Augustana University Women's Cross Country

Hellmans led his cross country teams to yet another successful season as the men finished seventh and the women finished 13th at the National Championships. The mens seventh place finish was the teams seventh consecutive top-10 finish. In Track and Field he led three athletes to the indoor national championships with all three earning All-America honors while in the outdoor season he led four athletes to the outdoor national championships with two earning All-America honors.   Hellman was appointed Augustanas head cross country coach for both men and women in 2000. He was handed the reins of the mens and womens track & field programs in 2004. During his tenure, Hellmans coaching achievements have earned local, regional, and national acclaim. In all, he has received 23 coach of the year citations. The 2015 season was a success for both the mens and womens teams. The mens team won their seventh consecutive NSIC Crown behind junior Glen Ellingson who took home individual title. The women finished third at the NSIC Championship. On the mens side Hellman guided Glen Ellingson, Keegan Carda and Harald Karbo to First Team All-NSIC honors and Nick Larsen and Logan Burns to second team honors. On the womens side he led Leah Seivert and Mackenzie Kelly to First Team All-NSIC honors and Annie Kruse to second team honors. Both teams found similar success at the Regional with the men capturing their fourth straight regional title while the women finished third. It was the seventh straight season that Hellman has led both the men and women to the NCAA Championships. At the national level Hellman guided the men to a seventh place finish, the seventh consecutive year finishing in the top-10, while the women finished 13th overall. Ellingson and Keegan Carda each earned All-America honors for the men and Leah Seivert earned All-America honors on the womens side. At the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship Festival in Louisville, Ky. Hellman once again saw both his mens and womens team place in the top five nationally. The mens team finished in the top five for the third consecutive year with a meet points total of 136 while the women finished in fifth place with a points total of 138 points. The Viking men were lead by junior Harold Karbo, who finished sixth overall with a time 30:40.05 and senior Adam Braun who placed 21, with a time of 31:11.8. Under Hellmans watch the Vikings earned a program best four All-Americans: Karbo, Braun, Nathan Hauge (placed 32nd) and Glen Ellingson (placed 34th). The Womens team placed fifth overall for the programs fifth consecutive top five finish and the future looks bright under Hellman after being led by two freshman. Leah Seivert finished 10 overall with a time of 21:33 while Annie Kruse placed 36 with a time 22:02.9. Seivert and Kruse both earned All-American honors. Hellman once again was recognized as the Central Regions top coach winning the award for a third consecutive year after guiding his program to its third straight Central Region Title and having 12 runners earn All-Central Region honors. In 2014, Augustanas cross country teams returned to the hallowed ground of Spokane, Wash. and turned in two top-five finishes, including the highest mens team and individual finishes in program history.   Paul Yaks senior campaign was capped off by a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, leading the mens team to a third-place team finish both finishes were the highest ever in mens program history and the fifth-straight top-10 national finish. Tom Karbo (11th) and Harald Karbo (19th) received All-American honors for their finishes at the national meet.   Kristin Brondbo (10th) and Runa Falch (24th) finished their storied careers under Hellman, collecting their fourth All-American honors each as they led the women to fifth place, their third-straight top-five finish.   Helmman nabbed his second-straight USTFCCCA Central Region coach of the year award after leading them to a near-perfect region title and collected his fifth-straight NSIC coach of the year title with a resounding victory that featured 10 athletes earning All-NSIC honors. Paul Yak was selected as USTFCCCA Central Region and NSIC athlete of the year for winning both region and conference individual titles. Glen Ellingson was named NSIC newcomer of the year as he finished 13th at the NSIC Championships.   Hellman received the South Dakota Sportswriters Male Coach of the Year Award for his accomplishments, leading the Vikings to their highest finish ever. Ten men received All-NSIC honors by finishing in the top 20 of the conference meet and seven more collected All-Region honors.   The womens hopes for seven straight NSIC championships were dashed when they finished second, but four women were still honored as All-NSIC recipients and two more collected All-Region accolades two weeks later.   In 2011, for the first time in the programs existence, Augustana won the NCAA Division II womens national championship. Hellman was chosen womens coach of the year by the USTFCCCA. It was the second national team crown in the history of Augustana athletics. The South Dakota Sportswriters Association tabbed Augustana the College Womens Team of the Year.   