IUPUI’s Zielinski Chosen as #SummitITF Men’s Athlete of the Week
IUPUI’s Zielinski Chosen as #SummitITF Men’s Athlete of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Joey Zielinski of IUPUI was named The Summit League's Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for his performance Jan. 19-25.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Joey Zielinski, IUPUI
So. // South Bend, Ind.
Zielinski collects his first career Track & Field Athlete of the Week award after his record-setting performance at the IPFW Duals. The Jaguar sophomore set an IUPUI record in the mile with a converted time of 4:13.56. His time not only won the meet by nearly three seconds, but is the fastest time in The Summit League this season by more than a full second.
Previous honorees: Dec. 9 – Sonwabiso Skhosana, Oral Roberts; Jan. 13 – Reinhard Ndlovu, Oral Roberts; Kyle McKelvey, South Dakota.
Also nominated: Jeremy Ary, SDSU; Jonah Warwick, NDSU; Cody Snyder, South Dakota; Joseph Reis-Herron, Oral Roberts.
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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