Mar. 24—GRAND FORKS — UND distance runner Jadyn Keeler has added another award to her growing list of accomplishments.
Keeler has been named the women’s indoor track and field athlete of the year after a senior season that included school records and a Summit League championship, league officials announced Monday.
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Keeler was named a second-team All-American for the second consecutive time after finishing 12th in the women’s 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 15 minutes, 40.81 seconds.
The Barrie, Ont., native captured her second consecutive Triple Crown at the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships. She secured another three All-Summit League appearances with gold medals in the mile (4:39.69), 3,000-meter run (9:19.62) and 5,000-meter run (15:56.90).
She finished her indoor track and field career as a two-time second-team All-American, a six-time Summit League champion, a six-time Summit League Women’s Track and Field Performer of the Week, a two-time Summit League Women’s Track and Field MVP and a two-time Summit League Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
North Dakota State’s Zach McGlynn, a former Stephen Argyle athlete, was named the Summit League Indoor Championships field MVP after scoring 18 points as the Bisons won the team championship.
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McGlynn, a graduate student, broke her own school record in the heptathlon at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships. He finished seventh and earned first-team All-America honors.
Minnesota State Crookston announced earlier this week that the NCAA Division II NSIC program will be adding men’s and women’s track and field events.
The plans will begin in the 2026-27 season with Steve Crews as head coach.
“We are very excited to add men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field to the athletic program at the University of Minnesota Crookston,” said UMC Athletic Director Stephanie Helgeson. “Our cross country program has experienced tremendous growth and success over the past seven years, and we believe we can see the same trajectory in men’s and women’s track and field. This also allows us to provide the most competitive environment for our cross country and track and field student-athletes.”
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Minnesota State Crookston has added men’s and women’s cross country, flyboard, lacrosse and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field since 2019.
The programs build on the men’s and women’s cross country teams that launched in the fall of 2019. The men’s and women’s cross country teams are coming off their best seasons in program history in 2025, with the men’s team finishing in the top five at the NSIC meet for the first time. The women’s team also had its best result at the NSIC Championships, placing seventh out of 16 teams.
Sebastian Mizener, a junior from Mayville State University in Ontario, was named the Frontier Conference Pitcher of the Week after pitching the Comets’ first no-hitter since 2013.
Mizena pitched a no-hitter in a 2-0 shutout victory over Dakota State University (SD) at the Sanford Sports Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
He pitched seven innings, striking out five and allowing no four balls.
