Keller, Wintheiser, Lundin Awarded USTFCCCA Central Region Honors

University of Minnesota Morris senior Linda Keller and St. Olaf sophomore Grant Wintheiser were named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Central Region female and male athletes of the year for 2012, and the Ole's Phil Lundin was named the Region's coach of the year. 

Wintheiser, from Sartell, MN, won the Central Region race by nearly ten seconds in leading the Oles to the team title. He won the MIAC crown by more than 20 seconds where St. Olaf also picked up the team title, and he finished third at both the Roy Griak Invitational and Jim Drews Invitational. 

Keller, a senior from Hawick, MN won the Central region in 21:31 – five seconds ahead of Wartburg’s Alana Enabnit. She’s undefeated in five races this season, picking up crowns at the UMAC meet and the Roy Griak Invitational among others.

The St. Olaf men captured both the MIAC and Central Region Championships in 2012. Lundin, in his fifth season, leads the 17th-ranked Oles into the NCAA Championships on Saturday in Terre Haute, IN.