NDSU’s Schwarzkopf and Pasiowitz Named #SummitOTF Athletes of the Week
NDSU’s Schwarzkopf and Pasiowitz Named #SummitOTF Athletes of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State's Conrad Schwarzkopf was named Summit League Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week while North Dakota State's Courtney Pasiowitz earned Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week awards for their performances during the week of May 3-8.
MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
CONRAD SCHWARZKOPF, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // Bismarck, N.D.
- Earned first career Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor
- Took over the league's top spot with a personal-best hammer throw of 204'9" (62.41m), a distance that ranks as school's second-longest all-time
- Won both the hammer throw and the shot put (58'6.5"/17.84m) at NDSU Tune Up meet
- Enters Summit League Championships with NCAA's No. 48 shot put and No. 66 hammer throw
Also nominated: Kyle McKelvey, South Dakota; Alejandro Sanchez, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: March 22 – Teivaskie Lewin, South Dakota; March 29 – Brock Larson, North Dakota State; April 5 – Joel Reichow, South Dakota State; April 12 – Matti Mortimore, North Dakota State; April 19 – Teivaskie Lewin, South Dakota; April 26 – Peter Chapman, South Dakota; May 3 – Alex Renner, North Dakota State
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
COURTNEY PASIOWITZ, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // Coon Rapids, Minn.
- Earned her second career Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award, both coming this season
- Posted season-best marks that rank among NCAA's Top 100 in both shot put and hammer throw
- Finished first in shot put at NDSU Tune Up meet with league-leading mark of 54'0.5" (16.47m) to set a new facility record and rank second on school's all-time list
- Recorded league's No. 4 hammer throw mark (186'1"/56.73m)
- Ranks No. 26 in NCAA in the shot put and No. 92 in the hammer throw
Also nominated: Shanice Cannigan, South Dakota; Carly Carper, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: March 22 – Jenna Stephens, South Dakota State; March 29 – Rose Jackson, North Dakota State; April 5 – Jazzelena Black, South Dakota State; April 12 – Sierra Rosenau, North Dakota State; April 19 – Erin Teschuk, North Dakota State; April 26 – Courtney Pasiowitz, North Dakota State; May 3 – Jazzelena Black, South Dakota State / Katelyn Weimerskirch, 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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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