NDSU's Erin Teschuk Named #SummitITF Women's Athlete of the Week
NDSU's Erin Teschuk Named #SummitITF Women's Athlete of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Erin Teschuk of North Dakota State was named The Summit League's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for her performance Jan. 12-18.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State
Jr. // Winnipeg, Manitoba
Teschuk earned her first Summit League Track & Field Athlete of the Week award after her record-setting performance at the Bison Classic over the weekend. She set a new NDSU and facility record in the mile with a converted time of 4:38.44. The time eclipsed her personal best by more than ten seconds and is currently the second-best mark in the nation in the event. The Winnipeg native posted a time that would have ranked fourth among all Canadian women in 2014 (professionals included).
Previous honorees: Dec. 9 – Rose Jackson, NSDU/Mary Wirth, SDSU; Dec. 16 – Stephanie Ahrens, Omaha; Jan. 13 – Madison Reynolds, ORU.
Also nominated: Jasmine Brown, WIU; Mindy Whidden, IUPUI; Stephanie Ahrens, Omaha; Katie Wetzstein, South Dakota; Ana Camargo, ORU; Carly Carper, SDSU.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
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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