The men won the NSIC championship for the fourth consecutive year in 2012. Hellmans team was ranked as high as fourth in the nation and claimed the Central Region crown. It was the second regional title for the mens program, the first coming in 1991. Seven Vikings were chosen all-conference and six received All-Central Region honors. Beniak was chosen Central Region Mens Athlete of the Year for 2012. The men finished sixth in national championship competition in 2011 and 2010. Two of Hellmans student-athletes have been named NSIC Athlete of the Year Tom Karbo in 2010, and Paul Yak in 2011 and 2012.   Augustanas womens runners have received 18 All-America citations under Hellman. Falch and Brondbo are three-time recipients and Blakeslee a two-time winner. Six members of Hellmans mens teams have also earned All-America recognition.   Hellman is a four-time recipient of the NSIC womens cross country coach of the year 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012. He was chosen the North Central Conferences womens coach of the year for 2007. He was designated the 2012 USTFCCCA Central Region womens coach of the year in 2012 and was selected the College Female Team coach of the year by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association in 2010.   On the mens side, he is a five-time winner of the NSIC coach of the year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He has also won the past two USTFCCCA Central Region coach of the year awards.   Hellman led both indoor track and field teams to second place finishes at the NSIC Indoor Championships. Hellman helped Keegan Carda set a new NSIC Championship record in the 5000 meter run with a time of 14:48.85. At the Indoor National Championships Hellman helped lead Ryan Heuer earn All-American honors in the 60-meter hurdles after coming in seventh. Freshman Olivia Montez Brown earned All-America honors in the Pentathlon after finishing ninth with 3773 points. Hellman guided 12 student-athletes to All-NSIC honors in 2015. Charissa Etrheim earned All-NSIC honors in both the 600-meter run and as a member of the 4x400 meter team, Ida Eltervaag earned honors in the 800-meter run, Emma Anderson earned honors in both the 1000-meter run and the DMR, Annika Rotvold earned honors in the 1000-meter run, Leah Seivert earned honors in the 5000-meters, Valerie Moos as a member of the 4x400 meter team, Irene Alamarcha as a member of the 4x400 meter team, Carina Hofmeister as a member of the 4x400 meter team, Brooke DeVos in the DMR, Acery Selberg in the DMR and Olivia Montez Brown in both the Pentathlon and Long jump. Hellman had six female athletes earn All-American honors during the Indoor season, which included a school record time in the 4x4 of 3:38.98. Paul Yak earned All-American honors for the men in the 5,000 meter run, setting a school record with a time of 14:26.21 and placing ninth in the event. Hellman helped guide junior Bree Woelber to the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the year award after she broke the school record in the Heptathlon with 3982 points, ranking third in the country. Five men and eight women made the All-Region list under Hellman, with six athletes being honored in multiple events. In 2013-15 Hellman had nine All-Americans during the indoor season, Hellman nearly equaled his best from three years prior. Hellman sent 11 athletes to compete in five events where they showed what Augustana has come to be known for in recent years.   Both mens and womens distance medley relay teams earned All-American honors, finishing sixth in their respective divisions. Kristin Brondbo brought home the lone individual title, taking fourth in the womens 3,000-meter run. Members of the mens All-American DMR squad, Henrik Hansson and Aduo Omot narrowly missed the finals as they also competed in the 800-meter run and one day after running the anchor on the womens DMR, Kyle Blakeslee finished 11th in the womens 3k. Kelsey Kaufmann earned a spot in the high jump field, coming just short of earning her first All-American accolade.   At the 2014 NSIC Championships, the men and women both improved on their 2013 team finishes, taking second and third, respectively. Hellman oversaw seven conference championships, including a four-event sweep of the mens and womens DMRs and mens and womens 3,000-meter runs Blakeslee took the womens title and John Klecker won his first conference championship.   Under his direction, Hellman guided Brondbo to the top qualifying time in Division II in the womens 3k and groomed the mens DMR to an automatic qualifying time in the DMR. The Vikings posted 23 different provisional or automatic qualifying times during the indoor season and 12 athletes combined for 21 total USTFCCCA All-Central Region honors.   In 2012, the mens distance medley team of Travis Beniak, Khor Kong, Henrik Hansson, and Tom Karbo raced to a national championship in 9 minutes,49.06 seconds. The time is a school and all-time South Dakota Collegiate mens record. It was Augustanas first ever mens relay national title.   