Outdoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week: Cade VanVleet, Montana Tech
VanVleet, a junior from Noxon, Mon., was selected as the Field Athlete-of-the-Week.
He qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships after throwing the ‘A’ automatic mark of 53.14 meters (174 feet, 4 inches) in discus, collecting a runner-up honor at the Whitworth Peace Meet (featuring full field of NCAA Division I athletes) for the Orediggers. He shattered his own personal record in the event by over two meters.
VanVleet’s discus mark is currently fifth best in the NAIA as of Tuesday.
He added a season-best 16.66 meters (54 feet, 8 inches) shot-put toss, placing third in the event for Montana Tech. His shot-put mark is the NAIA ‘B’ provisional qualifying mark and seventh best in the NAIA.