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Siena University Athletics

2025-26 XC/Track Roster

Jackson Cayward

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Tolland, CT
  • High school Tolland

Biography



2024-25 (SENIOR):
  • Ran personal best 1:56.54 and finished seventh in the 800-meter at the RPI Capital District Classic Invitational on Apr. 25
  • Placed ninth in the 1500-meter of the MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 11 with a time of 4:00.88
  • Part of 4x800 relay team in the MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 11 with a time of 8:08.31
  • Placed eighth in the 1500-meter of the Rider Invitational on Apr. 18-19 (4:06.15)
  • Finished in seventh place in the 3000-meter of the MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 22-23 (8:35.12)
2023-24 (JUNIOR):
  • Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team and Honor Roll
  • Earned All-IC4A honors with a 13th place finish at the 2023 IC4A Cross Country Championships on October 13
  • All-MAAC finisher at MAAC Cross Country Championships with a second place finish (highest men's finish in program history)
  • Led the men's squad with a third-place finish that included a then-personal best 8k time of 24:46.3 in the Jasper Invite
  • Led the men with a 53rd place finish and a time of 24:45.1 in the 8K at the Paul Short Run
  • Steadied the men's team with a 78th place individual finish and a 10k time of 30:59.0, good for the tenth-fastest NCAA 10k time in program history and the ninth-best place ever in the NCAA Northeast Regionals
2022-23 (SOPHOMORE):
  • MAAC All-Academic Team & MAAC Academic Honor Roll member
  • Competed in six cross country, six indoor track, and one outdoor track event
  • MAAC All-Rookie Team member at the MAAC Cross Country Championships with a 21st place finish
  • Finished 114th at IC4A and 122nd at NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships
  • Ran a personal best in the mile (4:12.44) at the Valentine Invite on February 10
  • Placed 36th in the 3,000 at IC4A Indoor Track Championships
2021-22 (FRESHMAN):
  • MAAC Academic Honor Roll member
  • Competed at four indoor track and seven out door track events
  • Ran a personal best in the mile (4:16.56) at the Gotham Cup on January 21
  • Placed 14th individually in the 3,000, and was part of the distance medley relay team that took third at the 2022 MAAC Indoor Track Championships
  • Finished 22nd in the 3,000 at the 2022 MAAC Indoor Track Championships
  • Ran a personal best in the 5,000 (14:37.95) at the Sam Howell Invitational on April 2
  • Clocked a personal best in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:12.65) at the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 15'
  • Ran a personal best in the 1,500 (3:56.28) at the Rider Invitational on April 23
  • Finished third individually in the 3,000 steeplechase and was part of the 4x800 team that finished sixth at the 2022 MAAC Outdoor Track Championships
  • Placed sixth in the 3,000 steeplechase at the 2022 IC4A Outdoor Track Championships
BEFORE SIENA:
  • Helped Tolland win the Class M State Cross Country Championship three times
  • Finished inside the top-20 at the Connecticut State Open Race
  • Placed 24th at the 2019 New England Cross Country Championship
  • Ran the eighth-fastest 3k steeplechase time in Connecticut High School history
  • Best times of 1:56.50 in the 800, 4:18 in the 1600, and 9:34 in the 3k steeplechase
PERSONAL:
  • Born on June 4
  • Son of Carlton & Lynn Cayward
  • Has two sisters - Olivia & Maria
  • Majoring in business
  • Chose Siena because of the school size, the environment on campus, and the opportunity to run

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior

  • 2025-26Graduate Student