#theGAC MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (WEEK ONE)

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the men’s track & field athletes of the week for the opening week of the outdoor season. Harding’s Brady Axtell earned the track honor while his teammate, Spencer Helms, claimed the field accolade.

#theGAC MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Brady Axtell, So., Harding, La Porte, Texas
At the Harding Invitational, Axtell placed third in the steeplechase with a time of 9:54.39. The time ranks third in the conference and 23rd nationally. He ran the opening leg of a Bison 4×400-meter team that finished fourth with a time of 3:46.37.

#theGAC MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Spencer Helms, Gr., Harding, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Helms won a pair of events and took second in a third at the Harding Invitational. He took first in the shot put with a best effort of 15.36 meters. He won the discus with a throw of 55.69 meters, a mark that earned him an NCAA Provisional mark and ranks as the best throw thus far in Division II. He placed as runner up in the hammer throw, 50.50 meters.

OTHERS NOMINATED

Caden Callahan, Jr. (Ouachita Baptist)

Coltor Bufford, So. (Southern Nazarene), Isaac Chapman, Fr. (Ouachita Baptist)

A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards

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