Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa and Purdue Take Home Weekly Indoor Track Honors

Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Oliver Desmeules, Penn State
So. – Quebec City, Quebec – Ecole secondaire de Donnacona – Major: Economics

• Won the 800 meters with a time of 1:48.47 at the Penn State National Open on Friday, Jan. 27^th
• Ranked first in the Big Ten and ninth nationally for the event
• Helped PSU win the distance medley relay with a time of 9:35.51
• Ranked first in the Big Ten and fourth nationally for the event
• Earns his second Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week this season
• Last Penn State Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Oliver Desmeules (Dec. 14, 2022)

Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Shea Ruhly, Wisconsin
R-Jr. – Middleton, Wis. – Middleton – Major: Psychology and Biology

• Won the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:16.62 at the IU Relays on Friday, Jan. 27^th
• Ranked first in the Big Ten for the event
• Earns her first career Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
• Last Wisconsin Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Distance Medley Relay (Feb. 26, 2020)

Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Peyton Haack, Iowa
Jr. – Westfield, Ind. – Westfield – Masters: Finance

• Won the heptathlon with 6,007 points at the Razorback Invitational on Friday, Jan. 27^th
• Broke Iowa’s heptathlon school record
• Ranks first in the Big Ten and third nationally for the event
• Set personal best in four of the seven sections of the heptathlon
• Earns his first career Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
• Last Iowa Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week: Reno Tuufuli (April 17, 2019)

 
Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Bryanna Craig, Purdue
Fr. – Millville, NJ – Senior High School – Major: Pre-Communication

• Won the pentathlon in her collegiate debut scoring 3,968 points at the Lenny Lyles Invitational on Friday, Jan. 27^th
• Won the 800 meters with a time of 2:16.02
• Personal-best long jump mark of 5.53 meters
• Runner-up in the high jump with a clearance of 1.71 meters
• Ranks fifth in school history for the event
• Ranked first in the Big Ten and 17^th nationally for the event
• Earns her first career Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
• Last Purdue Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week: Savannah Carson (Feb. 15, 2017)

 
 
2022-23 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
Dec. 8
Women’s
T: No selection
F: Mallory Kauffman, PSU
Men’s
T: No selection
F: Jeff Kline, MD
 
Dec. 14
Women’s
T: K’Ja Talley, PUR
F: Shelby Frank, MINN
Men’s
T: Olivier Desmeules, PSU
F: Johnny Vanos, PUR
 
Jan. 11
Women’s
T: Sam Tran, MICH
F: Riley Ammenhauser, MICH
Men’s
T: Nick Foster, MICH
F: Zane Forist, MICH
Jan. 18
Women’s
T: Amira young, MINN
F: Shelby Frank, MINN
Men’s
T: Jake Gebhardt, IND
F: Maxwell Otterdahl, NEB
 
Jan. 25
Women’s
T: Savannah Sutherland, MICH
F: Jenna Rogers, NEB
Men’s
T: Joshua Zeller, MICH
F: Maxwell Otterdahl, NEB
 
Feb. 1
Women’s
T: Shea Ruhly, WIS
F: Bryanna Craig, PUR
Men’s
T: Oliver Desmeules, PSU
F: Peyton Haack, IOWA