SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota State, Oral Roberts and South Dakota student-athletes took home this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors, league officials released Tuesday. South Dakota’s Brithton Senior and North Dakota State’s Trevor Otterdahl claimed the honors for the men while Oral Roberts’ Gabrielle Gibson and USD’s Marleen Mülla walked away with the awards for the women.
 
At the South Dakota Challenge, Senior won the 110-meter hurdles clocking a time of 13.62 seconds to the runner-up’s 14.8 seconds. His winning time would have matched the Lillibridge Track Complex record if it had not been for the +7.5 m/s tailwind.
 
Otterdahl improved his career-best in the hammer throw at the South Dakota Challenge. He launched a mark of 217-9 (66.38m) to win the event and move up to the fourth-best in NDSU history. His winning mark ranks No. 28 in the NCAA this season.
 
Otterdahl also won the shot put event with a throw of 61-01.50 (18.63m).
 
At the John Jacobs Invitational, Gibson registered four top-five finishes. Individually, she captured the event title in the 100m hurdles with a personal-best time of 13.28, which ranks 35^th nationally this season. She also clocked a personal-best time of 11.75 in the 100m to finish second.
 
In addition to her individual events, she ran a leg in the 4x100m relay that took second in a time of 46.96 and a leg in the 4x400m relay that finished fifth (3:50.89).
 
Mülla cleared a personal-best height of 14-6 (4.42m) in the pole vault to finish as the top collegiate athlete at the South Dakota Challenge. Her personal best height moved her up to seventh in the NCAA this spring and improved her own Estonian national record.


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

• Collected his seventh career athlete of the week honor
• Won the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.62
• His winning time was 1.18 seconds faster than the runner-up’s (14.8)

Also nominated: Logan Lommel, Western Illinois; Aden Baughman, Oral Roberts; Luke Labatte, North Dakota; Carter Maack, St. Thomas; Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State
 
Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
Sr | Throws | Rosemount, Minn.

• Notched back-to-back athlete of the week accolades and third this season
• Won the hammer throw and the shot put events
• Improved his career-best in the hammer throw with a mark of 217-9 (66.38m)

Also nominated: Andrew Walter, North Dakota; Parker Feuerborn, St. Thomas; Matt Slagus, South Dakota
 
Gabrielle Gibson, Oral Roberts
Sr | Sprints/Hurdles | Nassau, Bahamas

• Claimed her third career outdoor athlete of the week award
• Registered four top-five finishes over the weekend
• Clocked personal-best times in the 100m hurdles (13.28) and the 100m (11.75)
• Moved up to 35^th nationally in the 100m hurdles

Also nominated: Paulina Wuestefeld, Western Illinois; Elise Ulseth, North Dakota; Nell Graham, North Dakota State; Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota
 
Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
Fr | Pole Vault | Rakvere, Estonia

• Earned the second outdoor athlete of the week honor of her career
• Was the top collegiate finisher in the pole vault
• Cleared a personal-best height of 14-6 (4.42m) to move up to seventh in the NCAA

Also nominated: Shalom Olotu, Oral Roberts; Natalie Mohring, North Dakota; Alissa Melvin, North Dakota State
 
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
 
March 29
MT: Riley Bauer, South Dakota State
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
WF: Amy Phillips, North Dakota State
 
April 5
MT: Cody Roder, North Dakota State
MF: Jessie Sullivan, South Dakota
WT: Gabrielle Gibson, Oral Roberts
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
 
April 12
MT: Reid Pierzinski, South Dakota State
MF: Eerik Haamer, South Dakota
WT: Moe Bridgen, South Dakota
WF: Amanda Anderson, North Dakota State
 
April 19
MT: Merga Gemeda, South Dakota
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Kelby Anderson, North Dakota State
WF:  Elise Ulseth, North Dakota
 
April 26
MT: Brithton Senior, South Dakota
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Gabrielle Gibson, Oral Roberts
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota