ODAC Athletes of the Week | Indoor Track & Field

ODAC Athletes of the Week | Indoor Track & Field

FOREST, Va. --- These athletes are good! ODAC indoor track & field stars continued to show their quality through Week 23 of the 2022-23 academic year. Another conference record was reset for a SECOND time this year and a handful of school benchmarks are feature new -- or updated -- names. Those earning ODAC Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards for Tuesday, February 7, include (picture, l-r): William Crowder, Kiara Felston, and Tucker Kindig from Shenandoah men's and women's track & field, and Katelyn Gamble from Washington and Lee 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: basketball, swimming, wrestling
  • Tuesdays: indoor track & field

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MEN'S INDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Tucker Kindig | Shenandoah | Gr. | Throws
Kindig, a graduate student from Spotsylvania, Va., highlighted a strong weekend of throwing performances from ODAC athletes with a stellar showing at the NYU Division III Invitational hosted by New York University. Kindig won the weight throw event, besting a field of 16 D-III throwers with a mark of 18.85 meters (61-10.25). That distance was nearly four feet further than the nearest competitor. It is his second-best throw of the season, one that would rank as the fifth-best toss in the country right behind his ODAC record heave over 19.27 meters at the VMI Team Challenge in December. 

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MEN'S INDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
William Crowder | Shenandoah | Sr. | Sprints
Crowder, a senior from Winchester, Va., posted a pair of impressive sprints at the NYU Division III Invitational hosted by New York University. Crowder won the third of four preliminary heats in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.96 seconds. That would have tied for fourth-fastest in the ODAC. But her better that mark in the finals, winning the event with a time of 6.89 seconds. That time sits #1 in the conference and ranks 18th on the Division III performance lists.

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WOMEN'S INDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Kiara Felston | Shenandoah | Sr. | Throws
Felston, a senior from Dover, Pa., knocked down school and conference records for the second time this season after competing in the weight throw at the NYU Division III Invitational hosted by New York University. Felston became the first woman in ODAC history to crack 17 meters in the indoor weight throw as she bested 13 other competitors to win the event at NYU with a toss of 17.09 meters (56-1.00). This is the second time this year she has reset ODAC and Shenandoah records in this event. Her new mark ranks 14th in the country and is nearly seven feet further than the next closest ODAC competitor on the season chart.

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WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katelyn Gamble | Washington and Lee | Jr. | Sprints
Gamble, a junior from Houston, Texas, picks up her second weekly award in as many weeks following a strong day at the VMI Winter Relays hosted by Virginia Military Academy. Gamble set a Washington and Lee record in the 200-meter dash as she finished second overall and first among Division III competitors in a multi-divisional field of 17 runners with a time of 25.54 seconds. That time slots 31st in the country. When converted to flat track/200m standards for ODAC rankings, her converted time of 25.94 seconds is #1 in the conference.

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