ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – Technically, Megan Sundstrom was 'just' a two-sport athlete this year, competing on the College of Saint Benedict's indoor and outdoor track and field teams.
 
But with all the events Sundstrom competed in – and found success in – she may as well have been training for several different sports.
 
Sundstrom, a senior on the CSB track and field team in 2017-18, swept the MIAC multi-event titles and used her versatility to score more than 50 points for the team at the indoor and outdoor conference championships. For her impressive season, Sundstrom has been named the CSB Athlete of the Year. Sundstrom – the department's Rookie of the Year in 2014-15 – has been a nominee for athlete of the year each of the past two seasons, and wraps up her four-year career with the award.
 
This February, Sundstrom kicked off the MIAC Indoor Championships by winning the pentathlon title – the first individual MIAC title of her career. Over the course of the next two days, she added a third-place finish in the triple jump, sixth-place finish in the 60 hurdles, 10^th-place long jump and was part of the fourth-place 800-meter relay team. When all was said and done, she had a hand in 24 of the team's 76.50 points to help CSB finish fifth.
 
Following the MIAC pentathlon, Sundstrom was on the bubble of earning a second straight trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships, so she headed to the Wartburg Qualifier to solidify a spot. After four events she knew she wasn't going to qualify, but she ran as a pacer in the 800 to try and help teammate Jenna Degen qualify instead. Sundstrom won the CSB Sportsmanship Award for the second straight year at the May awards banquet for her selflessness.
 
Sundstrom completed the multi-event sweep at the conference outdoor championships, finishing first in the heptathlon with a score of 4,586 – a personal best and the second-best score in CSB history. A week later, she earned All-MIAC honors in the 400 hurdles and triple jump after finishing second and third, respectively. She also earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention in the 100 hurdles and long jump, and finished the meet with 32 points – one-third of the team's 92 total points, good for third place.
 
The MIAC Championship wasn't quite the end of Sundstrom's career, as her score from the MIAC Heptathlon ranked seventh in Division III, and she qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second straight year. Sundstrom – who wrapped up her career with three trips to nationals – finished 17^th at the national meet after hitting the final hurdle in the 100 hurdle race – the first event competed in the heptathlon.
 
Sundstrom graduated in May, but left her name all over CSB's record books. She finished her career with six times our marks in the top 10 in CSB outdoor history – including the school record in the 400 hurdles – and five times or marks in the top 10 in the school's indoor history. She earned All-MIAC honors 13 times – including two individual championships and one relay title – and earned 19 All-MIAC Honorable Mention accolades.