ROSEMONT — Less than a week after David Kendziera placed third in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships, the Illinois redshirt junior received the Big Ten’s Track Athlete of the Year honor on Wednesday.
Kendziera earned first team All-American honors in the 110 and 400 hurdles this season after claiming the 400 title at the Big Ten Championships.
He is the first Illini to win the conference’s Track Athlete of the Year honor since DJ Zahn in 2015.
Along with Kendziera, another Illinois runner, freshman Jon Davis from Oakwood, received the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Year accolades on Wednesday.