Manhattan Sweeps First Weekly Indoor Track & Field Awards
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - The first Indoor Track & Field Performers of the Week
honors of the 2010-2011 season were awarded to Tobias Lundgren and Malin
Olsson, both from Manhattan College.
Lundgren blew away the field in the 5000 meters at
Saturday's Yale Lidlifter Invitational.
He won the event by more than a minute and a half, breaking the
15-minute barrier in the process.
Lundgren easily qualified for the Metropolitan Championships with a time
of 14:59.67.
In the first meet of her collegiate career, Olsson set a
school record in the long jump in the Manhattan Opener on Wednesday. On her final jump of the competition, Olsson
leaped 6.06 meters (19'10¾) to break the old mark of 6.04 and qualify for the
ECAC Championships. Her mark was also an
NCAA provisional qualifier. Then on
Saturday at the Yale Lidlifter Invitational, Olsson qualified for the
Metropolitan Championships in two more events, the 60 meters (8.08 seconds) and
the 200 meters (26.27).
The 2011 MAAC Indoor
Track & Field Championships will be hosted on February 18 at The New
Balance Track & Field Center in New York, NY.