NDSU’s Mortimore, Rosenau Sweep #SummitOTF Weekly Honors

4/12/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State's Matti Mortimore was named Summit League Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week while teammate Sierra Rosenau earned Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award for their performances during the week of April 4-10.

MATTI MORTIMORE, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Named Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the first time this season and the third time of his career
Won the javelin at the Husker Spring Invitational with a facility-record toss of 248-8 (75.79m)
The new career-best distance broke his own school record by 10 feet and ranks him sixth in the NCAA this year
He is The Summit League leader in the event by more than 27 feet over second place
Leads all British athletes in the javelin in 2016 (professionals included) and is more than two meters better than the 2015 British leader

Also nominated: Israel Nelson, Oral Roberts; Teivaskie Lewin, South Dakota; Grant Kaiser, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: March 22 – Teivaskie Lewin, South Dakota; March 29 – Brock Larson, North Dakota State; April 5 – Joel Reichow, South Dakota State

SIERRA ROSENAU, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // Carrington, N.D.

Earned her first career Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Added more than five feet to her NDSU school record in the javelin, throwing 171-1 (52.16m) to finish second at the Husker Spring Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., over the weekend
The toss ranks her No. 15 on the season's NCAA leaderboard
She is best in The Summit League by more than 10 feet in the event

Also nominated: Madison Reynolds, Oral Roberts; Danielle Waldner, South Dakota; Sierra Woods, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: March 22 – Jenna Stephens, South Dakota State; March 29 – Rose Jackson, North Dakota State; April 5 – Jazzelena Black, South Dakota State

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