SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Event champions and nationally-ranked performances over the weekend earned North Dakota State, Oral Roberts and South Dakota student-athletes this week's TicketSmarter Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week accolades, league officials release Tuesday. South Dakota's Brithton Senior and North Dakota State's Trevor Otterdahl took the men's track and field honors while Oral Roberts' Indea Cartwright and USD's Marleen Mülla claimed the awards for the women.
 
In his first competition since March of last year, Senior clocked a time of 7.81 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Hawkeye Invitational. His time is the 10^th-fastest in the NCAA this season and earned him fifth place in the event, finishing as the second collegian.
 
Otterdahl took first in both the weight throw and the shot put at the Bison Team Cup. He launched a mark of 71-6 (21.79m) to win the weight throw, ranking fifth in the NCAA this season. He is one of only three men in NDSU history to top 70 feet in the event. Otterdahl took the shot put, nearly throwing an indoor personal best at 60-01.75 (18.33m). His winning shot put mark ranks 28^th nationally.
 
Cartwright clocked a career-best 8.42 in the 60-meter hurdles to take runner-up at the Arkansas Invitational. Her winning time ranks 33^rd nationally in the event. She also took 11^th in the 200-meter dash finishing with a time of 25.17.
 
Mülla vaulted into the top-10 of the national rankings with the pole vault event title at the Hawkeye Invitational. She cleared a personal-best mark of 14-01.75 (4.31m) to win the event. Her winning height ranks seventh in the nation this season and fifth all-time in USD indoor history.


 
Brithton Senior, South Dakota
So | Hurdles | Hanover, Jamaica

• Collected his sixth career athlete of the week honor and first this season
• Was the second collegian across the line in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.81
• Owns the 10^th-fastest time in the NCAA this season in the event

Also nominated: Ackeen Colley (Western Illinois), Brad Dormeus (Oral Roberts), Jacob Rodin (North Dakota State)
 
Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
Sr | Throws | Rosemount, Minn.

• Notched his second career indoor athlete of the week accolade and first this season
• Won both the weight throw and the shot put at the Bison Team Cup
• Now ranks fifth in the NCAA in the weight throw and 28^th in the shot put

Also nominated: Richard Brown (Western Illinois), Jonathan Vasquez (Oral Roberts), Eerik Haamer (South Dakota)
 
Indea Cartwright, Oral Roberts
So. | Sprints/Hurdles | Nassau Bahamas

• Earned her first career indoor athlete of the week award
• Finished runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 8.42
• Ranks 33^rd nationally in the event

Also nominated: Maleigha Huston (Western Illinois), Ellyssa Peterson (North Dakota), Nell Graham (North Dakota State), Anna Robinson (South Dakota)
 
Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
Fr | Pole Vault | Rakvere, Estonia

• Earned her second indoor athlete of the week honor of the season
• Won the pole vault with a personal-best mark of 14-01.75 (4.31m)
• Ranks seventh in the nation and fifth all-time in USD indoor history

Also nominated: Shalom Olotu (Oral Roberts), Kenna Curry (North Dakota), Amy Herrington (North Dakota State)
 
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
December 7
MT: Reid Perzinski, South Dakota State
MF: Kristoffer Thomsen, North Dakota State
WT: Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
 
January 11
MF: Parker Feuerborn, St. Thomas
WF: Caroline Anderson, St. Thomas
 
January 18
MT: Brithton Senior, South Dakota
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Indea Cartwright, Oral Roberts
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota