South Dakota’s Snyder Named #SummitOTF Men’s Athlete of the Week
South Dakota’s Snyder Named #SummitOTF Men’s Athlete of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Cody Snyder was named The Summit League's Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for his performance April 27-May 4.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Cody Snyder, South Dakota
Sr. // Lake Andes, S.D.
Snyder collected his second Athlete of the Week award this season and fourth of his career after a pair of victories at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays. His win in the discus came with a throw of 183'5", a mark that is his second best of the season and would rank second in the league and 22nd nationally. Snyder claimed a shot put victory with a distance of 57'3.75", which his second best throw of the season and would place fourth in The Summit League and 41st nationally. Snyder's top marks place him first in the league and No. 3 nationally in the discus and third in the league and 39th in the NCAA in the shot put.
Also nominated: Tom Ohlman, IUPUI; Landon Jochim, North Dakota State; Joseph Reis-Herron, Oral Roberts; Ayub Kassim, South Dakota State
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.
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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