Oakland Captures Both Weekly Track and Field Honors
Oakland Captures Both Weekly Track and Field Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland's Niklas Rippon and Katelynne Hartman were named The Summit League's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances Dec. 11-17.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Niklas Rippon, Oakland
Sr. // Lake Orion, Mich.
Rippon garners his first career Athlete of the Week award after winning the 60-meter hurdles at the Windsor Lancer Christmas Open with time of 8.37. The senior currently holds the league's fastest 60-meter hurdle time (8.27) this season.
Previous winners: Dec. 11 – Casey Orgon, NDSU.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katelynne Hartman, Oakland
Jr. // Fishers, Ind.
Hartman earns her second career Athlete of the Week honor and first of the season after finishing second in the shot put at the Windsor Lance Christmas Open with a throw of 37'5.5".
Previous winners: Dec. 11 – Sami Spenner, UNO.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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