UMAC Announces Men's Cross Country Award Winners
ST. PAUL – Following the conclusion of Saturday's Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Men's Cross Country Championship the top 12 individual runners were awarded with all-conference honors.
The College of St. Scholastica and Martin Luther College led the list of honorees with each having four runners earn the all-conference recognition. The Saints were named the 2014 UMAC Men’s Cross Country Champions on Saturday, finishing with a team score of 34 while Martin Luther finished with 43 points in second place.
Joining the Saints and Knights on the all-conference list were two runners from the University of Northwestern, and one each from Northland College and Bethany Lutheran College. The Vikings representative, Owen Richardson, won the men’s individual title turning in an eight-kilometer time of 26:57.0.
St. Scholastica head coach Steve Pfingsten was selected by his peers as the 2014 UMAC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year following the Saints sixth consecutive men’s title.
Martin Luther College once again won the team sportsmanship award, an accolade that is selected by the UMAC coaches and awarded to the team who best represents sportsmanship throughout the entire season, including the championship event. The following individuals were named to the individual sportsmanship list for displaying positive sportsmanship throughout the 2014 season:
Ethan Schwartz, Bethany Lutheran College
Cody Edwards, Crown College
John Wildauer, Martin Luther College
Daniel Morgenstern, North Central University
Nile Merton, Northland College
Robert Thurston, University of Minnesota Morris
Isaac Siekawitch, University of Northwestern
2014 UMAC All-Conference Recipients
Owen Richardson, Bethany Lutheran College
Grey Davis, Martin Luther College
Luke McKenzie, College of St. Scholastica
Chris Lawson, College of St. Scholastica
Jacob Gallagher, College of St. Scholastica
Darian Schnose, Martin Luther College
Justin Wilkens, Martin Luther College
Wil Maki, University of Northwestern
Josh Trosen, College of St. Scholastica
Louis Corcoran, Northland College
Jackson Peterson, University of Northwestern
Jonathan Fleischmann, Martin Luther College