FOREST, Va. --- The outdoor track & field trickled into action in week 28 and was a full go with multiple teams competing in week 29, leading to our first outdoor weekly awards of the season. Those earning ODAC weekly honors for Tuesday, March 22, include (pictured left and top): Katelyn Gamble and Quinlin Zunk from Washington and Lee women's track & field, Wyatt Schannauer from Shenandoah men's track & field, and Alex Shadkhoo from Lynchburg men's track & field.
Below are entries for each of the winners from today's release. The following schedule will be used for awards reporting:
- Mondays: baseball, softball, m/w lacrosse, and m/w tennis
- Tuesdays: outdoor track & field
- Wednesdays: m/w golf
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MEN'S OUTDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Wyatt Schannauer | Shenandoah | Sr. | Throws
Schannauer, a senior from Sinking Spring, Pa., competed in three throwing events and snapped a school-record as part of a strong outing at the W&L Carnival hosted by Washington and Lee. Schannauer won the shot put with a toss of 14.27 meters (46-10.00), establishing a new Shenandoah standard for the event. That mark is more than a foot longer than the second-best showing in the conference and ranks 14th in Division III in the early going. Schannauer also took part in the discus and hammer throw. He placed sixth in the discus with an ODAC third-best mark of 40.25 meters (132-1.00). He chimed in 10th in the hammer at 41.00 meters (134-6.00).
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MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Alex Shadkhoo | Lynchburg | Sr. | Sprints
Shadkhoo, a senior from Herndon, Va., got his outdoor season started off in record fashion with two races at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational hosted in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Shadkhoo snapped a long standing Lynchburg mark in the 100-meter dash as his time of 10.59 seconds topped Jason Smith's previous standard of 10.61 seconds set in 1999. Shadkhoo was the top Division III competitor in the field and finished fourth overall. His time is #1 in the ODAC and second in the country in the early going of the season. Shadkhoo joined teammates Ryan Fore, Julian Douglas, and Malik Harvey in the 4x100-meter relay. They finished sixth at 43.31 seconds, good for third in the ODAC.
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WOMEN'S OUTDOOR FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Quinlin Zunk | Washington and Lee | Fy. | Throws
Zunk, a first-year from Moseley, Va., went record hunting in her first collegiate outdoor track & field experience at the W&L Carnival hosted by Washington and Lee. Zunk competed in all four throwing events. She finished second in the discuss with a new Generals record spinning toss of 39.33 meters (129-0.00). That snapped an 11-year old record of 38.60 meters. Zunk's new mark is tops in the ODAC and sixth in Division III in the early going of the season. In the hammer throw, Zunk finished 16th at 35.76 meters (117-4.00) and chimed in 17th in the javelin at 24.59 meters (80-8.00). Her hammer throw is the fifth-best in program history. She also placed 20th in the shot put at 9.16 meters (30-0.75).
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WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katelyn Gamble | Washington and Lee | So. | Sprints
Gamble, a sophomore from Houston, Texas, picked up outdoors right where she left off her All-American indoor season with a record-breaking outing at the W&L Carnival hosted by Washington and Lee. Gamble bested her own Generals record in the 100-meter dash -- 12.04 seconds set at the 2021 NCAA Championships -- by winning the event in 11.97 seconds. That mark is 0.34 seconds off the ODAC record and currently ranks #1 in Division III in the early going of the season.
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