Both the mens and womens teams secured runner-up finishes at the 2012 NSIC championships. The Vikings claimed eight conference individual titles - six for the men and two for the women. The Vikings Aduo Omot set a conference record in the 600 with a winning time of 1:20.61. The 150 points registered by the men were the most ever by a Viking team.   Hellman was named NSIC coach of the year in 2010 after the women won their first-ever conference track championship. That same year he was selected Central Region coach of the year. He was voted North Central Conference coach of the year in 2006 following the Vikings third-place finish at the NCC indoor track and field championships.   Omot handed Hellman his first national individual indoor champion by winning the 800 in 2011. Paul Yak was named the conferences newcomer of the year in 2011.   At the NSIC Outdoor championships in 2016, Hellman guided the mens program to a second place finish and the women to a third place finish. After leading the mens team to a second place finish Hellman earned the NSIC Outdoor Coach of the Year award. He led 11 individuals and two relay teams to All-NSIC honors on the mens side and seven individual and two relay teams earn All-NSIC honors on the womens side. At the NSIC Outdoor Championships Bree Woelber won the High Point championship which is the award given to the athlete that earns the most points at the championships. Kayla Mescher earned her fourth consecutive conference championship in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.73. Harald Karbo won the 3000-meter Steeplechase while the mens 4x400 meter team also took home first. Keegan Carda won the mens 5000-meter run with a time of 14:59.73. Bree Woelber earned Field Athlete of the Year and Montez Brown earned Newcomer of the Year. Hellman sent four student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Florida. Kayla Mescher earned All-America honors in the 400-meter hurdles while also breaking her own school record. Bree Woelber earned All-America honors in the high jump after jumping five-feet, eight inches. Olivia Montez Brown earned All-America honors in the heptathlon after a sixth place finish. Montez Brown scored 5,254 points, a school record. In 2015 Hellman had two athletes earn All-American honors, Sr. Paul Yak and Fr. Leah Seivert, during the outdoor season after the NCAA Championships. Nine total athletes made it to the championship event. Along with her All-American honor, Sievert was named the Central Region Track Athlete of Year and the NSIC Newcomer of the Year. Hellman guided both the men and womens team to second place finishes in the NSIC Outdoor Championships. During the meet both Sievert and Braun set new NSIC records while 11 Vikings in total placed inside of the top five. In 2013-14, the 10 athletes who qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2010, Hellman again groomed double-digit athletes to qualifying times for the 2014 NCAA Championships in Allendale, Mich.   Kyle Blakeslee capped off her stellar career at Augustana, breaking her own school record for a runner-up finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase her time is the second-fastest ever run at an NCAA Division II championship event. Harald Karbo concluded his breakthrough sophomore campaign with his third All-American finish (3,000m steeplechase) in his second year at Augustana. Aduo Omot then closed his career with his fourth outdoor All-American honor in the 800-meter run   Ten total Vikings earned All-Central Region honors from the USTFCCCA seven men and three women combined for 13 total top-five region times. Several of those times were set at the NSIC Championships where the men finished as the runner-ups for the second straight year and the women came in a close third.   Six total Vikings won conference titles and four set new conference records in victorious fashion. Under Hellmans distance tutelage, Kyle Blakeslee broke her own conference record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with the fourth NSIC steeple record of her career. Henrik Hansson out-kicked two fellow Vikings for the 1,500-meter NSIC championship and conference record. Kristin Brondbo won her first outdoor track title with a victory in the womens 1,500-meter run and was runner-up in the 5k. Placing top three at the conference meet, 22 Vikings earned All-NSIC honors -- the most since the Vikings joined the NSIC in 2008-09.   Hellman chalked up two more Drake Relays titles in 2014, sweeping the mens and womens distance medley relay and breaking the Augustana womens record by over 10 seconds.   Hellman has coached two NSIC outdoor track and field athletes of the year Falch for the women in 2011 and Tom Karbo for the men in 2012. Falch was also the NSIC championships high point scorer in 2010, while Karbo was the NSIC newcomer of the year for 2010. Hellman was cited as the NSIC womens outdoor coach of the year for 2011. After a fruitful 2014 campaign, Hellman has now coached six NSIC outdoor record holders.   