NEW ORLEANS -- Augustana track & field student-athletes Tyl Woelber, Olivia Montez Brown, Austin Miller, Elizabeth Schaefer and Carly Rahn have been named 2020 Indoor Track and Field All-Americans the USTFCCCA announced Tuesday. The Viking athletes qualified for the Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, in mid-March, however, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

With the championships being cancelled, the USTFCCCA recognized all national qualifiers in all events as All-Americans with no first-team or second-team distinctions. A total of 716 athletes garnered All-America honors from 117 different institutions. 

The seven total All-America honors by five athletes gives head coach Tracy Hellman 66 All-America honors under his watch for indoor track & field while increasing his total All-America honors to 108 when combining with the outdoor seasons. 

Tyl Woelber - So. - Pipestone, Minnesota
Woelber earned All-America honors in two events, the pentathlon and high jump. He was named the NSIC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year earlier this season just days after being named the High Point Performer at the NSIC Championships. 

The sophomore shattered Augustana's previous heptathlon record by over 100 points, held by himself, and took home first place in the event at the NSIC Championships with a point total of 5,357. The score was the seventh-best in the country. He also won the event earlier in the season at the Bison Open on Feb. 8. In the high jump at the NSIC Championships, Woelber's height of 2.12m (6-11.5) broke the Augustana school record, also held by himself, and gave him the eighth-best jump in the country. The All-America accolades are the first of his career. 

Olivia Montez Brown - Sr. - Chester, Cheshire, England
Montez Brown also takes home All-America honors in multiple events; the heptathlon and 60-meter hurdles. During the 2018-19 indoor season, Montez Brown entered the Division II Indoor Championships as the defending National Champion in the pentathlon while setting the Augustana school record with 3,915 points in the event. 

This season, the senior won the pentathlon at the Mark Schuck Open on Feb. 1 with 3,638 points. At the NSIC Championships, Montez Brown placed second in the event with a season-best 3,682 points. The mark was the seventh-best in the country. In the 60-meter hurdles, Montez Brown owned the 13th best time in the country with an 8.63 (just .01 away from her personal best), which she ran at the SDSU Holiday Invite on Dec. 6. She also placed first in the event at the NSIC Indoor Challenge and NSIC Championships with times of 8.79 and 8.74, respectively. She now owns 10 All-America honors over her career. 

Austin Miller - Sr. - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Miller earned All-America honors in the 800-meter run. The senior won the 800m at the NSIC Championships with a personal-best time of 1:51.78. The time was the eighth-fastest in the country. Miller dominated the 800-meter run this season, taking home first place in the event at the Mark-Schuck Open on Feb. 1, NSIC Indoor Challenge on Feb. 15 and Maverick Invitational on Feb. 21. The All-America honor is the first of his career. 

Elizabeth Schaefer - Fr. - Rapid City, South Dakota
Schaefer enjoyed a fantastic indoor campaign, culminating in an NSIC Championship in the pentathlon with a score of 3,692 points and now, All-America honors in the event. The mark was her best of the season and was sixth in the country. The freshman also placed fifth in the event in her college debut at the SDSU Holiday Invite on Dec. 6 and second at the Mark Schuck Open on Feb. 1. The All-America accolade is the first of her career. 

Carly Rahn - Jr. - Ames, Iowa
Rahn is taking home All-America honors in the 800-meter run. She ran a 2:12.13 in the 800m at the NSIC Championships to give her second-place honors and the 11th-fastest time in the country. The junior also won the 800-meter run at the Bison Open on Feb. 8 and NSIC Indoor Challenge on Feb. 15. The All-America honor is the first of her career.