INDIANAPOLIS – A pair of sophomore standouts collected Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week honors as announced on Monday afternoon.
The Week 1 USTFCCCA National Rankings still have Tiffin on top of Division II. Findlay is also in the national poll ranked 16th; the Oilers went into the preseason with a ranking of No. 21.
The Dragons have 16 different events ranking in the top 20 led by Cameron Burrows (high jump) and Jabari Bennett (shot put). Tiffin ranks 1, 2 and 4, in a row with Nikolas Curtiss and Eric Jackson, also ranked in shot put.
Borruws is additionally ranked fifth in heptathlon, seventh in long jump and 19th in pole vault.
Track Athlete of the Week
Xavier Marable
Findlay
Sprints
Sophomore
Clayton, OH (Northmont HS)
It was just a matter of time before the 2019 All-American claimed the conference record and Marable did it in short order at the Penn State National Open.
Marable officially overtook former Oiler George Effah at the top, running to a 46.91 in the 400-meter dash over the weekend.
Marable has five of the top 10 times in conference history in the event after earning several individual league awards from his freshman campaign.
Marable also contributed to a top 10 conference mark in the 4x400 relay with Lane Kolb, Nick Rice and Gabin Stepansky. The foursome ranks fourth following their time 3:18.48 and was a provisional qualifying mark.
This is Marable’s second conference weekly honor of the season.
Field Athlete of the Week
Quincy Scott
Tiffin
Jumps
Sophomore
Springfield, OH (Springfield HS)
In December, Scott broke his own conference record in the long jump as he continues to hover around the auto qualifying mark in the event.
The sophomore was still within range at the YSU Mid-Major Invite, leaping a distance of 7.59 (24’ 11”) meters to win the event.
Scott also helped Tiffin’s 4x400 relay grouping finish first and he also ran the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.45.
Scott now owns the top four placements in conference history in the long jump.