BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Six members of the nationally-ranked St. Olaf College men's cross country team earned all-conference or honorable mention all-conference honors as the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its annual men's cross country awards on Thursday.
Junior
Logan Bocovich, sophomore
Ian Curtis, senior
Eliott Cassidy, and senior
Reuben Kosche were recognized with all-conference honors following their top-15 performances to help St. Olaf to a runner-up finish at Saturday's MIAC Championships, while sophomores
Will Kelly and
David Lynn collected honorable mention all-conference honors with their top-25 showings.
All six Oles were recognized with conference honors for the first time in their collegiate cross country careers. This year marked the ninth time in the last 10 seasons St. Olaf has had at least four all-conference and two honorable mention honorees.
Bocovich paced St. Olaf at Saturday's MIAC Championships with a fourth-place finish in a personal-best 8K time of 25:11.9. Curtis joined Bocovich in the top 10 in ninth (25:32.0), while Cassidy (11th, 25:45.4) and Kosche (14th, 25:50.6) also placed in the top 15 to secure All-MIAC recognition. Kelly (21st, 26:09.5) and Lynn (23rd, 26:11.3) made it six Oles in the top-25 finishers.
Senior
Jonah Herzog was St. Olaf's representative on the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team. Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.