Co-Male Athlete of the Week - Men’s Indoor Track Performer of the Week
Patrick Mikel, Loras College
Sr., Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East
- Patrick Mikel was named Most Valuable Male Track Performer of the meet after scoring 28 points to help the Duhawks win the conference championship.
- The senior finished second in the 55-meter dash, running a personal-best time of 6.49 seconds to rank sixth in Loras program history.
- Mikel then went and set the all-time conference and Loras record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.74, besting the previous record he set a week prior.
- The Lombard, Ill. native now owns the nation's leading mark in the 200-meter dash.
- Mikel claimed another individual title in the 400-meter dash, setting a new conference championship and school record with a time of 47.90 and ranks first nationally by 0.63 seconds.
- He then ran on two conference champion relays, helping the distance medley relay to victory with a time of 10:20.63 and the 4-by-400-meter relay that set a new championship record with a time of 3:19.68.
- This is the ninth Indoor Track Performer of the Week accolade for Mikel (3/2/20, 2/24/20, 2/10/20, 1/20/20, 2/25/19, 1/28/19, 12/10/18, 2/4/18).
