Cougars Break Records En Route To Weekly Awards
Concordia Chicago's Merrell Davis and Alex Schmidt were named the Northern Athletics Conference Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Week for events of April 9-15.
Davis (Milwaukee, Wis.) broke CUC's school record by a hundredth of a second in the 200-meter dash with a finish of 21.74 seconds -- just a tenth of a second off the conference record -- at Benedictine's Eagle Invitational as he placed third behind a pair of Division I runners. He also placed second in the long jump (22-11) and third in the 100-meter dash (10.90) to score 20 points for the Cougar men's team.
Schmidt (Frankenmuth, Mich.) broke her own school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase by over 28 seconds with an 11:42.54 (fourth place) at Benedictine's Eagle Invitational on Saturday. Her mark is also a new NAC record, over five seconds better than MSOE's Katelyn Hermann's previous record time of 11:47.58 which was set just weeks ago.
Other Men's Nominations: Eric Capshaw, Aurora; Adam Chocola, Benedictine; Sean Pawlak, Concordia Wisconsin; Grant Mickesh, Edgewood; Dylan Grimsrud, Lakeland; Nathan Boerneke, Wisconsin Lutheran;
Other Women's Nominations: Loretta Johnson, Aurora; Farrah Brown, Concordia Wisconsin; Kristina Santaga, Edgewood; Amanda Markham, Wisconsin Lutheran;