ORU's Whitt and WIU's Manning Claim Final Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - Oral Roberts' Jack Whitt and Western Illinois'
Nichole Manning were named Summit League Indoor Track and Field
Athletes of the Week for their performances during the week of
Feb.15-21.
MEN
Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts
So., Norman, Okla./Norman North
Whitt, the reigning Summit League pole vault champion, 2010
Newcomer of the Championship and Field Athlete of the Year,
captures his fourth career Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the
Week honor and second of the season. The sophomore won the pole
vault by 20cm at the Radio Shack MSSU Open Invitational with a
height of 5.40m, which would rank seventh in the nation.
Also nominated: Sean Burns, South Dakota State; Paul Hames,
Western Illinois
Previous Winners: Feb. 15 - Ben Jasinski, South Dakota
State; Feb. 8 - Fredrick Brown, Oral Roberts; Feb. 1 - Luke
Leischner, South Dakota State; Jan. 25 - Ben Jasinski, South Dakota
State; Jan. 18 - Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts; Jan. 11 - Alex
Pena-Lopez, UMKC; Dec. 14 - Michael Hemming, Western Illinois; Dec.
7 - Sean Burns, South Dakota State
WOMEN
Nichole Manning, Western Illinois
Jr., Kansas City, Mo./Winnetonka
Manning earns her first career Indoor Track and Field
Athlete of the Week award as she won the pole vault at the Iowa
Invitational with a mark of 3.65m, the third-best league mark this
season.
Also nominated: Jasmine Perry, IPFW; Shelby Assmus, South
Dakota State
Previous Winners: Feb. 15 - Christine Schmaltz, North Dakota
State; Feb. 8 - Leslie Brost, North Dakota State; Feb. 1 -
Christine Schmaltz, North Dakota State; Jan. 25 - Autumn Cleverley,
Oakland; Jan. 18 - Kayla Kovar, Southern Utah; Jan. 11 - Denise
Banda, UMKC; Dec. 14 - Brittni Hutton, Oakland; Dec. 7 - Whitney
Carlson, North Dakota State
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