Colfay Pointer

Colfay Pointer

  • Award
    Track Performer of the Week (Men)
  • Week Of
    1/21/2019
  • Sport
    Indoor Track & Field
  • School
    University of Dubuque
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Rochelle, Ill.
  • High School
    East Aurora
Men’s Indoor Track & Field – Track Performer of the Week
Colfay Pointer, University of Dubuque
Jr., Rochelle, Ill./East Aurora
  • Pointer ran to first-place finishes in the 600m and 200m dash at UD's Sol Butler Classic Jan. 19.
  • He beat defending NCAA Division III 400m champion Patrick Mikel of Loras to win the 600 in a facility record, meet record and school record time (1:19.703), edging Mikel by two thousandths of a second.
  • His 200m winning time of 22.58 leads the conference and ranks 15th in NCAA Division III.  
  • A season ago, Pointer was the conference champion in the 400m and runner-up in the 200m.
  • This is the second Indoor Track Performer of the Week award for Pointer (1/21/19, 1/14/18).