July 15, 2026
GREENWOOD, Ill. – Two athletes from the Frontier Conference were listed on the 2025-26 Academic All-America® NAIA women’s track & field/cross country teams as selected by College Sports Communicators.
Montana Tech and Dakota State each landed a recipient on the CSC Academic All-America® teams.
MT’s Abby Clark was one of the six first team returnees along with Alina Boschuk of Cumberlands (Ky.), Haley Bellamy of Central Methodist (Mo.), Ellen-Mary Kearney of Milligan (Ohio), Adrianna Rodencal of Concordia (Neb.) and Jaida Rowe of Hastings (Neb.).
Clark was third in the pentathlon at the 2026 NAIA Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Championships with her career best 3,609 points.
She also collected Frontier Conference Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Meet and USTFCCCA West Region Field Athlete-of-the-Year.
DaSU’s Casey Olson was listed on the Second Team, thanks to her NAIA women’s outdoor javelin national title this past May. She won the NAIA national title with her career best 46.66 meters (153 feet, 1 inch), which is also the second-best javelin throw mark in the NAIA for the 2026 outdoor season.
Olson also competed in the heptathlon at the same NAIA outdoor track & field national meet. She produced her career best 4,612 points to place 10
th overall, two spots shy of achieving the NAIA All-America status.
Below is the complete list of recipients from the Frontier Conference (name – school – year – major):
First Team
- Abby Clark – Montana Tech – graduate student – materials science and engineering
Second Team
- Casey Olson – Dakota State (S.D.) – senior – professional accountancy