The 2011 outdoor season ranks as the most productive in Augustana history. The women won the NSIC championship, the first outdoor title in the programs history and the first outdoor crown for Augustana since 1942. The Vikings won three events at the prestigious Drake Relays, including a school and South Dakota collegiate record for the womens distance relay. Augustana runners under Hellmans direction have won eight relay titles at Drake. The Vikings won eight individual titles at the NSIC meet, and landed a dozen student-athletes on the all-conference team.   The Vikings sent seven student-athletes to the 2011 NCAA Championships and two returned with national championships - Falch in the 1,500 and Omot in the 800. In all, six school records were set throughout the campaign.   Hellmans student-athletes have received a total of 87 All-America citations in track and field/cross country. He has mentored five national champions and his teams have accounted for 50 school records.   Before coming to Augustana, Hellman was an assistant track and cross country coach at Humboldt State, in Arcata Calif. While at Humboldt State, the mens team won the Pac-West Conference cross country meet title twice and finished 11th place in the 1998 Division II National Cross Country Championships.       The Hellman File - 1 Team National Championship - 16 Conference Championships - 15 Top-10 National Finishes - 10 Drake Relays Titles - 59 School Records - 121 All-Americans - 5 National Champions - 70 Individual Conferene Champions - 23 Coach of the Year Awards  CROSS COUNTRY st th th INDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK Tracy Hellman Cross Country Year-by-Year Tracy Hellman Track & Field Year-by-Year All-Americans Under Tracy Hellman

Scott Tanis enters his second year as head coach for Augustana’s men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams in 2025-26. In his first season leading the Vikings, Tanis led a young group that provided growth throughout the year. In cross country, the men's team won the NSIC and reached the NCAA Championships while Tanis was named NSIC Coach of the Year. The women's program placed fourth in the conference and seventh in the region. In track and field, a pair of Vikings made the NCAA Championships as Ashton Massey was a Second Team All-America honoree in indoors after finishing 14th in the Pentathlon and Ellen Merkley placed 21st in the Long Jump at outdoors. On the men's side, Bryant Keller won a pair of conference championships in both indoor and outdoor, wrapping up outdoor season as the High-Point earner at the championships and was named Outdoor NSIC Track Athlete of the Year.  Tanis served as the assistant men's and women's cross country and track & field coach at Augustana for seven seasons and returned to the university in 2022 following a season as the head coach at St. Catherine's in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before Augustana, Tanis spent one season at Duke University after graduating from Lewis University in the Spring of 2013.  Tanis touts a multitude of accolades from his time with the Vikings as an assistant, earning NSIC Women's Assistant Coach of the Year three times. Under his leadership, Augustana collected six NSIC Cross Country team Championships, five NCAA Central Region Championships along with 12 top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships.  He has coached 39 first and second-team All-Americans, two United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Region Athletes of the Year, and 156 USTFCCCA All-Region honorees. The Vikings tallied 16 school records, eight NSIC Championship records, totaling 192 All-NSIC performances. In the classroom, Tanis led his squads to 22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors, 66 USTFCCCA All-Academic selections, plus two CoSIDA Academic All-Americans.  In addition to his coaching duties, Tanis served as the program's academic liaison and managed the team's fundraising efforts and cross country summer camps. He was also the university's faculty advisor for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and was an active member of the USTFCCCA national rankings committee.  During his time at Duke, Tanis worked primarily with the men's distance runners guiding the Blue Devils to a sixth-place team finish at the ACC Cross Country Championships and an eighth-place team finish at the NCAA Regional meet. In his time there, his athletes collected two USTFCCCA All-Academic team awards, nine All-ACC Academic honorees, one All-ACC performer, and one All-America second-team selection.   Prior to his coaching tenure, Tanis competed as a Division II student-athlete on the cross country and track & field teams at Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill. He was a two-time Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in the 1,500-meter and mile runs and collected CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2011-2012 and 2012-13. He also was awarded the Br. David Delahanty Award for Academic Excellence at Lewis, three times for cross country and twice for track & field.  Tanis obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sport Management from Lewis University with a minor in business administration and coaching. He also holds a Master of Arts in Sports Administration and Leadership from Augustana. 

