ORU’s Reynolds Earns #SummitITF Women’s Athlete of the Week
ORU’s Reynolds Earns #SummitITF Women’s Athlete of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Madison Reynolds of Oral Roberts was named The Summit League's Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for her performance Jan. 19-25.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Madison Reynolds, Oral Roberts
Jr. // Oklahoma City, Okla.
Reynolds collects her second Summit League Track & Field Athlete of the Week award this season after her performance at the Mark Colligan Memorial held in Lincoln, Neb. Reynolds improved her league-best 400m time to 53.89, winning the event by nearly three seconds. Her time now ranks 13th in Division I. Along with her individual event victory, Reynolds anchored the Golden Eagles 4x400m winning relay team which posted a league-best time of 3:46.90.
Previous honorees: Dec. 9 – Rose Jackson, NSDU/Mary Wirth, SDSU; Dec. 16 – Stephanie Ahrens, Omaha; Jan. 13 – Madison Reynolds, ORU; Erin Teschuk, NDSU.
Also nominated: Katie Wetzstein, South Dakota; Amy Andrushko, NDSU; Jazzelena Black, SDSU; Lexi Hunt, IUPUI; Ashley Kildow, Omaha.
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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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