith-earns-c2c-outdoor-athlete-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/salisbury-universitys-smith-earns-c2c-outdoor-athlete-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Salisbury University&#8217;s Smith Earns C2C Outdoor Athlete Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780677670483.webp?resize=450%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780677670483.webp?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780677670483.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>SALISBURY, Md. \u2013 The Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference has announced that Kai Smith from Salisbury University&#8217;s track and field team has been selected as the 2026 Outdoor Male Athlete of the Year.<\/p><p>Additionally, head coach Jim Jones and his coaching staff earned recognition as the C2C Men&#8217;s Coaching Staff of the Year, according to today&#8217;s announcement from the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference.<\/p><p>The honors recognize outstanding performance in the 2026 outdoor track and field season for both the individual athlete and the coaching team at Salisbury University.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Salisbury University track and field athlete has been recognized with a major conference award. The university&#8217;s coaching staff also received recognition for their outstanding work this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":77280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780677670483.webp?fit=450%2C253&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-k6t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44731,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/three-salisbury-university-athletes-earn-weekly-recognition-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":77281,"position":0},"title":"Three Salisbury University Athletes Earn Weekly Recognition Awards","author":"Admin","date":"March 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Salisbury University honored three student-athletes with Jersey Mike's A Sub Above Player of the Week awards. 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