Robinson's second year as a graduate assistant for Augustanas mens and womens track and field team in the 2015-16 was a success. Robinson coached hurdles, sprints, multi's and pole vault. In his second season as the track and field graduate assistant, Robinson helped lead both indoor track and field teams to second place finishes at the NSIC Indoor Championships and 12 earn All-NSIC honors. At the Indoor National Championships Robinson helped lead Ryan Heuer to All-American honors in the 60-meter hurdles after coming in seventh. Freshman Olivia Montez Brown earned All-America honors in the Pentathlon after finishing ninth with 3773 points. At the NSIC Outdoor championships Robinson helped guide the mens program to a second place finish and the women to a third place finish. Helped lead 11 individuals and two relay teams to All-NSIC honors on the mens side and seven individual and two relay teams earn All-NSIC honors on the womens side. At the NSIC Outdoor Championships Bree Woelber won the High Point championship which is the award given to the athlete that earns the most points at the championships. Kayla Mescher earned her fourth consecutive conference championship in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.73. Robinson helped four student-athletes make it to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Florida. Kayla Mescher earned All-America honors in the 400-meter hurdles while also breaking her own school record. Bree Woelber earned All-America honors in the high jump after jumping five-feet, eight inches. Olivia Montez Brown earned All-America honors in the heptathlon after a sixth place finish. Montez Brown scored 5,254 points, a school record. A 2013 graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead, Robinson spent the past year coaching for his alma mater, MSUM. Robinson coached an athlete to the NCAA DII National Championships in both the 60 meter hurdles and the 60 meter dash, and earned the title All-American during the outdoor season. He also coached hurdles and assisted with sprints while coaching for Moorhead High School in the spring of 2014. During his time at Moorhead High, an athlete who specializes in hurdles achieved the status of All-State Hurdler under Robinson's coaching instruction. That season, Moorhead High also won sections.  The former Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference athlete competed for the Dragons track and field team. Robinson collected 2011 Indoor Regional Field Athlete of the Year, 2011 NSIC Field Athlete of the Year- Indoor, and 2011 NSIC Field Athlete of the Year- Outdoor, 2012 NSIC High Point Scorer, and 2012 Mount Sac Champion. Robinson currently holds two NSIC Conference records, was a recipient of the Ron Masanz Award, holds six MSUM records, NSIC New Comer of the Year, MSUM New Comer of the Year, 17 time All Regional Athlete, nine time 2nd Team All NSIC, 13 time NSIC Champion, three time NCAA DII All-American (Indoor Heptathlon 2x, Outdoor 4x1), and finished the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.04.   Many of these accomplishments came while Robinson was training under Rahn Sheffield, former head coach of team USA.   A native of Brooklyn Center, Minn., Robinson earned his bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from MSUM in 2013. Currently residing in Sioux Falls with his wife, Robinson is pursuing his masters degree in sports administration and leadership.  

