GREENWOOD, Ind. - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has named Josiah Bernard and Carsyn Koch of Cedarville University the Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for the second straight week. The pair combined to established three new record times and/or heights.

Men’s Track & Field: Athlete of the Week
 
Josiah Bernard
Cedarville University (@CUJackets)
Freshman - Sprints/Jumps
Hilliard, OH - Davidson High School
 
Josiah Bernard has been named the Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the second straight week, earning the honor by a slim margin as he posted two conference records in the 400m race and the high jump.
 
Bernard finished third overall in the 400-meter run, but his time of 50.18 second topped his own G-MAC record by over a second (51.35), which he set just a week prior.
 
In the high jump, Bernard finished in fifth place overall, but once again established a new conference record mark, making a jump of 1.96m or 6’ 5” - topping his previous record of 1.92 meters, which he was tied with teammate Samuel Tvardzik with, by an inch and a half. In his first year, Bernard now has posted the three best heights in conference history, twice tying with Tvardzik.
 
View Josiah Bernard’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)
 

Women’s Track and Field: Athlete of the Week
 
Carsyn Koch
Cedarville University (@CUJackets)
Freshman - Middle Distance/High Jump
Washburn, ME - Washburn High School
 
Carsyn Koch has also been named the Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the second-straight week following her record breaking performance at the Ohio Northern Invitational.
 
Koch posted a first place finish in the 500-meter race and helped her 4x400 meter relay team also capture a first place finish. In the 500-meter race, Koch only needed to outrun one other runner in the two person event, but she wasn’t just looking for a first place finish.
 
She posted a G-MAC record time of 1:14.41 (after it was converted for track size) in the event - over three seconds faster than any time posted this season and beat the conference record by about two and a half seconds, set last year by Nicole Burlinson of Ursuline.
 
In winning the 4x400 meter race, Cedarville posted its fastest time of the season (4:01.76 - after conversion), but still trail Ursuline’s record time set in December by about eight seconds.

 
View Carsyn Koch’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)