Men's Indoor Athletes of the Week to O'Banion (IT) and Curry (SHU)
Daunte O'Banion of Indiana Tech and Davion Curry of Siena Heights took home the men's indoor weekly awards for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC). O'Banion was named Track Athlete of the Week with a PR in the 400m and anchored the 4x400 meter relay team to an NAIA-best time. Curry earned Field Athlete of the Week with a win in the long jump at the Hillsdale Wide Track.
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Daunte O'Banion, Indiana Tech
(Jr., Madison, Ind.)
Holds the fastest time in the NAIA in the 400m with an automatic qualifying mark at Kentucky, which featured a number of Power 5 schools including Baylor, Florida, Kentucky and Purdue...fourth-fastest mark in school history and a personal-best...anchored the 4x4 to an "A" standard which is also the fastest time in the NAIA.
Meet | Date | Track Event | Total # Athletes | Mark/Time | Individual Finish | Standard |
Rod McCravy Memorial | 1/29/22 | 400m | 29 | 47.48 | 8 | A |
Rod McCravy Memorial | 1/29/22 | 4x400m relay | 11 | 3:16.15 | 7 | A |
Previous Track Athletes of the Week
Dec. 6, 2021 - Matthew Gipple, Siena Heights
Dec. 13, 2021 - Zayquan Lincoln, Indiana Tech
Jan. 17, 2022 - DeVeyon Blackwell, Madonna
Jan. 24, 2022 - Luke Pohl, Cornerstone
Jan. 31, 2022 - Daunte O'Banion, Indiana Tech
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Davion Curry, Siena Heights
(Sr., Detroit, Mich.)
Meet | Date | Track Event | Total # Athletes | Mark/Time | Individual Finish | Standard |
Hillsdale Wide Track | 01/28/2022 | Long Jump | 3 | 6.67m | 1 | N/A |
Previous Field Athletes of the Week
Dec. 6, 2021 - Shomari Somerville, Indiana Tech
Dec. 13, 2021 - Matthew Gipple, Siena Heights
Jan. 17, 2022 - Matthew Gipple, Siena Heights
Jan. 24, 2022 - Collin Pollatz, Aquinas
Jan. 31, 2022 - Davion Curry, Siena Heights