Patrick Mikel Award Male Athlete of the Week Week Of 3/2/2020 Sport American Rivers Conference School Loras College Year Senior Position Hometown Lombard, Illinois High School Glenbard East 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).
