HELENA, Mont. – The Frontier Conference has announced the fifth edition of its 2026 Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field weekly honors. Carroll College senior Chloe Raats has been named the Women's Track Athlete of the Week following her performance at the Trudnowski Open.

Women's Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: Chloe Raats, Carroll 

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Raats, a senior from Bigfork, Mont., was chosen as the Track Athlete-of-the-Week. 

Raats set personal records in two separate running events for at the Trudnowski Open, Carroll's lone home meet of the season held at Vigilante Stadium. In addition to the two personal bests, Raats also secured titles in both events, winning the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.32 seconds and the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.00 seconds. 

Her performance on Saturday moved the senior into 10^th on Carroll's all-time list in the 200-meter dash. 

Raats competed in one other event, winning  the 4x100-meter relay with a team season-best time of 48.09 seconds, bringing her total to three victories in the meet.

This is Raats' first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field weekly honor, and Carroll's second individual winner of the weekly award this season.
 

WEEK	FIELD	TRACK
5	Oliviyah Thornton, Dakota State (S.D.)	Chloe Raats, Carroll (Mont.)
4	Chole Gunderson, Dickinson State (N.D.)	Priviledge Bower, Bismarck State (N.D.)
3	Oliviyah Thornton, Dakota State (S.D.)	Claire Bucklin, Carroll (Mont.)
2	Adarra Hagelund, Dickinson State (N.D.)	Grace Steinmetz, Bellevue (Neb.)
1	Chloe Gunderson, Dickinson State (N.D.)	Amelie Steins, Dakota State (S.D.)