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Track and Field: Degen and Lelwica earn Academic All-District honor – Brainerd Dispatch

COLLEGEVILLE — Former Brainerd Warriors Max Lelwica and Mitchell Degen were two of five St. John’s University track and field athletes named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team Tuesday, June 24. Nominees must be a sophomore or older with a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher. They also must finish in the top 50 […]

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COLLEGEVILLE — Former Brainerd Warriors Max Lelwica and Mitchell Degen were two of five St. John’s University track and field athletes named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team Tuesday, June 24.

Nominees must be a sophomore or older with a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher. They also must finish in the top 50 of their respective NCAA Regional.

Degen is a global business leadership major with a 3.79 GPA. He won the 2025 MIAC title in the javelin with a throw of 58.46 meters. His career best in 60.15 meters, which was second best in the region and 29th in the nation.

Lelwica is now a two-time Academic All-District athlete and graduated with a 3.68 in biochemistry with a pre-medicine emphasis. He placed third in the decathlon at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships with a score of 6.848. Lelwica earned All-American second-team honors with a ninth-place finish in the heptathlon at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships.

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Paul Middlestaedt, (320) 293-5566

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