ORU's Whitt and NDSU's Schmaltz Earn Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. - Oral Roberts' Jack Whitt and North Dakota
State's Christine Schmaltz were named Summit League Outdoor Track
and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances during the
week of April 5-11.
MEN
Jack
Whitt, Oral Roberts
So., Norman, Okla./Norman North
Whitt garners his second straight Outdoor
Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor and the fifth of his
career after winning the pole vault at the Texas Relays. The
Norman, Okla., native won his second consecutive pole vault in as
many weeks with a personal best, school record and the number one
national mark with a height of 18'4.5" (5.60m), four inches better
than second. Whitt topped his personal best, school record and the
top national mark he set the previous week at the Texas Tech
Invitational.
Also nominated: D.C. Okonta, UMKC; Donte Smart, North Dakota
State; Kevin Luce, Oakland; Sean Burns, South Dakota State; Matt
Leal, Western Illinois.
Previous Winners: April 5 - Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts; March
29 - Ben Jasinski, South Dakota State; March 22 - Cameron Levins,
Southern Utah.
WOMEN
Christine Schmaltz, North Dakota State
Sr., Watford City, N.D./Watford City
Schmaltz earns her second career Outdoor Track and Field
Athlete of the Week award and first of the season after winning the
400 and 800 meters at the Duke Invitational. She won the 800
meters with the nation's seventh-best time, a league-best 2:05.81,
while also taking first in the 400 meters with a time of 57.02.
Also nominated: Sara Branam, IPFW; Susan Brueggemann, UMKC;
Lia Jones, Oakland; Cornisha Wilkerson, Oral Roberts; Brooke
Garner, South Dakota State; Chelsea Lynes, Western
Illinois.
Previous Winners: April 5 - TK Whitfield, Oral Roberts;
March 29 - Michelle Schuch, South Dakota State; March 22 - Toni
Tollefson, North Dakota State.
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