INDIANAPOLIS – The new calendar year of competition was underway for five institutions as Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week awards were announced on Wednesday.
 
Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
Gwynne Riley
Hillsdale
Middle Distance
Sophomore
Archbold, OH (Archbold HS)
 
Riley and the Chargers were competing against Ashland and Findlay in the first meet of 2022 as a triangular format.
 
The sophomore ran a 2:20.02 in her first indoor event after helping Hillsdale to a national championship appearance in cross country during the fall.
 
Riley posted the top time in the Great Midwest so far this year in the 800, an event that has a number of program standouts including Abbie Porter and Calli Townsend.
 
Hillsdale has five of the top six 800-meter dash times in the conference so far this season.
 
 
Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Simone Green
Findlay
Jumps
Junior
Toledo, OH (Central Catholic HS)
 
Green became the new conference record holder (breaking her own record) in the triple jump as she swept a pair of event wins at the triangular featuring the Oilers, Hillsdale and Ashland.
 
The junior outdoor conference champion and indoor runner-up posted the top mark in the conference with an 11.83m recording in the triple jump. She also won the long jump with a distance of 5.43m.
 
Green also provisionally qualified for nationals and currently ranks No. 17 in Division II. It represented a new indoor PR for Green, whose previous college best was 11.73m at the Tiffin Dragon Grand Prix last year.