Aaron Lund

Biography

Aaron Lund is in his seventh season as the head men's and women's track & field coach after taking the program over prior to the 2019-20 academic year. Lund has since coached the Gustavus women's track & field team to its first, second, and third MIAC Championships in 2022, 2023, and 2025 and coached a number of athletes to impressive performances. Lund came to Gustavus after serving as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Whittier College (Calif.) for three years. Lund coached the Gustavus women to back-to-back MIAC Outdoor Conference Championships in 2022 and 2023, and earned MIAC Women's Coach of the Year honors each year. During the 2025 season, Lund's team captured the MIAC Outdoor Conference Championship again, including five first-place finishes individually. Since 2019, Lund has coached 138 All-Conference performances and 22 All-America honors earned by eight athletes, including four national championships earned by Birgen Nelson (60-hurdles, 100-hurdles 2x) and Taylor Rooney (110-hurdles). Lund helped the Gustie women to their highest-ever finish in the DIII National Championships, placing fifth in 2022. A three-year captain and four-year student-athlete for the MSU-Moorhead track & field team from 2008-12, Lund was a two-time All-American as a part of the 4×400 relay team at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. Lund also set the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) record in the 600-meters.

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