Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release #1

Jan. 17, 2007

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Male Athlete of the Week

Quinn Mongoven

UW-Milwaukee

Fr., Twin Lakes, Wis.

Mongoven took second-place in the high jump in his first collegiate meet over the weekend. He cleared 6'9.75" in the event and jumped onto Milwaukee's top-10 list, tying the third-best height in school history. The Panthers took second in the team standings on the day.

Female Athlete of the Week

Bethany Anderson

Youngstown State

Jr., Jamestown, NY

Anderson broke her own school record in the weight throw with a first-place mark of 58'8.75" to eclipse her previous record by four inches at the Doug Raymond Invitational. She currently holds the top Horizon League performances for the season in both the shot put and the weight throw.

Other Men's Top Performers for the Week

Erik Hernandez

Loyola

So., West Chicago, Ill.

Hernandez earned second-place in the 35-lb. weight throw at the Dick Pond Invitational with a 49'7.5" toss.

Tom Grant

Detroit

Sr., Farmington Hills, Mich.

Grant finished in second place in the long jump with a jump of 21'11.75" at the Chippewa Open over the weekend.

Shayne York

Youngstown State

So., Whitehouse, Ohio

York posted personal-best marks in the long jump and the triple jump at the Doug Raymond Invitational on Saturday. He placed third in the long jump with a mark of 22'3.75" and fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 44'3.25". His distance in the long jump ranks first as the top Horizon League performance in the event this season.

Andy Wall

UIC

Fr., Peoria, Ill.

Wall won the triple jump at the Purdue Invitational on Saturday with a leap of 40'5.5" in his first collegiate meet. He also placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of :08.85 and the high jump by clearing 6'1.25".

Other Women's Top Performers for the Week

Briana Kennett

Loyola

Sr., Bismarck, Ill.

Kennett placed sixth in the 20-lb. weight throw at the Dick Pond Invitational with a 31'4" effort.

Beth Zimmerman

UW-Milwaukee

So., Waterford, Wis.

Zimmerman won two events while claiming second in another while leading UWM in its season-opening meet on Saturday. She won both the triple and long jumps, leaping 37'10" in the triple, the second-best effort in school history. In the long jump, she cleared 17'6.75". Zimmerman also placed second in the 200 meters, finishing in :26.83.

Nicole Gillikin

Detroit

Sr., Lowell, Mich.

Gilikin tied for a first-place finish in the pole vault by clearing 10 feet on her first attempt at the Chippewa Open.

Tiffany Brigham

Wright State

Fr., Springfield, Ohio

Brigham completed her first collegiate meet with great success. Even though she placed 28th in the 60-meter dash at the Kentucky Invitational, she tied the indoor school record in the event (:07.99). Later in the meet, Brigham set the WSU indoor mark in the 200-meter with a time of :26.39 which was good for 36th place.

Rowsha LaBranche

UIC

Sr., Bolingbrook, Ill.

LaBranche enjoyed an impressive 2007 debut, winning the 200-meter dash at the Purdue Invitational with a time of :27.41. She later took third in the 400-meter race in 1:01.39.