Kabia, Schnaible Named Big Ten Athletes of the Week

Gophers Ibrahim Kabia and Adam Schnaible were named Big Ten Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances at the Snowshoe Open last Friday.

Kabia, a Brooklyn Center native, broke the school and the fieldhouse records in the 60 meter dash with his 6.66 second performance. The mark provisionally qualified Kabia for the NCAA Indoor Championships and is the second-fastest time run in the Big Ten this season.

Schnaible recorded the best weight throw mark in the Big Ten this year with a distance of 67 feet, 3 1/4 inches, bettering his previous NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 65-4 1/4. The Burnsville native also marked a season-best in the shot put with a 56-10 3/4 throw. Schnaible holds the school record in the weight throw with a toss of 69-8 1/4 from last season.