CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University men's track and field student-athlete Yvan Lopes Ribeiro (Nice, France-Lycée Honoré d'Estiennes d'Orves-American International) has been selected the Mid-American Conference Male Track and Field Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced today, Jan. 25.
Lopes Ribeiro was outstanding for Eastern Michigan as the team dominated at the Notre Dame Invitational, Jan. 21. As a team, Eastern won in convincing fashion, besting the second-place finisher, Southern Illinois, by 51 points.
Eastern was led by Lopes Ribeiro, who finished the day with three event victories.