SDSU's Burns and NDSU's Carlson Garner Initial Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - South Dakota State's Sean Burns and North
Dakota State's Whitney Carlson were named Summit League Indoor
Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances during
the week of Nov. 29-Dec. 5. The awards mark the first weekly
honors of the season.
MEN
Sean Burns, South Dakota State
Sr., Rapid City, S.D./Central
Burns
earns his second career Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
award and his first of the season after winning the weight throw,
setting a school and collegiate state record of 61'10.25". He also
recorded a personal indoor record and second-place finish in the
shot put with a throw of 50'1.25".
Also nominated: Ramon Nelson, UMKC; Andy Lillejord, North
Dakota State; Brandon Griffin, Oakland; Davin Dollison, Western
Illinois
WOMEN
Whitney Carlson, North Dakota State
Sr., Buchanan, N.D./Pingree-Buchanan
Carlson, the reigning indoor track championship MVP and
Field Athlete of the Year, garners her fifth career Indoor Track
and Field Athlete of the Week award and her first of the season
after winning the pentathlon and recording a school record 3,954
points, over 100 points better than her own school record. She won
four of the five events at the NDSU Holiday Invitational, 60-meter
hurdles, long jump, 800-meter run and tied for first in the high
jump. Carlson's pentathlon score is currently the best in the
nation by over 100 points, while her winning long jump mark of
20'4.5" is also currently the best in the nation.
Also nominated: Jasmine Perry, IPFW; Susan Brueggemann,
UMKC; Micah Jones, Oakland; Heather Wollman, South Dakota State;
Nikki Klier, Western Illinois
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