Men's Track and Field | 02/18/25 | 4:32 PM
HELENA, Mont. – The Frontier Conference has announced the final edition of the 2024-25 Erck Hotels/Frontier Indoor Track & Field Athletes-of-the-Week. Carroll swept the Men's honors, with
Tucker Monaco earning Frontier Conference Field Athlete of the Week, and the Distance Medley Relay team earning Track Athletes of the Week.
Madalen Shipman was named the Frontier Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week.
Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week: Tucker Monaco, Carroll
Monaco, a sophomore from Bakersfield, Calif., was selected as the Men's Field Athlete-of-the-Week.
Monaco won the men's heptathlon at the Mountain States Games for the Saints. He scored a career best 5,156 points, which is also the second-best mark in the NAIA.
Monaco produced personal records with a 60-meter dash time of 7.34 seconds and 1000-meter run time of 2:38.72 during his heptathlon competition.
This is Monaco's first Athlete of the Week honor this season, and the second-straight Carroll Men's competitor to earn the weekly honor.
Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: Carroll Distance Medley Relay Team
The Carroll distance medley relay team of Bryce Gardner (1200-meters),
Peter Rehberger (400-meters),
Wyatt Ehredt (800-meters) and Zach Gacnik (1600-meters) covered the 4000-meter relay under the NAIA 'B' qualifying standard at the Mountain State Games.
They earned a ticket to the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championship in Florida by clocking a time of 10 minutes, 40.84 seconds.
| WEEK |
FIELD |
TRACK |
| 6 |
Tucker Monaco, Carroll |
Carroll Distance Medley Relay Team |
| 5 |
Weston Means, Carroll |
Matthew Moreni, Montana Tech |
| 4 |
Cade VanVleet, Montana Tech |
Zach Gacnik, Carroll |
| 3 |
Braden Tomlin, Rocky Mountain |
Montana Tech 4 x 400-meter Relay Team |
| 2 |
Trystin Chapel, Rocky Mountain |
Ryan LaMere, Rocky Mountain |
| 1 |
Cade VanVleet, Montana Tech |
Zach Gacnik, Carroll |
Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: Madalen Shipman, Carroll
Shipman, a senior from Dillon, Mont., was selected as the Women's Track Athlete-of-the-Week.
Shipman earned second place in the 600-meter run for the Saints at the Mountain States Games College meet in Pocatello, Idaho. She clocked the NAIA 'B' provisional qualifying time and her personal best time of 1 minute, 36.28 seconds.
She also ran in the 1-mile run in the meet, clocking a time of 5 minutes, 17.50 seconds for Carroll.
This is the second time this season that Shipman has earned the weekly honor.
| WEEK |
FIELD |
TRACK |
| 6 |
Jadyn Vermillion, Montana Tech |
Madalen Shipman, Carroll |
| 5 |
Jadyn Vermillion, Montana Tech |
Kelsey Stensland-Plymale, Providence |
| 4 |
Rylee Armstrong, Montana Tech |
Grace Timm, Rocky Mountain |
| 3 |
Abby Clark, Montana Tech |
Kamryn Comba, Montana Tech |
| 2 |
Jadyn Vermillion, Montana Tech |
Kamryn Comba, Montana Tech |
| 1 |
Jadyn Vermillion, Montana Tech |
Madalen Shipman, Carroll |
A select group of Saints will head to Bozeman on Thursday to compete at the Big Sky Tuner before the national qualifiers head to the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships in Gainsville, Fla. next week.
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