Greg Binstock, who competed for Augustana during the 1990s, has returned to the Vikings' track and field program as assistant coach. The Sioux Falls native served as assistant director of financial aid at Augustana for three and a half years, but returned to the track and field circuit in August of 2012 where he assumed the direction of Augustana's sprints, jumps, and hurdles coaching. In 2022, Binstock helped lead freshman Kylee Sallee to an indoor pentathlon conference win. He also led senior Kaly Banks to the school record for outdoor triple jump. Binstock, the 2021 indoor USTFCCCA Central Region Coach of the Year and NSIC Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year, helped the men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams to second-place finishes at the NSIC Championships. Binstock helped guide Tyl Woelber to his second-straight NSIC High Point Performer at the NSIC Indoor Championships. He also led four Vikings to the national meet in Woelber (heptathlon), Elizabeth Schaefer (pentathlon),  Lawrence Lokonobei (60m hurdles) and Mearah Miedema (high jump). All four of which earned All-America honors, Woelber, Miedema and Schaefer earned first team All-America while Lokonobei earned second team All-America.  The 2021 outdoor season, Binstock guided Woelber to three school records in the decathlon, high jump and javelin throw. Woelber was named NSIC Field Athlete of the Year after winning both the decathlon and javelin. Binstock led two Vikings to automatic-qualifying marks in Mearah Miedema (high jump) and Woelber (decathlon). Mathias Kollberg joined the duo at the national meet with his school record breaking leap of 25 feet in the high jump. Woelber placed 10th to earn second team All-America honors in the decathlon.  Binstock helped lead the 2019-20 men’s and women’s indoor track and field squads to second-place finishes at the NSIC Championships. Working primarily with sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers, Binstock helped guide Tyl Woelber (high jump) and Olivia Montez Brown (60 meter) to nationals. The two athletes also qualified for nationals in the heptathlon and pentathlon, respectively. Woelber broke the Augustana high jump record with a height of six feet, 11.5 inches which was eighth in the nation and third in the conference. Montez Brown’s 60 meter hurdle time of 8.63 was first in the conference and 13th in the nation. Behind the leadership of Binstock, the 2018-19 Augustana Track and Field season was a storied year. At the DII Indoor National Championships, junior Olivia Montez Brown scored 3,915 points in the Pentathlon, bringing home Augustana’s third-ever indoor women’s track and field individual championship. The Title marked the sixth ever women’s track and field individual championship (indoor & outdoor) in program history. Montez Brown followed up her historic performance with a runner-up finish at the DII Outdoor championships in the spring.  Other impressive individuals included Paul Meloche who qualified for the Indoor Championships in the the 60m Hurdles. On the team side, the Viking women ended their conference season with a third-place finish with 111 points and the men took home fifth place with 58 points. During the outdoor season, five individuals qualified for the DII outdoor championships with each one improving off their ranking coming into the championships, and four Vikings earning All-American status. The 2017 outdoor track and field season ended with two All-Americans being crowned in Bradenton, Fla. with some help from Binstock. Binstock assisted in Olivia Montez Brown’s fourth place finish in the heptathlon and Kelsey Kaufmann’s sixth place finish in the high jump. Overall, Binstock played a part in all four student-athletes who qualified for Nationals, including two first timers in Valerie Moos and Josh Barrows. At the NSIC Outdoor Championships, Vikings men’s and women’s teams took fourth place and garnered 12 All-NSIC accolades. Binstock also tutored three of the four NSIC champions in Olivia Montez Brown (heptathlon), Kelsey Kaufmann (high jump) and Josh Barrows (400-meter hurdles). Over the course of the outdoor season, the Vikings saw three school records. Olivia Montez Brown (long jump), Carina Hofmeister (200-meters) and Valerie Moos (400-meter hurdles) all topped school records on the season with Binstock’s assistance. Augustana’s student-athletes also excelled in the classroom during the outdoor season. Binstock helped 22 student-athletes earn Academic All-NSIC accolades and Josh Barrows and Zach Tuschen were named CoSIDA Academic All-District selections. In the 2016-17 indoor season, coach Binstock played a big part in two of the three student-athletes that qualified for the NCAA Championships. Binstock helped Josh Barrows qualify in the 800-meters and guided Olivia Montez Brown to All-American honors in the long jump and the pentathlon.  