Men’s Athletes of the Year

ATLANTIC REGION – Alex Brimstein, SUNY Geneseo
A senior from Webster, N.Y., Brimstein won the Atlantic region title in 25:14, two seconds ahead of the field. Brimstein won this fall’s SUNYAC crown in leading his team to the league title.

CENTRAL REGION – Grant Wintheiser, St. Olaf
Wintheiser, a sophomore from Sartell, Minn., won the Central race by nearly ten seconds in leading the Oles to the region crown. He won the MIAC crown by more than 20 seconds where St. Olaf also picked up the team title, and he finished third at both the Roy Griak Invitational and Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer meet.

GREAT LAKES REGION – William Jones, Franciscan
A senior from Green Bay, Wis., Jones picked up the Great Lakes crown by outdistancing Calvin’s Dan Kerr in a close dash to the finish line. He’s won his last four races, including the AMCC Championship where he was the winner by over two minutes.

MIDEAST REGION – Bobby Over, Allegheny
Over, a junior from Wadsworth, Ohio, was the winner of the Mideast regional by 13 seconds over Haverford’s Chris Stadler. It was his second-straight regional crown. The Gator was this year’s champion of the North Coast Athletic Conference crown and picked up crowns at the Dickinson Long/Short Invite and the Bill Sudeck Classic.

MIDWEST REGION – Tim Nelson, UW-Stout                                                                
A senior from Augusta, Wis., Nelson won the Midwest in a close race ahead of the North Central duo of Yonatan Mascote and Dan Kerley. He claimed the WIAC title by 25 seconds and won the DIII section of the Roy Griak Invitational. He also placed in the overall top 40 and as the top DIII athlete in a stacked field full of DI athletes at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational.

NEW ENGLAND REGION – Coby Horowitz, Bowdoin
A junior from Stow, Mass., Horowitz pulled out the New England title in a tight three-way race to the finish with teammate Samuel Seekins and Middlebury’s Jack Davies. The regional individual win helped his squad to finish second as a team and qualify for the NCAA meet. Horowitz also claimed the NESCAC title this year and was sixth at the All-New England Championships.

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST REGION – John Kieffer, Centre
Kieffer, a junior from Dublin, Ohio, won the regional title in a five-second victory over Lynchburg’s Cody Stanton. He also won the inaugural Southern Athletic Association title with a three-second victory.

WEST REGION – Zorg Loustalet, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
A freshman from Malin, Ore., Loustalet held off teammate Bennett Naden and Occidental’s Colin Smith for the regional crown in a race that had the top five runners finish within five seconds of each other. Earlier in the fall, he placed fifth in the SCIAC Championship and 12th at the Pre-National Championships.