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Indoor Track & Field Weekly Release (1/24)
Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week (1/31)
Oral Roberts' Shaun Smith |
Western Illinois' Aubrey Martin |
Oral Roberts' Shaun Smith and Western Illinois' Aubrey Martin were selected as the Mid-Con Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively.
Shaun Smith, Oral Roberts
Sophomore, Clarendom, Jamaica/Edwin Allen
Smith garners Men’s Athlete of the Week honors after a solid performance at the New Mexico Invitational. The sophomore placed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:48.41. His mark is tops in the Mid-Con this season, provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships and is the top time in the nation.
(Also nominated: Anthony Boyer, UMKC; Steve Hansen, Southern Utah; Steve Bartholomew, Valparaiso; Matt Wrage, Western Illinois)
Aubrey Martin, Western Illinois
Senior, Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine
Martin is the Women’s Athlete of the Week after a record-breaking performance at the Health Alliance Classic. The senior broke a 10-year old meet record and tied a four-year old school record in the shot put with a distance of 16.75 meters. Her mark also provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Championships.
(Also nominated: Courtney Huber, UMKC; Aisha Mitchell, Oral Roberts; Brittany Lee, Southern Utah; Danielle Nunnelly, Valparaiso)
Previous Mid-Con Athletes of the Week: 1/17 - Demarcus Bass, Oral Roberts/Diana Chelimo, Oral Roberts; 12/13-Kyle Mikowski, Western Illinois/Jennifer Gilson, Western Illinois; 1/24 - Prince Mumba, Oral Roberts/Brittany Lee, Southern Utah
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