The Big Ten announced Wednesday IU junior Katherine Receveur and freshman Kyle Mau were named the conference’s track athletes of the week.
This was the third week in a row the IU track and field team has had an athlete win the honor.
Both Mau and Receveur played crucial parts in securing the wins for their distance medley relay teams during the weekend at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Indiana.
Receveur finished out the women’s distance medley relay with a mile split of 4:33.4. Mau also anchored for the men’s distance medley relay with a mile split of 4:00.3.
Seniors Taylor Williams and Olivia Hippensteel and junior Brenna Calder helped Receveur in recording the second-fastest time in the NCAA this season.
The Hoosiers broke the Big Ten Conference record with a time of 10:55.94.
This is the third time this season that Receveur has won the weekly award, and each time she has broken a school record before being honored.
This is the first time in his career that Mau has been named Big Ten Athlete of the Week.
Joining him in the men’s distance medley relay were juniors Joe Murphy and Daniel Kuhn and sophomore Markevious Roach.
The men’s side finished first in the event with a time of 9:28.14.
That time currently ranks as the fastest in the NCAA this season, as well as the second fastest in school history.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams will compete in the Big Ten Championships this weekend.
The conference tournament takes place at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Austin Ghirardelli
