CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University men's track and field athletes, sophomore Tyler Johnson (Dayton, Ohio-Stivers School for the Arts) and junior Derek Ziegenfuss (Allentown, Pa.-Parkland), swept the Mid-American Conference Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors for the period ending March 18, the league office announced Friday, March 23. Johnson and Ziegenfuss join female track and field athletes seniors Jasmine Jones (Greensburg, Pa.-Hempfield Area) and Dace Dreimane (Ventspils, Latvia-Ventspils Gymnasium No. 1) in EMU's complete sweep of the conference weekly awards.
Johnson got the outdoor regular season off to a hot start, competing strong in a few events at the Baldy Castillo Invite, Saturday, March 17.