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Schuler, Allen Tabbed T&F Athletes of the Week
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Josh Schuler (Emporia State) and Brian Allen (Pittsburg State) have been named MIAA Men's Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of March 29-April 4, as selected by a conference SID panel. It is the second student-athlete of the week award this season for both Schuler and Allen.
MIAA MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Josh Schuler, Jr., Emporia State
Schuler recorded provisional qualifying times in all three events
at the State Farm ESU Relays. The junior from Dallas, Texas, has
the top time in the nation in the 100 meters and ranks fifth
all-time at ESU. His 200-meter time is 10th in the nation and tops
in the MIAA so far this season. Schuler ran a leg for ESU's
400-meter relay team that is seventh in the nation and the best in
the MIAA. He was the top-finishing four-year collegian in both
sprints.
MIAA MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Brian Allen, Sr., Pittsburg State
Allen posted a pair of victories at the FHSU Quadrangular Saturday
at Hays, Kan., leading the Gorillas to the meet title. The senior
from Joplin, Mo., shattered his own school records in both the shot
put and the hammer throw. He established the top mark in the shot
put in Division II to date with a heave of 61-09.75 feet. He also
won the hammer throw with a mark of 206-01, the third-best throw in
Division II to date. Allen added a fourth-place throw of 161-01 in
the discus.
2009-10
MIAA Men's Track & Field Student-Athletes of the
Week
1/18 - Track: Derwin Hall, So., ESU; Field: Josh Honeycutt, Jr.,
ESU
1/25 - Track: Frank Grant, Jr., Sr., SBU; Field: Brian Allen, Sr.,
PSU
2/1 - Track: Darius Walker, So., UCM; Field: Drew Frizzell, Jr.,
UCM
2/8 - Track: Josh Schuler, Jr., ESU; Field: Drew Frizzell, Jr.,
UCM
2/15 - Track: Jeremy Jackson, Sr., PSU; Field: Kiara Jones, Jr.,
PSU
2/22 - Track: Jeremy Jackson, Sr., PSU; Field: Drew Frizzell, Jr.,
UCM
3/30 - Track: Jeremy Glassmaker, Sr., SBU; Field: Darius Walker,
So., UCM
4/5 - Track: Josh Schuler, Jr., ESU; Field: Brian Allen,
Sr., PSU
