WASHINGTON – The Atlantic 10 Conference named Rhode Island sophomore Alex Arbogast as its Under Armour Men’s Track Performer of the Week and George Mason junior Walt Bannerman as its Field Performer of the Week. VCU freshman Marcus Acheampong received Rookie of the Week.
 
On the women’s side, Dayton junior Jadyn Haywood and Duquesne senior Hannah Seitzinger earned Under Armour Co-Women’s Track Performer of the Week. VCU senior Gudrun Hallgrimsdottir was tabbed as the Field Performer of the Week while Duquesne freshman Rose Kuchera received Rookie of the Week. The awards, which were announced on Tuesday, are for competitions from Feb. 5 to Feb. 10.
 
Arbogast, a Tewksbury, Mass. native, won the 60-meter dash at the URI Coaches Invitational. He raced to a time of 6.84, which is second best in the A-10.
 
Bannerman won the unseeded pole vault event at Virginia Tech’s Doc Hale Invitational. The Durham, N.C. native reached a new personal best of 17-08.25. Bannerman’s mark leads the conference and is tied for 29^th in Division I.
 
Acheampong placed third in the 60-meter hurdles event at the Doc Hale Invitational. Acheampong, a Dumfries, Va. native finished with a new personal best of 8.02. Acheampong’s 60M hurdles time is best in the A-10 this season.
 
Haywood, a Dayton, Ohio native, won the 60M dash and set a personal record at the Gem City Invitational. She won the event with a time of 7.47, which is the second fastest time in Dayton history. Haywood also secured a victory in the 200-meter dash at 24.57. She holds the best time in the A-10 for the 60M and second best in the conference for the 200M.
 
Seitzinger won the 400-meter dash at the Jud Logan Light Giver Collegiate Open. The Belle Vernon, Penn. native finished the event at 55.17. She also was a member of the 4x400M relay team that won the event at 3:44.25. Seitzinger’s 400M time is first in the A-10.
 
Hallgrimsdottir won the weight throw at the VMI Winter Classic. Her mark of 73-07.25 (22.43M) set a new VMI facility record by 3.23M. Hallgrimsdottir, a Hvanneyri, Iceland native leads the A-10 and ranks ninth in the nation.
 
Kuchera won the triple jump with a mark of 39-00.50 for Duquesne. The Canonsburg, Penn. native’s mark ranks fifth in the A-10.
 
                                                         
2024-25 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Weekly Awards

Date	Men’s Track Performer of the Week	Men’s Field Performer of the Week	Men’s Rookie Performer of the Week	Women’s Track Performer of the Week	Women’s Field Performer of the Week	Women’s Rookie of the Week
Dec. 10	Joe DosReis, URI	Matt Santy, URI	Njam Abdul-Latif, FOR	Grace Kuhn, LUC	Molly Wise, UR	Rose Kuchera, DUQ
Dec. 17	Ethan Bryant, SLU	Tristan Boatman, SLU	Brock Waugh, SLU	Patricia O’Neill, SLU	Journey Amundson, SLU	Tania Amos, SLU
Jan. 14	Chanel Muir, LAS	Theo Puterbaugh, URI	Njam Abdul- Latif, FOR	Jadyn Haywood, UD Lily Saul, URI	Olamide Enajekpo, GM	Shania Staats, GM
Jan. 21	Jalen Johnson, GM	Geni Roberts, GM	Sam Lamaze, SLU	Jadyn Haywood, UD Susan Adenitan, GM	Caroline Garbe, DUQ	Macy Daigle, URI
Jan. 28	Marcus Acheampong, VCU	Walt Bannerman, GM	Njam Abdul-Latif, FOR	Emma Watcke, LUC Gwenno Goode, LAS	Gudrun Hallgrimsdottir, VCU	Alina Florou Dimitraiadou, GM
Feb. 4	James Lawernce, LUC	Arsalan Yaqubi, GM	Njam Abdul-Latif, FOR	Lily Saul, URI	Molly Wise, UR Madelyn Moretti, DUQ	Macy Daigle, URI
Feb. 11	Alex Arbogast, URI	Walt Bannerman, GM	Marcus Acheampong, VCU	Jadyn Haywood, UD Hannah Seitzinger, DUQ	Gudrun Hallgrimsdottir, VCU	Rose Kuchera, DUQ