SUU's Levins and NDSU's Tollefson Capture First Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - Southern Utah's Cameron Levins and North Dakota
State's Toni Tollefson were named Summit League Outdoor Track and
Field Athletes of the Week for their performances during the week
of March 5-20. The awards mark the first weekly honors of the
season.
MEN
Cameron
Levins, Southern Utah
R-Sr., British Columbia, Canada
Levins
earns his second career Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
award and his first this season after setting a school record in
the 5,000 meters with a first-place finish of 13:49.82 at the Oxy
Distance Carnival, the fastest time in the league and nation. He
broke his own record by nearly eight seconds, which he set the
previous weekend.
Also nominated: D.C. Okonta, UMKC; Eric Stroh, North Dakota
State; Clive Chafausipo, Oral Roberts.
WOMEN
Toni Tollefson, North Dakota State
So., Lake Park, Minn./Lake Park Audobon
Tollefson garners her first career Outdoor Track and Field
Athlete of the Week award after a first-place finish in the high
jump with a height of 5'10" (1.78m) at the Baldy Castillo
Invitational. Her mark is tied for first in the nation and the best
mark in the league by seven inches.
Also nominated: Sarah Hutchings, IPFW; Chelsea Richardson,
UMKC; Lauren McFarland, Oral Roberts; Chelsey Allen, Southern
Utah.
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