ORU's Whitt and SUU's Levins and Medina-Mitchell Claim Weekly Indoor Track and Field Honors

1/31/2012 12:00:00 AM

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ELMHURST, Ill. - Oral Roberts' Jack Whitt and Southern Utah's Cameron Levins were named The Summit League's Men's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, while Southern Utah's Diana Medina-Mitchell earned the women's award for their performances Jan. 24-30.

MEN'S ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts
Jr., Norman, Okla./Norman
Whitt garners his seventh career Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor and third of the season after winning the pole vault at the Jayhawk Invitational and tying his nation-leading height of 18'1" (5.51m). The junior pole vaulter captured his third event title and remains atop the nation for the fourth-straight week. With this Athlete of the Week award, Whitt remains second in league history for career indoor track and field weekly awards (seven), one shy of former ORU track and field standout Prince Mumba.

Cameron Levins, Southern Utah
Sr., British Columbia, Canada
Levins earns his second career Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor and first of the season after winning the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters at the UW Invitational with NCAA automatic qualifying times. The senior won the 3,000-meter race in a national-best time of 7:48.25 and the 5,000-meter race with the nation's second-best time of 13:42.90. Along with automatic qualifiers in both events, Levins set meet records and league-bests in both and set a school record in the 3,000 meters.

Also nominated: Cosmas Ayabei, UMKC; Travis Fitzke, North Dakota State; Anthony Sterzick, Oakland; Kyle McKelvey, South Dakota; Jared Vlastuin, South Dakota State; Paul Hames, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Dec. 6 - Jared Vlastuin, South Dakota State; Dec. 13 - Casey Orgon, North Dakota State; Dec. 20 - Alex Katona, Oakland; Jan. 10 - Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts; Jan. 17 - Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts; Jan. 24 - Travis Fitzke, North Dakota State.

WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Diana Medina-Mitchell
Sr., Hurricane, Utah/Hurricane
Medina-Mitchell collects her first career Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award after recording league-best and top-50 times in the nation in the 5,000 meters and 3,000 meters. She finished the 5,000-meter run with a school record time of 16:30.07, marking the seventh-best time in the nation and the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:31.93, good for 49^th in the nation.

Also nominated: Katy Moore, IPFW; Veronica Rollins, UMKC; Antoinette Goodman, North Dakota State; Micah Jones, Oakland; Casady Ashcraft, Oral Roberts; Alexa Duling, South Dakota; Megan Bren, South Dakota State; Chelsea Lynes, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Dec. 6 - Brooke Garner, South Dakota State; Dec. 13 - Lora Shearer, South Dakota State; Dec. 20 - Katelynne Hartman, Oakland; Jan. 10 - Marisa Thomas, Oral Roberts; Jan. 17 - Emily Grove, South Dakota & Kayla Kovar, Southern Utah; Jan. 24 - Lia Jones, Oakland.

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