CARMEL, Ind. – For the second time this indoor season, Manchester University junior distance runner Enrique Salazar has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Monday March 7.

Salazar (Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth) broke his own school record in the 3000m on Saturday at the Ohio Northern Polar Bear Qualifier. Salazar won the race with a leading time of 8:21.05 – an improvement of nine seconds from his previous career best. His time on was also a meet and facility record at Ohio Northern. Salazar's time was also a new Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference record.

Salazar was the 2022 HCAC Indoor Men's Distance Runner of the Year and helped guide the Spartans to their first-ever indoor HCAC title.