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MIAC Athletes of the Week – April 29, 2025
Story Links BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Athlete of the Week award winners for golf and outdoor track & field on Tuesday. Student-athletes from Bethel, Concordia, St. Catherine, Saint John’s, and St. Scholastica claimed the Conference’s weekly honors. The MIAC Athlete of the Week awards are nominated by the […]
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Athlete of the Week award winners for golf and outdoor track & field on Tuesday. Student-athletes from Bethel, Concordia, St. Catherine, Saint John’s, and St. Scholastica claimed the Conference’s weekly honors.
The MIAC Athlete of the Week awards are nominated by the Conference’s sports information directors and selected by MIAC staff. Throughout the spring season, team sports (baseball, softball, and tennis) Athletes of the Week will be recognized on Monday afternoons, with individual sports (golf and outdoor track & field) announced on Tuesday afternoons. The winners of the latest Athlete of the Week awards are listed below, along with details on their outstanding performances.
The MIAC Athlete of the Week archive has complete details on each week’s selections and winners.
MIAC Men’s Golf Athlete of the Week
Tim Fultz
Saint John’s University
Jr.
Stillwater, Minn.
Tim Fultz earned medalist honors with a two-round score of 141 (-2) as the Johnnies placed second at their home invitational on 4/26-27. Fultz led the 85-golfer field with a 6-under-par on par-5 holes and carded a career-best 4-under par 68 during the opening round.
MIAC Women’s Golf Athlete of the Week
Kyra Venne
St. Catherine University
Sr.
Woodbury, Minn. | East Ridge
Kyra Venne won the eleventh collegiate tournament of her career and collected medalist honors for the fifth time this season with a two-round total of 148 (78-70) at the St. Olaf-Carleton Invitational on 4/26-27. Venne made six birdies, including five in her second round, to lead the Wildcats to a team victory.
MIAC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Jayson Ekiyor
Bethel University
Sr.
Dayton, Minn. | Providence Academy
Jayson Ekiyor ran the eighth-fastest 110-meter hurdle time in NCAA Division III history at the Gary Wilson Invitational on 4/23. Ekiyor’s time of 13.83 set the Royals’ program record and ranks third on the D-III performance list this season. Ekiyor also ran the 400-meter hurdles in 53.26 – good for the top time in the MIAC and the 12th-fastest time in the nation.
MIAC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Cooper Folkestad
Concordia College
Sr.
Wadena, Minn. | Wadena-Deer Park
Cooper Folkestad broke the 29-year-old program record in the discus with a mark of 52.56 meters (172′ 5″) at the Drake Relays. Folkestad also won the shot put with a distance of 58′ 6.75″). His discus throw ranks fifth in NCAA Division III this season, while he remains first in the nation in the shot put this spring.
MIAC Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Kelsie Sealock
Bethel University
Gr.
Plymouth, Minn. | Osseo
Kelsie Sealock was the top Division III finisher in the 100-meter hurdles at the Gary Wilson Invitational on 4/23, crossing the finish line in 13.80. Competing in the event for the first time in eleven months, Sealock ran the second-fastest time in D-III this season.
MIAC Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Ella Stritesky
The College of St. Scholastica
Jr.
Rogers, Minn.
Ella Stritesky posted a personal-best distance of 51.15 meters (167′ 10″) to win the hammer throw at the UMD Bulldog Open on 4/26. The throw ranks fourth in program history and 26th in NCAA Division III this season.