ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced the recipients of their 2025-26 men’s outdoor track & field awards on Wednesday. The awards are nominated and voted on by the UMAC track & field head coaches. Only results from the UMAC Outdoor Championship meet count for consideration in the awards.
Jeremiah Stanton of Martin Luther earned the Top Scoring Athlete of the Meet award. He scored 44.5 points as he won the 400m hurdles, long jump and triple jump, placed third in the 110m hurdles, took fourth in the high jump and was on the second-place 4x100 and 4x400m relay teams at the UMAC Championships.
Kyle Peterson of UW-Superior and Caden Swoboda of Crown earned co-Track Athletes of the Meet. Peterson won the 110m hurdles and 200m dash, was a member of the winning 4x100m relay team, took third in the 100m dash and was on the third-place 4x400m relay team. Swoboda won the 800, was on the winning 4x400m relay team, took second in the 1500, was on the third-place 4x800m relay team and took sixth in the 400.
Robert Perry of Martin Luther won the Field Athlete of the Meet award. He won the discus throw and the shot put and took second in the hammer throw at the UMAC Championships. His shot put (16.22m) set a new UMAC Championships record.
Kyle Peterson of the Yellowjackets earned Rookie of the Year honors. Peterson won the 110m hurdles and 200m dash, was a member of the winning 4x100m relay team, took third in the 100m dash and was on the third-place 4x400m relay team. His 110m hurdles time (14.71) set a new UMAC Championships record.
The Martin Luther coaches earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors. The Knights, led by head coach Breanna Olson, won the UMAC Outdoor Championship for the second-straight year with a 286.5
-point performance.
Martin Luther and Northwestern 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. Each team also had one representative earn all-sportsmanship honors.
All-Conference recognition is given to individuals who finished in first, second, or third place in an individual event and to members of relay teams who finished in first place in a relay event at the UMAC Championship.
Top Scoring Athlete of the Meet: Jeremiah Stanton, Martin Luther
Co-Track Athletes of the Meet: Kyle Peterson, UW-Superior & Caden Swoboda, Crown
Field Athlete of the Meet: Robert Perry, Martin Luther
Rookie of the Year: Kyle Peterson, UW-Superior
Coaching Staff of the Year: Martin Luther
Team Sportsmanship: Martin Luther & Northwestern
All-Sportsmanship
| Bethany Lutheran |
Will Kaesermann |
| Crown |
Andrew Johnson |
| Martin Luther |
Robert Perry |
| Minnesota Morris |
Thomas Finneran-Flyckt |
| North Central |
Colton Hagen |
| Northwestern |
Owen Van De Riet |
| UW-Superior |
Garrett Kroells |
All-Conference
| Name |
School |
Events |
| Benjamin Halvorson |
Bethany Lutheran |
Triple Jump |
| Brandon Kellett |
Bethany Lutheran |
Pole Vault |
| Andrew Johnson |
Crown |
steeplechase |
| Abel Krause |
Crown |
800, 4x4 |
| Casey Struthers |
Crown |
4x4 |
| Caden Swoboda |
Crown |
800, 1500, 4x4 |
| Nate Tomlinson |
Crown |
200, 400, 4x4 |
| David Tuttle |
Crown |
steeplechase |
| Joseph Dretske |
Martin Luther |
400 hurdles |
| Isaiah Durkee |
Martin Luther |
Shot put |
| Eliott Heiderich |
Martin Luther |
steeplechase |
| Jesus Medina |
Martin Luther |
discus |
| Robert Perry |
Martin Luther |
Shot put, Hammer, Discus |
| Jack Pittenger |
Martin Luther |
Javelin |
| Samuel Plocher |
Martin Luther |
110 hurdles, 400 hurdles, high jump |
| Eric Martin Raasch |
Martin Luther |
Long Jump |
| Daniel Reinke |
Martin Luther |
discus |
| Austin Rubendall |
Martin Luther |
Javelin |
| Ryan Schmidt |
Martin Luther |
High Jump |
| Jeremiah Stanton |
Martin Luther |
110 hurdles, 400 hurdles, Long jump, Triple jump |
| Donovin Wittenberg |
Martin Luther |
400 |
| Stephen Wietzke |
Martin Luther |
100, 200 |
| Josh Hinson |
North Central |
400 |
| Zak Ruhland |
North Central |
High Jump |
| Tyler Deuber |
Northwestern |
5000 |
| Remington Fagerland |
Northwestern |
Javelin |
| Ethan Bowe |
UW-Superior |
4x1 |
| Chancellor Davis |
UW-Superior |
Long jump |
| Jackson Fiamoncini |
UW-Superior |
Pole Vault |
| Sawyer Ferdon |
UW-Superior |
Triple Jump |
| Edward Hakanson |
UW-Superior |
4x1 |
| Maverick Hoogland |
UW-Superior |
1500, 5000, 4x8 |
| Dominick Meisner |
UW-Superior |
4x8 |
| Chase Pierce |
UW-Superior |
Shot put |
| Kyle Peterson |
UW-Superior |
100, 110 hurdles, 200, 4x1 |
| Ben Plackner |
UW-Superior |
4x8 |
| Fabian Rosales |
UW-Superior |
hammer |
| Rene Sems |
UW-Superior |
Pole Vault |
| Dylan Uitto |
UW-Superior |
800, 1500, 5000, 4x8 |
| Logan Ulate |
UW-Superior |
100, 4x1 |
| Carson Wilhorn |
UW-Superior |
Hammer |