2008 Northern Athletics Conference Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Awards

April 21-27

Men's Outdoor Tack & Field
Dylan Roff, Benedictine University
...6'0...Freshman...Braidwood, Ill. (Reed-Custer)...
The Rookie won three events at the Cougar Invitational hosted by Concordia University Chicago. Roff won the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.90 seconds, the 400 meter hurdles with a finish of 56.33 seconds, and the high jump at 5'10". The Eagles finished second at the 11 team event.Other nominees: Pat McClendon (Concordia University Chicago), Andrew Garvey (Edgewood College), Rick La Fleur (Wisconsin Lutheran College).

Women's Outdoor Tack & Field
Raelyn Tagai, Concordia University Chicago
...5'3...Sophomore...Madison Heights, Mich. (Lamphere)...
Tagai won three events at the Cougar Invitational and also set two new school records. She broke her previous 400 meter hurdles record by 1.5 seconds as she finished with a time of 1:05.00. Her 16.34 seconds at the 100 meter hurdles was also good for a new school record. She also set a new personal best at the long jump with a finish of 16'0.5". Tagai scored 30 of team's 79 points as the team finished third in the meet.

Other nominees: Kimyenna Abron (Benedictine University), Corrin Koslowski (Edgewood College).

April 14-20

Men's Outdoor Tack & Field
Brock Solveson, Concordia University Wisconsin
...Sophomore...Oconomowoc, Wis. ...
The Falcons competed at the Benedictine University Eagle Track and Field Invitational this past Saturday. Solveson provided the CUW highlight of the meet as he automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in the Javelin. The sophomore won the event with a throw of 63.00 meters.Other nominees: Adrian Kibiersza (Aurora University), Andrew Garvey (Edgewood College), Matt Lindgren (Rockford College), Zach Shiels (Wisconsin Lutheran College).

Women's Outdoor Tack & Field
Kimyenna Abron, Benedictine University
...Senior...Chicago, Ill. (Hyde Park)...
Abron won two events at the Benedictine University Eagle Track and Field Invitational on Saturday. In the 100 meter dash, she was clocked at 12.04 seconds, a NCAA Division III provisional qualifying mark. In the 200 meter dash she also had a NCAA Division III provisional qualifying mark to win the event at 24.84 seconds.

Other nominees: Morgan Jacquette (Aurora University), Corrin Koslowski (Edgewood College), Beth Windschitl (Wisconsin Lutheran College).

March 31-April 6

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Adrian Kibiersza, Aurora University
...6'2...Sophomore...Des Plaines, Ill. (Maine West)...
At the Chicagoland Championships Kibiersza won the discus with a throw of 48.32m, finished second in the shot put with a school record throw of 15.77m and was 20th in the hammer throw with a throw of 38.05m. He set NCAA provisional qualifying marks in both the discus and shot put.Other nominees: Pat McClendon (Concordia University Chicago), Dan Oryall (Edgewood College), Matt Lindgren (Rockford College).

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Kimyenna Abron, Benedictine University
...5'7...Senior...Chicago, Ill. (Hyde Park)...
At the Chicagoland Championships Abron ran very strong NCAA Division III provisional qualifying times in both the 100 and 200 meter events. In the 100 meters Abron posted a time of 12.03, and in the 200 meters she posted a clocking of 24.79. Abron won the 100 meters and was second in the 200 with only a runner from Division I DePaul University finishing ahead of her. Both of Abron's times also shattered the Benedictine records in those events as well. The previous 100 meter standard was 12.51, while the 200 meters was 26.31.

Other nominees: Morgan Jacquette (Aurora University), Raelyn Tagai (Concordia University Chicago), Jesica Donohue (Edgewood College).

March 24-30

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Mark Hering, Concordia University Wisconsin
...6'0...Sophomore...Jackson, Wis. (Kettle Moraine Lutheran)...
Hering competed in the decathlon at this weekend's Washington University Invitational in St. Louis, placing third in the event with a score of 5,873 points. With this point total Mark smashed his own school record by over 600 points and was only 127 points from the national provisional qualifying mark. Of the 10 events completed, Haring placed first in two of them, the discus and the 1500 meter run.Other nominees: Tom Sroka (Aurora University), Zach Bauknecht (Concordia University Wisconsin), Tony Hardin (Rockford College), Rick LaFleur (Wisconsin Lutheran College).

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Raelyn Tagai, Concordia University Chicago
...5'3...Sophomore...Madison Heights, Mich. (Lamphere)...
Tagai scored 28 of team's 101 points at the North Park Viking Invitational. Her win at 400 meter hurdles was .39 seconds shy of her current school record time. She also had a second place finish at the 100 meter hurdles (16.74 seconds) and the long jump (14'8").

Other nominees: Kristen Renninger (Aurora University).