INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has named Ben Tuttle and Laura Farleman of Cedarville University the Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week.

Men’s Track & Field: Athlete of the Week

Ben Tuttle
Cedarville University (@CUJackets)
Junior - Distance
Eastport, NY - Eastport-South Manor High School
 
Ben Tuttle has been named G-MAC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week after his performance at the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Indoor Track and Field Championships.  
 
At the NCCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Tuttle won the 5,000 meter run, which helped the Yellow Jackets finish fourth overall. Individually, winning the 5,000 meter run - Tuttle earned NCCAA All-American honors.
 
His personal best time of 14:54.78 not only won him the race by more than 19 seconds over the second place runner, but the time also helped him reach the NCAA Division II provisional qualification time, joining teammate Matt Brooker.
 
View Ben Tuttle’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)


Women’s Track and Field: Athlete of the Week

Laura Farleman
Cedarville University (@CUJackets)
Junior - All-Around
Baldwinsville, NY - C.W. Baker High School
 
Laura Farleman has been named the Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week after her performance at the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Indoor Track and Field Championships.
 
Farleman, who broke her own school record in the pentathlon, won the event at the NCCAA Indoor Championship (hosted by Olivet Nazarene University). Farleman earned All-American honors for her finish in the pentathlon, becoming the only Lady Jackets to earn All-American honors in the two-day meet. Cedarville as a team finished 8th of 18 schools overall.

Farleman’s total of 3,198 points, was just three points away from reaching the NCAA Division II provisional qualification mark (3,201). She did win the NCCAA event by a comfortable 15-point margin, though her lone victory in an individual event came in the 800 meters with a time of 2:29.99, which was 157 points better than the runner-up finisher.

Farleman held CU's previous pentathlon record of 3,153 points, set in December at the Findlay Open, and she now owns the school's top five all-time point totals.
 
View Laura Farleman’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)