PELLA—The Central College men's track and field team earned the All-Academic Team from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and was joined by the women's team and 14 individual student-athletes in earning academic honors.
Under coach
Brandon Sturman, the women's squad posted a 3.628 grade point average for the year and earned the team award for the seventh year in a row and 15
th time overall. The men topped the 3.100 standard for the first time at 3.127.
Eight Central men and six Dutch women were recognized for the individual award. To qualify, an athlete must post a minimum 3.30 GPA and qualify for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship, finish the regular season ranked in the top 50 in an individual event or in the top 35 in a relay event.
Will DeHaan (senior, DeWitt, Central HS) achieved the feat for third time in his career.
Lucas Heitz (junior, Gallatin, Mo.),
Noah Jorgenson (sophomore, Sidney),
Carter Tryon (senior, Winterset) and
Brody Klein (sophomore, Rainier, Wash.) were all repeat honorees.
Theo Baldus (senior, St. Ansgar),
Thomas Spoehr (senior, Bennington, Neb.) and
Adam Sylvia (junior, Rochester, Mass., Old Rochester HS) were all first-time selections.
Central's men have had 42 athletes win the award 65 times.
Malory Jones (junior, Fairfield),
Krissa Larson (senior, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS),
Abby Marr (junior, Riceville) and
Caroline McMartin (sophomore, Pella) are all repeat winners from 2021.
Taryn Hintz (sophomore, Primghar, South O'Brien HS) and
Megan Johnson (junior, Parkersburg, Aplington-Parkersburg HS) were first-time honorees.
Central's women's program has had 52 athletes gain USTFCCCA all-academic honors 91 times.
Central's USTFCCCA All-Academic men's track and field team honorees
Craig Cantrall, 1994
Andy Goodman, 1994
Nate Smith, 1994
Jon Rathje, 1999
Matt Webster, 1999
Marc VanderVelden, 2000
Tony Brownlee, 2001, 2002
Lucas Nims, 2001
Matt Jens, 2002
Matt McCombs, 2002
Cale Van Genderen, 2003
Tanner Whipple, 2003
Ben Bollard, 2006, 2007
Bryan George, 2006
Guy Dierikx, 2007, 2008
Cody Huisman, 2007
Alex Miller, 2007
Adam Wolf, 2007
Kurtis Brondyke, 2011
Tyler Crouse, 2010, 2011, 2012
Spencer Hammack, 2014, 2015
Drew Jackson, 2014, 2015
Eric Larson, 2014, 2015
Jaemin Powell, 2014, 2016
Jamie Vander Veer, 2015
Mark Fairley, 2016, 2017, 2018
Hunter Howe, 2016, 2018
Ryan Kruse, 2016, 2017, 2018
Will Daniels, 2017, 2018, 2019
Michael Firkins, 2018
Kyle Pape, 2018, 2019
Jon Specht, 2018
Sam Beatty, 2020
Will DeHaan, 2020, 2021, 2022
Preston Kizer, 2020
Lucas Heitz, 2021, 2022
Noah Jorgenson, 2021, 2022
Brody Klein, 2021, 2022
Carter Tryon, 2021, 2022
Nick Thompson, 2021
Theo Baldus, 2022
Adam Sylvia, 2022
