NEW ORLEANS, La. – Five individuals or relays from the St. Olaf College men's track and field team were recognized with All-North Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2026 indoor season, as announced recently.

Seniors Cullen Moore, Lance Nemecek, and Kevin Turlington accounted for four individual accolades, while two of St. Olaf's relays also collected all-region distinction. The quartets of Nemecek, sophomore Austin McInturff, Moore, and first year Paxon Myers (4x400-meter relay) and sophomore Jackson Bullock, first year Aidan McKeever, Moore, and Turlington (distance medley relay) also finished in the top eight in the region to earn all-region honors.

Moore and Nemecek finished the season ranked No. 4 (1:51.18 conv.) and No. 6 (1:51.47 conv.), respectively, in the North Region in the 800-meter run, with Moore's time coming at the St. Olaf Invitational and Nemecek's at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Indoor Championships.

Turlington picked up two accolades after recording the region's No. 2 time (14:11.17 conv.) in the 5,000-meter run at the Midwest Elite Invitational and the No. 7 time (8:10.64 conv.) in the 3,000-meter run at the MIAC Indoor Championships.

Bullock, McKeever, Moore, and Turlington closed the season with the second-fastest time in the region (9:48.15 conv.) at the Wartburg Final Qualifier, while Nemecek, McInturff, Moore, and Myers finished eighth in the region (3:18.61 conv.) from the M City Classic.

St. Olaf is set to begin its outdoor season by sending a group of runners to the WashU Distance Carnival on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27 in St. Louis, Mo.