Track & Field Captures Multiple MIAC Awards

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The MIAC announced the award winners for the 2025 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday and Gustavus was well represented as Kelley Brennan was named Field Athlete of the Year, Megan Geraets earned Track Athlete of the Year, and Aaron Lund was selected Coach of the Year. 

Brennan garners her second consecutive Field Athlete of the Year honor after earning All-Conference in three throwing events. Brennan won the discus with a mark of 139-09, finished runner up in the shot put with a throw of 42-6.75, and took third in the hammer throw with a heave of 166-04. Brennan is the seventh different Gustie to be named MIAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year since 1997 and the third in the last six seasons. She is also the first individual to repeat as MIAC Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year since Carleton’s Amelia Campbell won three in a row from 2014-16.

Geraets had a banner performance at the conference meet, winning four races and adding a first place finish in the long jump with a meet record distance of 18-9.75. In the 200-meter, Geraets won the prelims with a time of 24.42 and then won the finals in 24.40. The 400-meter was the top performance of her career as she won the prelims with a meet record time of 55.26 and then crushed the record again in the finals with a blistering time of 53.87, which is the top time in Division III this season and 10th all time. She joins Erica Stone (1998-99) and Birgen Nelson (2022-23) as Gustavus women’s track standouts to receive the conference honor.

Lund was voted by his peers as Coach of the Year for the third time in the past four seasons after leading the Gusties to their third MIAC outdoor title in the past four years. His squad earned both the Field and Track Athletes of the Year, captured 14 All-Conference honors, and 10 honorable mentions.