BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Boston University and Navy garnered two Patriot League Indoor Track and Field weekly awards this week, while Holy Cross and Lehigh logged one apiece.

Boston University graduate student Foster Malleck was named Patriot League Indoor Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after breaking the Terrier record and winning the 3000
meters with a time of 7:50.96. His mark leads the Patriot League and ranks him 12th in NCAA Division I. It is also the 18^th-best mark for a Canadian in the event. Fellow Terrier Vera Sjöberg also logged a record-breaking performance en route to Patriot League Women’s Track Athlete of the Week. She broke the school record and won gold in the one-mile run with a time of 4:33.92. Her time leads the Patriot League and ranks as the ninth-fastest in NCAA DI this season.

Navy senior Justice Hood collected Patriot League Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after a League-leading heptathlon win with 5,049 points. It was the first collegiate victory for the Virginia native, who ranks 31st in NCAA DI in the event. Lehigh sophomore Gaea DePass was named Patriot League Women’s Field Athlete of the Week after a gold medal-winning performance in the high jump. She cleared 1.70m (5’ 7”), a mark that leads the Patriot League and ranks 91st in NCAA DI.

Holy Cross freshman Khalil Antoine earned the Patriot League Men’s Indoor Rookie of the Week after earning gold in the triple jump with a mark of 14.82 (48’ 7.5”). The mark is the second-best on the season for Antoine, who leads the League in the event. Navy’s Zoie Tesi garnered Patriot League Women’s Indoor Rookie of the Week honors after her first collegiate victory in the high jump with a mark of 1.76m (5’ 5.75”). She also logged a runner-up finish in the triple jump with a leap of 11.10m (36’ 5”). Both marks rank inside the top five in the League this season.

Army West Point’s Josh Beckett, Boston University’s Iman Roka and Jaime Chamberlain, Bucknell’s Justley Sharp, Colgate’s Ethan Eisner, Lehigh’s Abby Klebe and Navy’s Murphy Smith garnered honorable mention nods this week.

Patriot League Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
Foster Malleck, Boston University, Gr., Distance, Kitchener, Ontario/St. Mary’s
*Malleck broke the Boston University program record in the 3000m with a mark of 7:50.96.
*His mark leads the Patriot League and ranks 12th in NCAA Division I.
*The mark is also the 18^th-best all-time for a Canadian national in the event.

Patriot League Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
Vera Sjöberg, Boston University, Jr., Distance, Stockholm, Sweden/Rudbeck
*Sjöberg set the school record in the mile with a mark of 4:33.92.
*She won the event and her mark leads the Patriot League while ranking ninth in NCAA DI.

Patriot League Men’s Field Athlete of the Week
Justice Hood, Navy, Sr., Multis, Spotsylvania, Va./Riverbend
*Hood won the heptathlon with 5,049 total points, winning the shot put and pole vault events.
*His mark is tied for first in the Patriot League this season and ranks 31st in NCAA DI.

Patriot League Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Gaea DePass, Lehigh, So., Jumps, Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./Hasbrouck Heights
*Bollinger won the high jump with a mark of 1.70m (5’ 7”).
*Her jump leads the Patriot League and places her 91st in NCAA DI.
*It was the second gold medal of the season for DePass.

Patriot League Men’s Rookie of the Week
Khalil Antoine, Holy Cross, Fr., Jumps, New Haven, Conn./Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet
*Antoine won the triple jump with a mark of 14.82m (48’ 7.5”).
*He now owns the top two triple jump marks in League this season, with his season-best mark ranking 67th in NCAA DI and 10th-best by a freshman.

Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Week
Zoie Tesi, Navy, Fr., Jumps, Gloversville, N.Y./Gloversville
*Tesi logged a 1.67m (5’ 5.75”) leap in the high jump for her first collegiate victory.
*She also claimed a runner-up finish in the triple jump with a mark of 11.10m (36’ 5”).
*Both marks place her inside the top five in the Patriot League this season and are the best marks by a freshman in either event this year.
 
Honorable Mention
James Beckett, Army West Point, Fr., Jumps, Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus
*Beckett logged a 14.76m (48’ 5.25”) leap in the triple jump which places him second in the League rankings this season and 95th in NCAA DI.

Iman Roka, Boston University, Fr., Sprints, Vienna, Austria/Gymnasium Am Augarten
*Roka won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.69 seconds which ranks second in the League this season.

Jamie Chamberlain, Boston University, Sr., Jumps, Chestnut Hill, Mass./Brookline
*Chamberlain won the long jump with a mark of 5.80m (19’ 0.5”).
*Her jump leads the Patriot League.

Justley Sharp, Bucknell, So., Throws, Homer City, Pa./Homer Center
*Sharp finished as the runner-up in the shot put with a mark of 15.05m (49’ 4.5”).
*The mark would rank second in the League if Sharp did not already hold the top throw of the season.

Ethan Eisner, Colgate, Sr., Sprints, Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds
*Eisner broke the school record in the 400m with a time of 48.39 seconds, winning gold in the event.
*The mark places him second in the Patriot League this season.

Abby Klebe, Lehigh, Jr., Mid-Distance, Chesterbrook, Pa./Conestoga
*Klebe won the 1000m with a time of 4:49.22 and established a new Mountain Hawk record in the event.
*She leads the Patriot League in the event.

Murphy Smith, Navy, Sr., Distance, Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell
*Smith broke the Academy record in the 3000m with a mark of 7:55.05.
*The mark was also a facility record at Wesley A. Brown Field House and the second-consecutive gold medal for Smith in the event.

PATRIOT LEAGUE INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2024-25 Patriot League Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held in Annapolis, Md. at the United States Naval Academy. Events at Wesley A. Brown Field House begin Saturday, Mar. 1 and conclude on Sunday, Mar. 2. All nine men's programs and each of the 10 women's teams will compete.

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