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MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

ST. PAUL — The 2026 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field awards were officially released on Wednesday, and Martin Luther College had 10 athletes named All-UMAC for their performance last weekend at the Indoor Championships. There, the Knights totaled 206 points, which was only behind the host school, UW-Superior, which scored 264 points.

Jeremiah Stanton was the top scoring athlete of the meet, finishing in the top six in five separate events, including the 60m hurdles (3rd, 8.92 seconds), 400m (3rd, 52.82 seconds), 4x200m relay (1st, 1:32.05), long jump (1st, 6.50m – new MLC indoor record), and high jump (6th, 1.70m).

The other nine athletes were Isaiah Durkee, Eliott Heiderich, Samuel Plocher, R.J. Perry, Martin Raasch, Arthur Robinson, Ryan Schmidt, Micah Vanderhoof, and Stephen Wietzke.

Durkee threw the shot put (PR) 14.08 meters for second, while Perry turned in another good result after breaking multiple Indoor records this season, placing second in the weight throw (14.76 meters). Perry was also the MLC Individual Sportsmanship. Heiderich hit a PR in the 800-meter to take second in the race (2:02.66). Plocher earned first in the High Jump with a mark of 2.06 meters, clearing the next highest jumper of 1.90 meters. Plocher also hit a new MLC Indoor record with 2.06 meters, breaking his previous high of 2.04 meters. The junior also ran the 60m hurdles in 8.40 seconds for second place in the event.

Raasch, Stanton, Robinson, and Wietzke were the four runners in the 4x200m relay team that took first with a mark of 1:32.05.

Vanderhoof also hit a PR in the 800m (2:03.66), while Schmidt jumped 1.80m in the high jump to gain recognition.

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

ST. PAUL — The 2026 Women’s Indoor Track and Field awards were officially released on Wednesday, and MLC had four athletes named All-UMAC for their performance last weekend at the Indoor Championships in Superior, WI. There, the Knights totaled 147 points which was only behind Crown College, which scored 194 points.

Jemimah Habben, Elise Nolte, Hannah Rodmyre, and Madelinn Romsdahl were the four athletes for the Knights.

Habben picked up a pair of first-place finishes, beating out all runners in the 3000 (10:46.52) and 5000-meter (19:34.87) runs. Habben also claimed second in the 1-mile (5:22.22).

Romsdahl took first in the shot put with a PR of 11.55 meters, while Nolte placed second in weight throw (13.67 meters).

Rodmyre came in second in the triple jump with a mark of 10.28 meters, and Rodmyre was also a part of the MLC 4x400m relay squad who placed second with a time of 4:18.06. Elise Schwartz, Sarah Felsing, and Mariah Schultz were the other three runners in the event for the Knights.