Nicholas Newby capped off a spectacular weekend in Kansas with an Ohio Valley Conference Athlete of the Week award, announced Wednesday by the league. The redshirt senior from Burleson, Texas broke his own school record in the 800 meters during the Gorilla Classic in Pittsburg, Kan., then helped the men's distance medley relay team set a new program mark.
Newby shattered his own school record in the 800 meters, finishing second while clocking a time of 1:50.51, then teamed up with Chase Peterson, Devin Stevens, and Andrew Payton to take down the program record in the Distance Medley Relay, where the Trojans also finished second and turned in a time of 9:36.