SUU's Levins and Kovar Sweep Weekly Indoor Track and Field Honors

2/14/2012 12:00:00 AM

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ELMHURST, Ill. - Southern Utah's Cameron Levins and Kayla Kovar were named The Summit League's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week their performances Feb.7-13.

MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Cameron Levins, Southern Utah
Sr., British Columbia, Canada
Levins captures his third career Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor and second of the season after qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the one mile with a league-best and eighth-fastest time (3:57.16) in the nation. The British Columbia native recorded a top-10 finish at the 105^th Millrose Games and qualified for his third event for the NCAA Championships.

Also nominated: Cosmas Ayabei, UMKC; Niklas Rippon, Oakland; Jeffery Gibson, Oral Roberts; Jeff Mettler, South Dakota; Jared Vlastuin, South Dakota State; Nathaniel Marshall, 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; Jan. 31 - Jack Whitt, Oral Roberts & Cameron Levins, Southern Utah; Feb. 7 - Austin West, Southern Utah.

WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Kayla Kovar, Southern Utah
So., Ridgecrest, Calif./UCLA
Kovar claims her third career Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award and second of the season after winning the shot put at the NAU Invitational. The sophomore threw a school record and league-best mark of 52'6.5" (16.01), which marks the 23^rd-best in the nation. She leads the league by 3'3".

Also nominated: Jylian Jaloma, UMKC; Amy Jo Thorne, North Dakota State; Desiree Pettiford, Oakland; TK Whitfield, Oral Roberts; Kenna Wolter, South Dakota; Ashley Odegaard, 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; Jan. 31 - Diana Medina-Mitchell, Southern Utah; Feb. 7 - Kenna Wolter, South Dakota.

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