NCAA Division II Women – Berenice Cleyet-Merle, UIndy
NCAA Division III Men – Noah Zastrow, UW-Stout
NCAA Division III Women – Ana Tucker, Hope
NJCAA Men – Dakari Carter, Butler CC
NJCAA Women – Rosalie Fish, Iowa Central CC
Find out more about each of these runners by clicking their names or scrolling below.
National Athlete of the Week is an award selected and presented by the USTFCCCA Communications Staff at the beginning of each week to eight collegiate indoor track & field athletes, when applicable (male and female for each of the three NCAA divisions and the NJCAA).
Nominations are open to the public. Coaches and sports information directors are encouraged to nominate their student-athletes; as are student-athletes, their families and friends, and fans of their programs. Nominated athletes are noticed before those athletes found through searching TFRRS.
Texas A&M, No. 3
Georgia, No. 4
Southern California and No. 5
Texas for the second-straight week. All five teams add to their haul of nationally ranked marks.
The Razorbacks continued to show why they are the top-ranked team by adding seven top-5 marks nationally:
Krissy Gear in the mile (No. 2, 4:31.83);
Katie Izzo in the 3000 (No. 3, 8:57.78) and mile (No. 5, 4:34.39);
Lauren Gregory in the mile (No. 4, 4:34.39) and 3000 (No. 5, 8:58.36);
Rosey Effiong in the 400 (No. 5, 52.27). The aforementioned Gear was also part of the Razorback DMR that ran the No. 1 time of 10:53.77 at the Tyson Invitational.
The second-ranked Aggies made a statement with its 4×400 relay. The quartet of
Texas A&M women s 4x400m relay team breaks collegiate record
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The Texas A&M women’s 4x400m relay team stunned the track & field world by clocking 3:26.27 to break the all-time collegiate record as the Aggies wrapped up the Tyson Invitational on Saturday at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
The Aggie foursome of Jania Martin, Syaira Richardson, Charokee Young and Athing Mu combined to stop the clock at 3:26.27, breaking the four-year-old collegiate record of 3:27.03 previously set by Southern California’s Cameron Pettigrew, Amalie Luel, Deanna Hill and Kendall Ellis.
Martin came out the blocks hot, clocking 53.04 in the first 400m. Richardson, running second leg, split 51.86 before handing the baton to Young. Trailing Florida, Young blew past the Gators with a 51.12 split before Athing Mu ran a 50.27 400m as the Aggies made history.
We told you that this would be a big weekend in collegiate indoor track & field.
We just didn’t know how big of a weekend it would turn out to be.
Well, buckle your seatbelts, folks: We’re about to go for a ride.
These were just some of the 19 different collegiate-leading marks that were turned over Valentine’s Day Weekend. Go ahead and read that again: 19.
We’re Talking World History, Folks
Name a better duo than Texas A&M and the 4×400 relay.
After what happened Saturday afternoon at the Tyson Invitational, the only thing track & field aficionados can name are three more teams and eight more performances better in world history than what the Aggie women turned inside the Randal Tyson Track Center.
Aggies Complete Texas Tech For invitees
News Highlights: Aggies Complete Texas Tech For invitees
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas A&M track & field closed the Texas Tech Invitational setting a sports performance center record in the 4x400m on Saturday afternoon for women.
Texas A&M followed Baylor into the final stage of the women’s 4x400m when freshman Dominique Mustin passed the baton to freshman Athing Mu as she clocked a 50.03 gap to propel the Aggies to first place at 3: 31.09. The brand set a sports performance center record and is ranked number 10 on the all-time Aggie list. It is the second fastest 4x400m relay in the NCAA this season.