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Wichita State Garners Pair of American Indoor Track & Field Weekly Honors

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly indoor track & field honors for the week ending Sunday, Jan. 19.

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
Dayo Akindele * Sr. * Houston
Akindele raced to victory in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.78 for Houston at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational. Akindele’s time was the fastest in The American in the event thus far this season and ranks 11th nationally.

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week
Mason Buckmaster * Sr. * Wichita State
Buckmaster finished as the runner-up in the high jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular by clearing 2.