{"id":296705,"date":"2025-11-06T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=296705"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:03:08","slug":"five-vcsu-runners-earn-academic-all-conference-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=296705","title":{"rendered":"Five VCSU Runners Earn Academic All-Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vcsu-xc11525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vcsu-xc11525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vcsu-xc11525.jpg 600w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vcsu-xc11525-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vcsu-xc11525-311x175.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Helena MT (VCSU) &#8211; The Frontier Conference has named 39 women&#8217;s cross-country student-athletes from among eleven (11) conference programs as Academic All-Conference, presented by Billings Clinic and Logan Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carroll (Mont.) and Dakota State (S.D.) led the way with eight recipients each.&nbsp; Bismarck State (N.D.) added five recipients to the academic list, followed by Montana Tech with four recipients.&nbsp; Dickinson State (N.D.)&nbsp; recorded three recipients.&nbsp; Valley City State, Bellevue (Neb.), Montana Western, MSU-Northern, and Rocky Mountain (Mont.) each had two athletes on the conference academic list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore in standing and carry a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average (GPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Vikings,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/emma-muggli\/4923\">Emma Muggli<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/billie-maye-pohlkamp\/4924\">Billie Maye Pohlkamp<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;have earned Academic All-Conference. Muggli is a senior from Oakes, North Dakota who is majoring in Human Services. Pohlkamp is a junior from Pierz, Minnesota who is majoring in Business Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Frontier Conference named 47 men&#8217;s cross-country student-athletes from ten (10) conference programs as Academic All-Conference, presented by Billings Clinic and Logan Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dakota State (S.D.) led the way with 12 recipients, followed by Carroll (Mont.) with eight recipients and Rocky Mountain (Mont.) with seven recipients.&nbsp; Montana Tech added five athletes, while Bellevue (Neb.) tallied four athletes on the academic conference list.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montana Western and Valley City State (N.D.) each recorded three recipients to the list, Dickinson State (N.D.) and Providence (Mont.) each registered two recipients.&nbsp; Bismarck State (N.D.) also had a recipient on the conference academic list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Valley City State,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/zach-baumgartner\/4908\">Zach Baumgartner<\/a><\/dfn>,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/mason-brehmer\/4909\">Mason Brehmer<\/a><\/dfn>, and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/isaac-eichhorst\/4910\">Isaac Eichhorst<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;made the list. Baumgartner is a junior from Bertha, Minnesota. He is majoring in Health Sciences. Brehmer is a junior from Madison, Minnesota who is majoring in Business Administration. Eichhorst is a senior from Willmar, Minnesota who is majoring in Exercise Sciences and Rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 Frontier Conference Women&#8217;s Cross Country Championship meet will be held on Friday (Nov. 7) at Amend Park in Billings, Mont., at 11:30 a.m. (Central Time)\/10:30 a.m. (Mountain Time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Frontier Conference Academic All-Conference awards will be presented during the awards ceremony on Friday afternoon, following the conclusion of the conference meets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helena MT (VCSU) &#8211; The Frontier Conference has named 39 women&#8217;s cross-country student-athletes from among eleven (11) conference programs as Academic All-Conference, presented by Billings Clinic and Logan Health. Carroll (Mont.) and Dakota State (S.D.) led the way with eight recipients each.&nbsp; Bismarck State (N.D.) added five recipients to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":295305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296708,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296705\/revisions\/296708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/295305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}