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. It was his second straight week on receiving the weekly award.
He swept the throwing titles at the Providence Open for the Orediggers. He surpassed the NAIA ‘A’ automatic qualifying mark and career best of 17.23 meters (56 feet, 6.5 inches) to win the shot-put title. His shot-put mark put him fourth best mark in NAIA this spring.
VanVleet also threw the NAIA ‘B’ provisional mark of 50.79 meters (166 feet, 8 inches) to win the discus title. He also captured the hammer throw title after throwing 51.23 meters (168 feet, 1 inch).