Hendricks, Lohman, and Camp Earn HCAC Athlete of the Week Honors

4/3/2023 2:35:00 PM

CARMEL, Ind. - Three Spartans were named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) "Athletes of the Week," the league office announced on Monday, April 3.

HCAC 2023 Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Notebook, Week 2

On Friday night, a select few Spartans traveled to St. Louis to compete in the prestigious WashU Distance carnival. While in St. Louis, Elizabeth Lohman (Fort Wayne, Ind., Carroll) ran a new personal best for the second-fastest time in MU history in the 3000m steeplechase after posting a time of 11:12.67.

On Saturday afternoon, the bulk of the outdoor track & field teams competed at the Big Blue Alumni Invitational hosted by Millikin University. Gabe Hendricks (Fort Wayne, Ind., Bishop Luers) took home the top spot in the discus throw with a mark of 42.65m. Hendricks also took second place in the men's hammer throw, finishing the event with a throw of 47.58m, good enough for fourth all-time at MU. He also took home second in the shot put with a distance of 13.21m.

Carley Camp (Logansport, Ind., Logansport) won the shot put at the Big Blue Alumni Invitational with a leading distance of 12.74m. Camp also took second in the discus throw with a distance of 32.03m and third in the women's hammer throw with a distance of 40.51m.

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