ORU's Whitt, SUU's Manuele Win Weekly Track & Field Awards
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Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts
Fr., Norman, Okla./Norman North
Whitt captures his first Athlete of the Week award in the
outdoor season after earning a fourth-place finish and fourth-place
ranking (TFRRS) nationally in the pole vault (5.41m) at the Texas
Relays. The freshman from Norman, Okla., ranks first in The Summit
League by more than 0.60 meters in the event.
Also nominated: Max Carroll, UMKC; Kevin Jackson, North Dakota
State; Jason Bigelow, Oakland Carlos Valle, Southern Utah; Lawrence
Hardin, Western Illinois.
Previous
winners: March 23 - Eric Stroh, North Dakota State; March 30 - Ted
Rud, North Dakota State.
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Sharla Manuele, Southern Utah
Sr., Newcastle, Utah/Enterprise
Manuele earns her first Athlete of the Week award after
recording a personal-best, a league-best, by more than a minute,
and a Southern Utah school record in the 5,000 meters (16:18.53).
The Newcastle, Utah, native ranks sixth (TFRRS) in the country in
the event.
Also nominated: Crystina Martinez Ridenour, IPFW; Sakia Taylor,
UMKC; Toni Tollefson, North Dakota State; Megan Enzor, Oakland;
Rachel Talbert, Oral Roberts; Faith Chew, Western
Illinois.
Previous
winners: March 23 - Leslie Brost, North Dakota State; March 30 -
Heather Zander, North Dakota State.
