UNO's Ahrens Earns #SummitITF Women’s Athlete of the Week
UNO's Ahrens Earns #SummitITF Women’s Athlete of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Omaha's Stephanie Ahrens was named The Summit League's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for her performances Dec. 9-15.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Stephanie Ahrens, Omaha
Fr. // Lincoln, Neb.
Ahrens collects her first career Athlete of the Week honor after leading Omaha at the KSU Winter Invitational last week. The freshman placed second in both the high jump and triple jump events. Her high jump mark of 5'10" (1.78m) tied the school record, ranks second in The Summit League and would rank sixth nationally. She registered a mark of 36'2.25" (11.03m) in the triple jump which ranks sixth in the league.
Previous honorees: Dec. 9 – Rose Jackson, NSDU/Mary Wirth, SDSU.
Also nominated: Valeria Guzman, IUPUI.
No men's award was given this week as no teams competed.
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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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