Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: Lukas Bennett, Dakota State (S.D.)
Bennett, a junior from Mitchell, S.D., was selected as the Track Athlete-of-the-Week.
He captured a pair of sprint titles at the Mount Marty (S.D.) Opener for Dakota State (S.D.). He was the only runner that hit under seven seconds in the 60-meter dash prelims and finals. He clocked a time of 6.95 seconds in the prelims and improved to 6.88 seconds (tied his personal record) in the finals.
Bennett’s 6.88 seconds tied the sixth fastest time in the Trojan men’s indoor track & field school record in the 60-meter dash.
He added the 200-meter dash title with a time of 22.42 seconds for Dakota State.
This is Bennett’s first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Men’s Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week honor.