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Apple and Keller land on Outdoor Academic All-Summit League Team
6/9/2026 2:00:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Outdoor Track & Field duo make second academic team of 2025-26
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- For the second time during the 2025-26 academic year, Danika Apple and Olivia Keller will represent St. Thomas women's track and field on the Summit Academic All-League Team as members of the outdoor squad, the league announced Tuesday.
Apple and Keller were both named to the Indoor Summit Academic All-League Team this past winter. The duo are the first Tommie women's outdoor athletes ever to earn a spot on the league's academic team.
Apple, from Green Bay, Wis., is a member of the 2026 Summit League Outdoor All-League (100m dash, 4x100m relay) and totaled 11 points at the SL Outdoor Championships, adding a sixth-place finish in the 200m dash to two podium events. She was part of 4x100m relay to break program record (44.96) at the Drake Relays and ranks seventh in the NCAA Midwest Region in the 100m dash. Apple set two top-10 program marks and totaled four top-three and nine top-five finishes through outdoor season.
Keller, from Burnsville, Minn., is the 2026 Summit League Outdoor 400m hurdles champion and a member of the All-League Team (4x400m relay). She totaled 19 points at the SL Outdoor Championships, finishing fifth in the long jump and sixth in the 100m hurdles and broke program records in the 800m run (2:06.54), 400m hurdles (58.57) and 4x400m relay (3:38.78). Keller ranked 49th in the NCAA West Region in the 400m hurdles and set five top-10 program marks. She won seven events and totaled 14 top-five finishes through outdoor season.
2026 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
*Career Outdoor Academic All-League honors
2026 SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
*Career Outdoor Academic All-League honors
Follow Along
For more information on St. Thomas Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, follow along on Twitter and Instagram at @TommieWXCTF. For more information on St. Thomas Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, follow along on Instagram at @TommieMTFXC
-- St. Thomas Athletics --
Apple and Keller were both named to the Indoor Summit Academic All-League Team this past winter. The duo are the first Tommie women's outdoor athletes ever to earn a spot on the league's academic team.
Apple, from Green Bay, Wis., is a member of the 2026 Summit League Outdoor All-League (100m dash, 4x100m relay) and totaled 11 points at the SL Outdoor Championships, adding a sixth-place finish in the 200m dash to two podium events. She was part of 4x100m relay to break program record (44.96) at the Drake Relays and ranks seventh in the NCAA Midwest Region in the 100m dash. Apple set two top-10 program marks and totaled four top-three and nine top-five finishes through outdoor season.
Keller, from Burnsville, Minn., is the 2026 Summit League Outdoor 400m hurdles champion and a member of the All-League Team (4x400m relay). She totaled 19 points at the SL Outdoor Championships, finishing fifth in the long jump and sixth in the 100m hurdles and broke program records in the 800m run (2:06.54), 400m hurdles (58.57) and 4x400m relay (3:38.78). Keller ranked 49th in the NCAA West Region in the 400m hurdles and set five top-10 program marks. She won seven events and totaled 14 top-five finishes through outdoor season.
2026 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Alanie Rivera** | Kansas City | Sr. | Kissimmee, Fla. | 4.0 | Criminal Justice |
| Madelyn Russell | Kansas City | Sr. | Salina, Kan. | 4.0 | Nursing |
| Jadyn Keeler*** | North Dakota | Sr. | Barrie, Ontario, Canada | 3.97 | Molecular and Integrative Biology |
| Frida Giersdorff** | North Dakota | Jr. | Bavaria, Germany | 3.94 | Kinesiology |
| Tiffanie Magnusson** | North Dakota | Sr. | Uppsala, Sweden | 4.0 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Ella Gardner** | North Dakota State | Jr. | Nora, Neb. | 4.0 | Psychology |
| Marvelous Onwualo** | North Dakota State | Jr. | Blaine, Minn. | 4.0 | Biological Sciences |
| Alex Seagris** | North Dakota State | Sr. | Amherstburg, Ontario | 4.0 | Exercise Science |
| Reagan Berg | North Dakota State | So. | Valley City, N.D. | 4.0 | Biological Sciences |
| Mackenzie Penner | Oral Roberts | Sr. | Mountain Grove, Mo. | 4.0 | Health Science |
| Danika Apple | St. Thomas | So. | Green Bay, Wis. | 3.96 | Accounting |
| Olivia Keller | St. Thomas | Sr. | Burnsville, Minn. | 3.89 | Neuroscience |
| Marleen Mülla** | South Dakota | Sr. | Rakvere, Estonia | 3.93 | Art |
| Reese Luze | South Dakota State | So. | Egan, S.D. | 4.0 | Human Bio/Pre-Physical Therapy |
| Nicole Swanson** | South Dakota State | Jr. | Mankato, Minn. | 4.0 | Mathematics |
*Career Outdoor Academic All-League honors
2026 SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Connor Jacober | Kansas City | So. | Shawnee, Kan. | 4.0 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Kai White | Kansas City | Sr. | Kansas City, Mo. | 4.0 | Statistics |
| Shane Zierden | North Dakota | So. | Fergus Falls, Minn. | 3.92 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Reece Grosserode | North Dakota State | So. | Lincoln, Neb. | 3.90 | Business Administration |
| Zach Lilly | North Dakota State | So. | Fargo, N.D. | 4.0 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Zach McGlynn** | North Dakota State | Sr. | Stephen, Minn. | 4.0/4.0 | Agricultural Economics/MBA (Gr) |
| Paul Olson** | North Dakota State | Gr. | Oxbow, N.D. | 4.0/4.0 | Management Information Systems/ MBA (Gr) |
| Kaden Pastian | North Dakota State | Gr. | Hillsboro, N.D. | 3.85/3.93 | Finance/MBA (Gr) |
| Carl Rekow | North Dakota State | So. | Bettendorf, Iowa | 4.0 | Biological Sciences |
| Jaxson Brooks** | Oral Roberts | So. | Claremore, Okla. | 4.0 | Medical Molecular Biology |
| Piercze Marshall | South Dakota | Jr. | Omaha, Neb. | 3.93 | Mathematics |
| Bennett Schwenn*** | South Dakota | Sr. | Milbank, S.D. | 4.0 | Pre-Business |
| Jeremiah Donahoe** | South Dakota State | Sr. | Brandon, S.D. | 4.0 | Biotechnology/Pre-Med |
| Ryan Hackbart** | South Dakota State | Jr. | Grafton, Iowa | 4.0 | Agronomy |
| Will Lohr** | South Dakota State | Gr. | Sioux City, Iowa | 4.0 | Civil Engineering |
*Career Outdoor Academic All-League honors
Follow Along
For more information on St. Thomas Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, follow along on Twitter and Instagram at @TommieWXCTF. For more information on St. Thomas Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, follow along on Instagram at @TommieMTFXC
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