MIAC RELEASE
ARDEN HILLS, MINN.—Senior Grant Nelson's MIAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year award, and Andrew Rock's MIAC Coach of the Year nod highlights the Royals on the 2026 MIAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Team. Nelson is the second Royal to earn MIAC Track Athlete of the Year after Jordan Spronk in 2011. This is Rock's third-consecutive MIAC Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year honor.
2026 MIAC Outdoor Men's Track & Field Awards
Track Athlete of the Year: Grant Nelson (Bethel)
Field Athlete of the Year: Isaiah Watson (Hamline)
Rookie of the Year: Paxon Myers (St. Olaf)
Coach of the Year: Andrew Rock (Bethel)
MIAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference (Bethel)
100-Meter Dash
1. Landen Liu, 10.35
2. Cameron McConnell, 10.47
200-Meter Dash
1. Grant Nelson, 21.11
2. Cameron McConnell, 21.48
3. Elliott Kent, 21.80
400-Meter Dash
1. Grant Nelson, 46.06
2. Elliott Kent, 47.37
1500-Meter Run
2. Hootie Hage, 3:53.44
110-Meter Hurdles
1. Logan Swanson, 14.64
2. Pryce Ferrin, 14.68
400-Meter Hurdles
2. Blake Viesselman, 54.51
Shot Put
3. Timmy Ball, 16.08m
Discus
1. Timmy Ball, 52.56m
Hammer
2. Adam Hokanson, 57.27m
4x100 Meter Relay
1. Landen Liu, Grant Nelson, Stephen Feig, Cameron McConnell, 40.74
4x800 Meter Relay
2. Michael Schultz, Hootie Hage, TJ Strubbe, Victor Lelinga, 7:41.88
Honorable Mention
200-Meter Dash
5. Stephen Feig, 21.83
400-Meter Dash
4. Caleb Ketterling, 48.93
6. Brody Schelhaas, 49.69
5000-Meter Run
5. Hootie Hage, 15:06.42
110-Meter Hurdles
5. Blake Viesselman, 15.07
400-Meter Hurdles
5. Trevor Stundahl, 55.36
Pole Vault
T4. Stephen Feig, 4.50m
Long Jump
4. Brayden Waldron, 6.80m
Triple Jump
6. Nick Bovitz, 13.60m
Shot Put
6. Adam Hokanson, 14.88m
Discus
4. Philip Conant, 48.21m
Hammer
5. Timmy Ball, 51.24m
Decathlon
6. Timothy Hubers, 5,507
4x400 Meter Relay
3. Tony Haack, Caleb Ketterling, Brody Schelhaas, Victor Lelinga, 3:19.57
