Wednesday, January 30, 2013

MIAC Athletes of the Week

Carleton sophomore  Noah Laack-Veeder's(Madison, Wis./LaFollette) two wins at the Minnesota State Open last weekend earned him the MIAC Men's Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week.
 
Laack-Veeder  surged from behind to  win the 800 meters by .01 seconds. His winning time of 1:56.54 ranks first in the MIAC this season, and 16th nationally. He also ran a leg on the 4x400-meter relay team, helping them finish in  3:28.98,    the MIAC's second-best time in that  event.
 

Gustavus' Josh Owens (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park)  won the pole vault at Friday's St. Olaf Triangular. He currently leads the MIAC and ranks in the top 10 nationally, and is the MIAC Men's Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week.
 
Owens jumped 4.75 meters(15'7"), first in the MIAC by more than six inches. Owens is currently ranked seventh in the event  in NCAA Division III in the pole vault. Owens is the defending MIAC champion in the indoor track and field pole vault after clearing 4.90 meters (16' 75" ) at the 2012 MIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
 


Augsburg senior Ashley Carney (Lakeville, Minn./South) won the 60-meters  last weekend in 7.95 seconds at the Warren Bowlus Open.  Her time  leads the MIAC and ranks in the NCAA Division III Top 25. Carney was named the MIAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week.
 
Her win came against a loaded field, which included 22nd-ranked runner Bailey Alston of UW-La  Crosse, and Jessica Smith, who was an All-American and the WIAC heptathlon champion a year ago. This is Carney's third MIAC Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week award as she earned the honor twice in 2012.
 
Carleton's Amelia Campbell (Sturgeon Bay, Wis./Sturgeon Bay) did her first heptathlon ever at Friday's Minnesota State Open. The freshman finished fourth against mostly NCAA Division II competition. For her breakout performance, Campbell was named the MIAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week.
 
Campbell 3,079 points ranks first in the MIAC this season, and third in NCAA Division III.  It is the also the fourth-best  ever for a Carleton woman. 


Minnesota State Open results are HERE

St. Olaf Triangular results are HERE.

Warren Bowlus Open results are HERE.

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