Binstock also was a part of Montez Brown's repeat NSIC pentathlon title and Barrows' breaking the NSIC meet record in the 800-meters. All-in-all, Binstock helped the Vikings have three student-athletes qualify for five events at the NCAA Championships and come away with four All-American awards, have five student-athletes earn seven All-NSIC awards and three student-athletes earn five All-Central Region awards. Also have 25 student-athletes earned Academic All-NSIC honors and oversaw four school records fall with his help. During the 2015-16 school year coach Binstock helped guide numerous athletes to individual and team honors in cross country and indoor and outdoor track. During the 2015-16 Indoor Track and Field season he helped lead both indoor track and field teams to second place finishes at the NSIC Indoor Championships. Binstock guided 12 athletes to All-NSIC honors. At the Indoor National Championships Binstock helped lead Ryan Heuer to All-American honors in the 60-meter hurdles after coming in seventh. Freshman Olivia Montez Brown earned All-America honors in the Pentathlon after finishing ninth with 3773 points. At the NSIC Outdoor championships Binstock helped guide the men’s program to a second place finish and the women to a third place finish. He led 11 individuals and two relay teams to All-NSIC honors on the men’s side and seven individual and two relay teams earn All-NSIC honors on the women’s side. At the NSIC Outdoor Championships Bree Woelber won the High Point championship which is the award given to the athlete that earns the most points at the championships. Kayla Mescher earned her fourth consecutive conference championship in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.73. Harald Karbo won the 3000-meter Steeplechase while the men’s 4x400 meter team also took home first. Keegan Carda won the men’s 5000-meter run with a time of 14:59.73. Bree Woelber earned Field Athlete of the Year and Montez Brown earned Newcomer of the Year. Binstock sent four student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Florida. Kayla Mescher earned All-America honors in the 400-meter hurdles while also breaking her own school record. Bree Woelber earned All-America honors in the high jump after jumping five-feet, eight inches. Olivia Montez Brown earned All-America honors in the heptathlon after a sixth place finish. Montez Brown scored 5,254 points, a school record. Coach Binstock continued his coaching success during the 2014-15 school year, with success in both cross country and track and field. The women’s indoor and outdoor teams improved once again under Binstock’s watch. After third place finishes in 2014 at the NSIC Championship, the women took home the second place trophy after solid performances from seven All-Americans. The men’s team finished with two All-American’s during the indoor and outdoor seasons which included top four finishes in both NSIC Championship meets. In 2014, Binstock took the program to new heights with 23 Vikings under his direct supervision earning All-NSIC honors, 12 collecting All-American accolades, and seven new Augustana records.   With a revamped sprints, jumping, and hurdles program, Binstock improved the men's and women's NSIC Indoor Championship finishes to second and third, respectively, with the help of four conference champions groomed by him. Both teams continued to improve and threatened to capture the conference title, as three Vikings earned NSIC individual championships.   Binstock guided Kayla Mescher and Carina Hofmeister to a pair of individual school records as well as pieces of three more Augustana all-time marks. Hofmeister took down the outdoor 200- and 400-meter dash records while Mescher set the new indoor 600-meter and outdoor 400-meter hurdles record. Both Hofmeister and Mescher ran legs on the Augustana women's indoor and outdoor 4x400-meter record-setting relay teams as well as the new record-holding outdoor distance medley relay squad.   With the guidance of Binstock, the women's 4x400-meter relay team also earned a spot in the NCAA Outdoor Championship field and Mescher qualified for the 400-meter hurdles at the national meet. Kelsey Kaufmann swept the indoor and outdoor conference high jump competitions and qualified for the NCAA indoor Championships.   In his first season with the Vikings, Binstock led the men's team to a third-place finish at the NSIC indoor championships and a runner-up finish at the NSIC outdoor championships. Under Binstock's guidance, the women improved on a sixth-place finish at NSIC indoor championships to finishing third at the NSIC outdoor championships.   Binstock helped 12 athletes earn bids to the 2013 NCAA Championships with nine earning All-American accolades. Binstock is USA Track & Field Level I Certified and has coached at the NCAA Divsion I, II, and III levels.   Binstock competed in the 400-meter run and long jump at Augustana, graduating in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in health, physical education and recreation. He was a graduate assistant at Bemidji State University for two seasons, helping the team's jumpers to six Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference titles.   He was the head track and field and cross country coach for five years at The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., where he rebuilt the programs. He was named 2002 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference track and field coach of the year.   Binstock spent one season as the interim head women's track and field coach at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. He coached one NCAA All-American and guided athletes to five school records and three freshman records.   He was a member of the South Dakota State University staff for four years. During his first season with the Jackrabbits he coached five athletes to runner-up finishes in the jumps/vault at the 2006 Division I Independent Championships.   Binstock and his wife, the Rev. Heidi Binstock, who also graduated from Augustana in 1995, are the parents of two children, Peter and Clara.