ODAC Athletes of the Week | Outdoor Track & Field

Posted: Apr 04, 2023

FOREST, Va. --- Three ODAC records were matched or tied by conference track & field athletes as we continue Week 31 reporting. We are just three weeks into the outdoor season, so there is no telling just how good ODAC stars will be when conference championships and NCAA qualifying picks up in earnest at the end of the month. Those earning ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards for Tuesday, April 4, include (picture, l-r): Brady Fowler from Roanoke men's track & field, Peter Fulton and Adalia Coleman from Bridgewater women's track & field, and Kim Roden from RC women's track & field.

Below are entries for each of the winners from today's release. The schedule below will be used for reporting ODAC Athletes of the Week:

Mondays: baseball, lacrosse, softball, tennis
Tuesdays: outdoor track & field
Wednesdays: m/w golf

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MEN'S OUTDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Peter Fulton | Bridgewater | Sr. | Throws

Fulton, a senior from Bridgewater, Va., earns his second straight ODAC weekly after etching his name in the Bridgewater and ODAC record books following competition in three throwing events at the Division I and II heavy VertKlasse Meeting hosted by High Point University. Fulton finished third overall in the hammer throw at 59.36 meters (194-9.00), resetting the Eagles program record and snapping the conference benchmark (57.02m) set by Shenandoah's Tucker Kindig last season. Fulton's new record ranks fourth in Division III. Fulton placed 11th in the discus at 48.86 meters (160-4.00), his second-best mark (49.97m) of the season. He chimed in 32nd overall in the shot put at 13.47 meters (44-2.50), also his second-best heave (14.48m) of the outdoor season.

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MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Brady Fowler | Roanoke | So. | Sprints

Fowler, a sophomore from Dublin, Va., was a standout performer at the Division I and II heavy VertKlasse Meeting hosted by High Point University as he posted a pair of nationally well-rated sprints. Fowler set the Maroons program record in the 100-meter dash with an eighth-place time of 10.50 seconds. That mark is #1 in the ODAC and sits sixth in Division III. Fowler stopped the watches fourth in the 200-meter dash at 21.67 seconds. That is the third-fastest time in the conference and 17th-best in the country this year. Fowler ran the anchor leg on the Maroons 4x100-meter relay team. He was joined by Aiden Spradlin, Samuel Crawford, and Joseph Eldridge in posting a seventh-place time of 42.14 seconds. That is second-best in the league and 23rd in the country. Fowler was the top D-III finisher in both sprints along with RC's 4x100-relay team.

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WOMEN'S OUTDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Kim Roden | Roanoke | Fy. | Jumps

Roden, a first-year from Vastra Gotaland, Sweden, went top of the table in the ODAC in the high jump following a strong competition at the Division I and II heavy VertKlasse Meeting hosted by High Point University. Roden cleared the second-highest mark of the competition at 1.57 meters (5-1.75) placing her third overall and first among Division III competitors. In addition to being #1 in the ODAC, her mark ranks 29th in Division III.

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WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Adalia Coleman | Bridgewater | Jr. | Sprints

Coleman, a junior from Warrenton, Va., earns her second straight ODAC weekly honor after challenging Division III history among her three races at the VertKlasse Meeting hosted by High Point University. Coleman finished eighth overall in the 100-meter dash in the largely Division I and II heavy competition. Her time of 11.63 seconds ties the ODAC and Bridgewater program records set by Amber Celen in 2017. Not only is it the top time in Division III this season by 0.25 seconds, but it is the best time posted by any D-III sprinter in five years. The last time a runner posted a time faster than Coleman's this weekend was in 2018 by Wadeline Jonathas (11.41) from UMASS Boston and Tyra Abraham (11.58) from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Coleman also competed in the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays. The Eagles team of Haleigh Hamlin, Jade Buckles, Kacee Hooker, and Coleman posted an eighth place time of 48.34 seconds, good for #1 in the ODAC and 10th in the country. Buckles, Hooker and Coleman were joined by Cassidy Oliver in the 4x400m relay and posted a time of 4:08.92 to finish 19th overall. That mark is fourth in the league table.

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