USD’s Nilsen and Waldner Sweep #SummitITF Weekly Honors

1/31/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, ILL. – South Dakota's Chris Nilsen was named The Summit League Men's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week while teammate Danielle Waldner earned Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award for their performances during the week of Jan. 24-30.

CHRIS NILSEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
Fr. // Kansas City, Mo.

Earned his third Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award of the season
Ranks No. 1 in the nation and The Summit League in the pole vault with a first-place height of 18' 2.5" (5.55m) at the Jack Johnson Classic in Minneapolis, Minn.
Tied for 19^th in the world (IAAF) in the pole vault this season
Broke the school pole vault record for the third consecutive week

Also nominated: Paul Salee, IUPUI; Alex Renner, North Dakota State; Justin Estala, Oral Roberts; Zach Koosman, South Dakota State

DANIELLE WALDNER, SOUTH DAKOTA
Dr. // Redfield, S.D.

Received her first career Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor
Placed first in the shot put with a distance of 53' 4.25" (16.26m) at the Jack Johnson Classic in Minneapolis, Minn.
Ranks 17^th in the nation and first in The Summit League in the shot put this season
Set a school weight throw record after a sixth place mark of 55' 5" (16.89m) at the Jack Johnson Classic

Also nominated: Valeria Guzman, IUPUI; Morgan Milbrath, North Dakota State; McKayla Roberts, Oral Roberts; Carly Carper, South Dakota State

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Celebrating its 35^th season 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 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, 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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