Winner Earns Great Midwest Outdoor Field Athlete Of The Year For Second Time

Molly Winner has concluded her outdoor track and field season with another top conference honor, as, for the second year in a row, the Ashland University junior has been voted as the Great Midwest Athletic Conference women's field Athlete of the Year.
 
As announced by the Great Midwest on Thursday (June 4) afternoon, Winner is a repeat honoree thanks to her season-long excellence in both the hammer throw and shot put.
 
Prior to the 2026 NCAA Division II Championships in Emporia, Kan., Winner was the No. 2-ranked hammer thrower (64.05 meters/210-feet-2) and No. 4-ranked shot putter (15.77 meters/51-feet-9) in the nation. At nationals, she placed second in the hammer and seventh in the shot.
 
Winner was runner-up in both events at the 2026 Great Midwest Championships.
 
Also on Thursday, the league announced its all-conference first- and second-teamers, based on finishes at the conference championships:
 
FIRST TEAM

• Senior Jade Avance – women's 800-meter run
• Junior Hailey Rios – women's long jump
• The women's 4x100 relay team of Rios, sophomores Medgine Wojton and Brianna Chenevey, and freshman Alexis Wims.
• Graduate Brayden Jackson – men's pole vault
• Freshman Jon Lutz – men's 110 hurdles
• Junior Colton Thress – men's 800 run
• Junior Dominick Brister – men's 100 dash

SECOND TEAM

• Winner – women's hammer throw and shot put
• Sophomore Miranda Stone – women's discus throw
• Freshman Vivian Walter – women's 100 hurdles
• Freshman Reese Landis – women's 1,000 run, 5,000 run
• Junior Abigail Hartzler – women's high jump
• Junior Kara Fields – women's heptathlon
• Freshman Caleb Hague – men's decathlon
• Brister – men's 200 run
• The men' 4x100 relay team of sophomore Trinity Keith, Brister, junior Liam Mann and senior Joe Wahl.