Llewellyn, Nichols, Meier, Lyness, and Kaster named to Academic All-District squad

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The Carleton College men’s cross country and track & field programs had the maximum five student-athletes selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team for 2024-25.
 
Roy Llewellyn ’26 and Gabe Nichols ’26 took home their second consecutive honor, while Josh Meier ’25, Indy Lyness ’26, and Soren Kaster ’27 secured Academic All-District recognition for the first time.
 

To be nominated for the Academic All-District Team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50; must be at least a sophomore in academic and athletic standing; and must have turned in a top-50 individual performance in the region (for cross country, this would be at the regional meet, for track & field, this would be based off of TFRRS performance list rankings for the region.)
 
Llewellyn, a linguistics and Spanish double major, ranked inside the North Region’s top-50 in three events this year: 24th in cross country (25:07.6), 44th in the outdoor 10,000-meter run (32:16.36), and 47th in the outdoor 5000-meter run (14:54.68). He secured his second career All-Region award after placing 24th at the North Region Cross Country Championships and was an individual qualifier for the NCAA Cross Country Championships where he finished 157th. Llewellyn has collected nine All-MIAC awards – including two conference relay titles – along with All-Conference Honorable Mention on two occasions.
 
Nichols, a political science and international relations major, also raced as an individual qualifier at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finished 125th overall. He ranked inside the region’s top-25 in five events: 10th in the indoor 3000-meter run (8:18.19), 14th in both the indoor mile (4:13.01) and outdoor 1500-meter run (3:51.40), 17th in cross country (25:00.7), and 23rd in the outdoor 5000-meter run (14:34.50). Nichols is a five-time All-Region honoree, including cross country this past fall. He is a six-time MIAC champion, including the 2025 conference title for the outdoor 5000-meter run. Nichols has earned All-MIAC status 14 times in his career in addition to another three All-Conference Honorable Mention performances.
 
Meier, a computer science major, ranked in the region’s top-20 in three events last year. He was 16th for the indoor 800-meter distance (1:55.75) and raced for Carleton’s indoor (3:26.55) and outdoor (3:18.78) 4×400-meter relays that both ranked 11th in the region. Meier earned All-MIAC recognition 12 times in his career, including four All-Conference nods — with a conference title in the indoor 800-meter run on his résumé — plus eight All-Conference Honorable Mention performances.
 
After not competing during the indoor track season, Lyness ranked 47th in the region for the outdoor 800-meter run (1:55.82). The computer science and mathematics double major has won three conference track titles in his career and has taken home All-MIAC recognition 11 times, including the All-Conference award seven times plus All-Conference Honorable Mention four times.
 
Kaster, a computer science major, ranked inside the region’s top-25 in five events this year. He was 12th in the indoor heptathlon, breaking the school record with a total f 4,745 points. He was 14th in the outdoor decathlon (6,121 points), 19th for the indoor pole vault (4.56m) and 22nd in the outdoor pole vault (4.55m) and javelin (50.17m). He was the MIAC runner-up in both the heptathlon and indoor pole vault before taking fourth in the decathlon. Overall, he owns All-MIAC recognition five times in his career.
 
Nichols was selected to advance to the national ballot with first-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees to be announced July 16, 2025.