For the third time this month, Lincoln has swept the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Track Athlete of the Week awards.
Monique Thompson was named the MIAA Women's Track athlete of the Week, while Stallone Watson was honored as the MIAA Men's Track Athlete of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
Thompson broke two meet records with a pair of wins Saturday at the DePauw Classic.
Thompson won the 800-meter run in 2:12.91, a provisional qualifying time that ranks seventh in the country and third in the MIAA. The sophomore was also a member of Lincoln's distance medley team, which broke the meet record with a time of 11:57.59, a provisional mark that ranks 13th nationally.
Watson won the 60-meter hurdles Friday at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge, taking first with a time of 8.20 seconds. That mark, a provisional qualifier, ranks second in the MIAA and is tied for 25th nationally.
Watson, a freshman, was a double winner at that meet, taking the title in the long jump with a provisional mark of 7.11 meters.
Lincoln has swept the honors for the third time this month.
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The Lincoln women's indoor track and field team remained No. 3 in the country while the men's team moved to No. 17 in this week's United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II National Poll, released Tuesday.
The Blue Tiger women received 162.15 points to remain in third for the second straight week after opening the season as the No. 1 team in the country.
Grand Valley State, a team Lincoln defeated head-to-head earlier this month, collected 184.06 points to take over the top ranking. GVSU de-throned Adams State (179.07 points), which is now No. 2. Ashland collected 136 points to be slotted No. 4, while Johnson C. Smith tallied 106.12 points to round out the top five.
Lincoln leads three Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association programs ranked in this week's poll. Central Missouri came in at No. 15 after earning 45.91 points, while Nebraska-Kearney checked in at No. 24 with 37.97 points.
In the men's poll, Lincoln dropped to No. 17 after being ranked 15th last week.
The Blue Tigers received 48.69 points to come in behind fellow MIAA member Southwest Baptist, which is 16th after collecting 51.60 points.
A total of five MIAA programs were ranked, giving the league the most ranked teams of any NCAA Division II conference. The other three programs include No. 6 Missouri Southern (86.09 points), No. 8 Nebraska-Kearney (67.76) and No. 9 Pittsburg State (67.09)
Lincoln will begin the postseason this weekend at the MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Joplin.
story created on Tuesday 2/25/2014 at 4:30:59 pm by Josh Hall
story modified on Tuesday 2/25/2014 at 5:11:18 pm by Tom Rackers