Ohio Wesleyan University senior Nate Newman (Chillicothe/Zane Trace) has been named a North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 5, it was announced by the NCAC.
Newman, a member of the Ohio Wesleyan men's track & field team, was named Men's Field Athlete of the Week.
Newman won the heptathlon title at the All-Ohio combined events meet on Saturday and Sunday. He compiled 4892 points to win the All-Ohio crown for the third straight year. Newman had the meet's best time in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking an :08.56. He cleared 12-9 in the pole vault, the second-best performance in the meet, and his time of 2:57.75 in the 1000-meter run was fifth overall. On Saturday, Newman opened the meet with the fastest clocking in the 60-meter dash, breaking the tape in :07.30. His efforts of 21-7½ in the long jump, 37-11¼ in the shot put, and 6-2 in the high jump each were second-best on the day.
