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COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – The 2023 Saint John's University track and field team and five of its student-athletes earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors on Thursday, July 13.

The USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honor is the 15th consecutive for SJU, as a total of 85 Johnnies combined for a cumulative team GPA of 3.31. To qualify as an USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, all members of the roster must combine for a cumulative GPA of 3.1 or better.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 and have met either of the following athletic standards: he must have qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor or Outdoor Championships or finished the indoor or outdoor regular season ranked in the national top 50 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 35 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org.

The Johnnies recognized were (alphabetically, academic years are for 2022-23):

-Junior Carter Grove (Osakis, Minn.), a computer science major;
-Senior Brett Hague (Brainerd, Minn.), an accounting major;
-Senior Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.), a music (secondary education) major;
-Sophomore Max Lelwica (Brainerd, Minn.), a biochemistry major;
-Junior Lloyd Young (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy), an accounting major.

SJU won its second-consecutive MIAC outdoor team title (14th overall) May 12-13 at Bethel and had two All-Americans at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in Rochester, N.Y.: Hague in the javelin (seventh place) and senior Kevin Arthur (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) in the 100-meter dash (seventh place).