St. Olaf Sweep for MIAC Athletes of the Week; St. Thomas DMR honored and Team Jumps to Third in Division III Power Rankings.

White Bear Lake pole vaulter Amie Filmore, a sophomore at St. Olaf College, won her second MIAC Field Athlete of the Week honor this year by winning the event at Saturday's Lake Superior Challenge. She vaulted 11' 8", a new personal best and school record. The mark is also a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Division III national championships to be held March 14-15 at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.

Fillmore's mark ranks on top of the MIAC vaulting stats this week and ranks her seventh nationally. St. Olaf men's team middle distance runner, Doboul Ruon won the MIAC Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week.

The St. Thomas women's Distance Medley Relay took the MIAC honors for Women's Athlete of the Week. They finished third in Iowa, running a NCAA automatic qualifying time of 11:44. 20. DMR Team members are: Kelly Russ(Wayzata, MN), Nikki Arola(Chisholm, MN), Erin Sprangers(Hill Murray HS), and Katie Theisen(Elko, MN). Three of the team members are sophomores, Theisen is a junior. The St. Thomas men's team jumped from number six to number three in the USTFCCCA(US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) Power Rankings behind team leaders Wisconsin-LaCrosse and North Central(IL).

For a summary of the awards and this year's MIAC schedule, click here.

Photo Courtesy of St. Olaf