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Emmitt Wheatley

  • Award
    Track Performer of the Week (Men)
  • Week Of
    2/12/2017
  • Sport
    Indoor Track & Field
  • School
    Simpson College
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Adair, Iowa
  • High School
    Adair-Casey

Men’s Indoor Track and Field – Track Performer of the Week   ?
Emmitt Wheatley, Simpson College 
So., Adair, Iowa/Adair-Casey

  • Named Male Athlete of the Meet at Grinnell's Darren Young Invitational held Saturday, February 11
  • Event 1: 60m (1st – 6.94) Personal Best – No. 2 time in Simpson History
  • 60m time ranks 17th in NCAA Division III and 1st in the IIAC
  • Event 2: 200m (1st – 22.02) Personal Best – Meet Record – School Record
  • 200m time ranks No. 4 in NCAA Division III and 1st in the IIAC
  • Event 3: 4x400 relay (3rd - 3:25.54)
  • Simpson placed 3rd of 11 teams with 100 points
  • Wheatley is now a two-time Indoor Track and Field Performer of the Week (2/12/17, 2/5/17)
  • 2016 IIAC Indoor Championship finishes: 60m – 3rd, 200m – 1st, 4x200 relay – 1st, Long Jump – 5th