North Dakota State Sweeps Weekly Track and Field Awards
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Weston Leutz, North Dakota State
So., Bismarck, S.D./Bismarck Century
Leutz earns his first athlete of the week honor after
reaching an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the heptathlon with
5,331 points and the second best total in NDSU history at the Bison
Holiday Heptathlon last week. Leutz won both
the 60-meters (7.00) and the 60m hurdles (8.30), and also finished
third in four events - the long jump (6.85m), the shot put
(12.13m), the high jump (1.93m) and the pole vault (4.49m) during
the competition.
Also
nominated Anuola Bailey, UMKC; Katie Jay, Western
Illinois.
Previous
winners: Dec. 8 - Jared Vlastuin, South Dakota State
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Whitney Carlson, North Dakota State
Jr., Buchanan, N.D./Pingree Buchanan
Carlson captures her first athlete of the week accolade
after posting a first-place finish in the pentathlon with 3,568
points. Carlson won the 60-meter hurdles (8.57), the long jump
(5.85m), and the 800 meters (2:32.24) and during the competition
also finished second in the shot put (9.69m) and fifth in the high
jump (1.46m).
Also nominated: D.C. Okonta, UMKC; Kyle Austin,
Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Dec. 8 - Anna Gagliano, South Dakota
State
