SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota and St. Thomas took home the season’s first TicketSmarter Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards, league officials released Tuesday. St. Thomas’ Gary Afram and Parker Feuerborn picked up the honors on the men’s side while UST’s Molly Reighard and North Dakota’s Elise Ulseth claimed the awards on the women’s.
 
Afram made his collegiate outdoor debut at the Willie Williams Classic where he notched a pair of top-10 finishes. He clocked a personal-best time of 10.64 in the 100-meter dash to finish eighth in the event and ran a leg of the 4x100m relay that took second place with a time of 41.49.
 
Afram closed out his weekend falling just short of a top-10 finish in the long jump. He took eleventh overall in the event after leaping a career-best 22-10 (6.96m).
 
Teammate Feuerborn made his Division I outdoor debut in the hammer throw and the discus at the Willie Williams Classic. Feuerborn launched a career-best mark of 204-2 (62.24m) in the hammer throw to take second place in the event.
 
In the discus, he finished 12th overall after tossing a mark of 145-1 (44.22m).
 
Reighard finished with two top-10 performances at the Willie Williams Classic. She finished third in the 400m hurdles after clocking a career-best time of 1:03.12. She also ran a leg of the 4x100m relay that took sixth place in a time of 48.36.
 
Ulseth had a record-breaking opening outdoor weekend for the Fighting Hawks. She opened the Miami Hurricane Invitational with a fifth-place finish in the high jump after clearing a height of 5-5.25 (1.66m).
 
On the second day, she broke the UND won the javelin on her first throw finishing with a school-record distance of 165-0 (50.29m). Her dominance continued in the long jump where she finished as the second collegiate finisher with a personal-best and school-record leap of 19-8.75 (6.01m).
 
Ulseth also competed on the track where she took sixth place in the 100m hurdles in a school-record time of 13.91, besting the previous record by .05 seconds. She also competed in the 200m where she finished in a time of 25.80.


 
Gary Afram, St. Thomas
Fr | Sprints/Long Jump | Rosemount, Minn.

• Collected his first career outdoor athlete of the week honor
• Clocked a personal-best time of 10.64 in the 100m to finish eighth
• Was a member of the 4x100m relay team that took second with a time of 41.49

Parker Feuerborn, St. Thomas
Sr | Throws | St. Michael, Minn.

• Notched his second career athlete of the week accolade
• Launched a career-best mark of 204-2 (62.24m) in the hammer throw
• Took second in the hammer throw

Also nominated: Andrew Walter, North Dakota
 
Molly Reighard, St. Thomas
Gr | Sprints/Hurdles | Waconia, Minn.

• Earned her first career outdoor athlete of the week award
• Finished third in the 400m hurdles with a career-best time of 1:03.12
• Was a member of the 4x100m relay team that took sixth in a time of 48.36

Elise Ulseth, North Dakota
Sr | Multis | Kristiansund, Norway

• Earned the second athlete of the week honor of her career
• Broke three North Dakota school records (high jump, javelin, 100m hurdles)
• Finished in the top five in all three field events she competed in

2022 Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
March 22
MT: Gary Afram, St. Thomas
MF: Parker Feuerborn, St. Thomas
WT: Molly Reighard, St. Thomas
WF: Elise Ulseth, North Dakota