USD’s Dojiok, Huschle Claim Final #SummitOTF Weekly Awards
USD’s Dojiok, Huschle Claim Final #SummitOTF Weekly Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Mach Dojiok and Analisa Huschle were named The Summit League's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performance May 4-10, marking the final weekly awards of the year.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mach Dojiok, South Dakota
So. // Omaha, Neb.
Mach Dojiok collects his first career Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor. The sophomore Dojiok out-leaned Nebraska's Alney Tobias to solidify a win in the 800-meters with a time of 1:52.43 at the Nebraska Invitational. Dojiok owns the top time in the league in the 800 with a time of 1:50.16 ran earlier this season.
Previous honorees: March 24 – Justin Estala, Oral Roberts/Tyler Parker, North Dakota State; March 31 – Cody Snyder, South Dakota; April 7 – Matti Mortimore, North Dakota State; April 14 – Alex Renner, North Dakota State; April 21 – Matti Mortimore, North Dakota State; April 28 – Joseph Reis-Herron, Oral Roberts/Alex Renner, North Dakota State; May 5 – Cody Snyder, South Dakota.
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Analisa Huschle, South Dakota
Jr. // Bagley, Minn.
Analisa Huschle earns her first career Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award for her performance at the Nebraska Invitational. Huschle qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the long jump with a leap of 19'11.75". The junior was the top collegiate and second overall in the event. Her mark puts her at the top of the Summit League by more than six inches. She also ran legs on the runner-up 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
Previous honorees: March 24 – Emily Lesser, North Dakota State; March 31 – Amber Eichkorn, South Dakota/Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; April 7 – Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; April 14 – Emily Lesser, North Dakota State/Jazzelena Black, South Dakota State; April 21 – Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; April 28 – Kelsey Barrett, South Dakota/Maddie Van Beek, North Dakota State; May 5 – Emily Lesser, North Dakota State.
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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