Lawton, Berguis, Teschuk named #SummitITF Athletes of the Week
Lawton, Berguis, Teschuk named #SummitITF Athletes of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State's Cal Lawton and Brandt Berghuis of North Dakota State were named Men's Summit League's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week and North Dakota State's Erin Teschuk was named Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for their performances Feb. 9-15.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Cal Lawton, South Dakota State
Fr. // Eden Prairie, Minn.
South Dakota State's Cal Lawton earns his first Summit League Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week award after his performance at the South Dakota State Indoor Invitational. The freshman ran the sixth-fastest time in school history in the 800-meter run at 1:52.82, the best time in The Summit League this season. Lawton was also a part of the school-record breaking 4x800 relay team with a time of 7:40.80. The time is the 14th-fastest in the nation this season and broke a nearly 30-year-old school record. His 4x400 relay team also entered SDSU's top-10 list, recording the eighth-fastest time at 3:20.17.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Brandt Berghuis, North Dakota State
Jr. // Rosemount, Minn.
Brandt Berghuis of North Dakota State is named Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for the first time in his career after his performance at the Iowa State Classic. The junior thrower had a toss of 62' 11.5" in the weight throw, a mark that is more than two feet better than second place in The Summit League this season. The only athletes to finish ahead of Berghuis at the meet all placed in the top 21 nationally.
Also nominated: Joe Zielinski, IUPUI; Reinhard Ndlovu, Oral Roberts; Jeff O'Connell, South Dakota.
Previous honorees: Dec. 9 – Sonwabiso Skhosana, Oral Roberts; Jan. 13 – Reinhard Ndlovu, Oral Roberts; Jan. 20 – Kyle McKelvey, South Dakota; Jan. 27 – Joey Zielinski, IUPUI; Feb. 3 – Teivaskie Lewin, South Dakota; Feb. 10 – Kyle McKelvey, South Dakota.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State
Jr. // Winnipeg, Manitoba
Erin Teschuk collects her third career Athlete of the Week Award and third of this season after her performance at the Iowa State Classic over the weekend. Fresh off being named Summit League Athlete of the Month for January, she followed that up with a school and meet record run in the 3,000m. She clocked in at 9:02.40, obliterating a 30-year-old school record of 9:30.34 in her first 3,000m race of her career. The time is currently ranked fourth nationally and was ranked No. 1 in the nation when she crossed the finish line.
Also nominated: Jordan Hanaway, IUPUI; Carly Carper, SDSU; Madison Reynolds, ORU; Jasmine Brown, Western Illinois; Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota.
Previous honorees: Dec. 9 – Rose Jackson, NSDU/Mary Wirth, SDSU; Dec. 16 – Stephanie Ahrens, Omaha; Jan. 13 – Madison Reynolds, ORU; Jan. 20 – Erin Teschuk, NDSU; Jan. 27 – Madison Reynolds, ORU; Feb. 3. – Erin Teschuk, NDSU; Feb. 10 – Emily Lesser, NDSU.
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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