Ohio Wesleyan University junior Nate Newman (Chillicothe/Zane Trace) has been named a North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 27, it was announced by the NCAC.
Newman, a member of the Ohio Wesleyan men's track & field team, was named Men's Field Event Athlete of the Week.
Newman successfully defended his NCAC heptathlon title at the NCAC combined events meet on Saturday and Sunday. He had the meet's best time in the the 60-meter dash (:07.30), the high jump (6-4¼), and the 60-meter hurdles (:08.55), was second overall in the long jump (21-¾), shot put (38-9), and pole vault (12-9½), and was fifth overall in the 1000-meter run in 3:00.50. Newman racked up 4899 points, winning by a margin of more than 500 points. It was his third consecutive All-NCAC citation in the event after a first-place finish in 2016 and second-place finish in 2015.
