USD’s Lewin and NDSU’s Teschuk Tabbed #SummitITF Athletes of the Week
USD’s Lewin and NDSU’s Teschuk Tabbed #SummitITF Athletes of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Teivaskie
Lewin of South Dakota and Erin
Teschuk of North Dakota State were named The Summit
League's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week for their
performance Jan. 26-Feb. 1.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE
WEEK
Teivaskie Lewin, South
Dakota
Jr. // Montego Bay, Jamaica
South Dakota’s Teivaskie Lewin has been
selected as Summit League Track & Field Athlete of the Week for
the first time this season and the second time of his career. Lewin
ran the fifth-fastest time in the 60-meter hurdles in NCAA Division
I this season as the Coyote track and field teams wrapped up
competition at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic on Saturday
in Minneapolis. Lewin finished runner-up to Myles Hunter of
Minnesota State. In addition to ranking fifth in Division I,
Lewin’s time of 7.79 seconds broke Terry Liggin’s 2008
school record of 7.84 and set a new South Dakota state record.
Hunter and Lewin both ran faster than the previous Minnesota
Fieldhouse record.
Also nominated: Alex Renner, North Dakota State; Joey
Zielinski, IUPUI; Joseph Reis-Herron, Oral Roberts.
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.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE
WEEK
Erin Teschuk, North Dakota
State
Jr. // Winnipeg, Manitoba
North Dakota State junior Erin Teschuk earns her
second career Summit League Track & Field Athlete of the Week
award after running the fastest mile in the NCAA this season. She
cut more than six seconds off her school record in the event on
Saturday at the Jack Johnson Classic. Teschuk won the mile in
4:34.78, setting the meet record and University of Minnesota
Fieldhouse record in the process. Due to being run on a 200-meter
flat track, her time converted to 4:32.09 for the top spot on the
NCAA performance list. As of Saturday, Teschuk's time makes her the
eighth-fastest woman in the world this year in the mile. Her
previous best in the event was 4:41.19 on Jan. 17 of this
season.
Also nominated: Carly Carper, South Dakota State;
Meghan McCann, IUPUI; Kelsey Barrett, South Dakota; Madison
Reynolds, Oral Roberts.
Previous honorees: Dec. 9 – Rose Jackson,
NSDU/Mary Wirth, SDSU; Dec. 16 – Stephanie Ahrens, Omaha;
Jan. 13 – Madison Reynolds, Oral Roberts; Jan. 20 –
Erin Teschuk, NDSU; Jan. 27 – Madison Reynolds, Oral
Roberts.
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