WIU’s Younkin, NDSU’s Teschuk Take Home #SummitITF Weekly Honors

12/15/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Tyler Younkin was named Summit League Men's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week while North Dakota State's Erin Teschuk earned Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award for their performances during the week of Dec. 7-13.

TYLER YOUNKIN, WESTERN ILLINOIS
Sr. // Bettendorf, Iowa

Earned his first career Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Won the 200-meter dash at the Early Bird Opener, posting a league-best time of 22.01
The senior's winning 200-meter time currently ranks 31^st in the NCAA this season
Posted the fifth-fastest time in the 60-meters, clocking in at 7.14 seconds
Ran the anchor leg of WIU's 4x400-meter relay, which posted the third-best time in the league this season (3:24.39)

Previous honorees: Dec. 8 – Alex Renner, North Dakota State

ERIN TESCHUK, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // Winnipeg, Manitoba

Named Summit League Athlete of the Week for the fourth time in her career
The senior won the 5,000-meter run at the Hoosier Open with an NDSU-record time of 16:01.69, nearly 13 seconds faster than the previous record
Her new record time ranks fifth in the NCAA after her first race of the 2015-16 season
Teschuk now owns four NDSU indoor school records

Also nominated: Khalyia Lawson, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Dec. 8 – Lexy Boschee, North Dakota State

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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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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