ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced the recipients of the 2026 men’s cross country awards on Tuesday. The top 16 runners at the UMAC Championship were named to the All-Conference Team with the top eight finishers recognized as First-team and the next eight recognized as Second-team. The remaining awards are nominated and voted on by the conference head coaches.
Logan Korthals of Martin Luther was the 2026 UMAC Individual Champion with a first-place finish at the UMAC Championship. The freshman led the conference field with a time of 25:47.9. He also claimed UMAC Rookie of the Year honors.
Mark Weinkauf of Martin Luther was selected as the UMAC Coach of the Year. In his seventh season leading the program, Coach Weinkauf led the Knights to their first UMAC Championship since 2008. MLC had four finishers place in the Top 10 at the UMAC Championships, and held a five-point lead over the second place team.
UW-Superior won the Team Sportsmanship Award, an accolade that is selected by the UMAC coaches and awarded to the team that best represents sportsmanship throughout the entire season, including the championship event.
Each team also had one representative earn All-Sportsmanship honors.
Individual Champion: Logan Korthals, Martin Luther
Rookie of the Year: Logan Korthals, Martin Luther
Coach of the Year: Mark Weinkauf, Martin Luther
Team Sportsmanship: UW-Superior
First-team All-Conference
| Logan Korthals |
Martin Luther |
Fr. |
Watertown, Wis./Luther Prep |
| Maverick Hoogland |
UW-Superior |
Jr. |
Catawba, Wis./Phillips |
| Andrew Deedon |
Crown |
Jr. |
Boise, Idaho/Centennial |
| Dylan Uitto |
UW-Superior |
Sr. |
Ashland, Wis./Ashland |
| Silas Ebeling |
Martin Luther |
Sr. |
Wauwatosa, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran |
| Eliott Heiderich |
Martin Luther |
Jr. |
Lehi, Utah/Luther Prep |
| Ben Plackner |
UW-Superior |
Sr. |
Bovey, Minn./Greenway |
| August Swenson |
Northwestern |
Fr. |
Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield |
Second-team All-Conference
| Thomas Moldenhauer |
Martin Luther |
Fr. |
Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran |
| Dominick Meisner |
UW-Superior |
Sr. |
Bloomer, Wis./Bloomer |
| Cody Rummel |
Crown |
Fr. |
Batavia, Ill./Batavia |
| Noah Johnson |
Minnesota Morris |
Sr. |
Murdock, Minn./Kerkhoven, Murdock and Sunburg |
| Andrew Holz |
Martin Luther |
Fr. |
Kasson, Minn./Luther Prep |
| Tyler Dueber |
Northwestern |
Sr. |
Bloomington, Minn./Homeschool |
| James Younge |
Bethany Lutheran |
Sr. |
North Mankato, Minn./Mankato Loyola |
| Jayde Canfield |
UW-Superior |
Jr. |
Prescott, Wis./Prescott |
All-Sportsmanship
| Bethany Lutheran |
Ben Matzke |
| Crown |
Justice Bailey |
| Martin Luther |
Micah Vanderhoof |
| Minnesota Morris |
George Deedrick |
| North Central |
David Bjorge |
| Northwestern |
Sam Otis |
| UW-Superior |
Evan Johnson |