Deedee Colon Maldonado (1/31/2024) - Athlete Awards

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Deedee Colon Maldonado

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Athletes of the Week
Week Of

1/31/2024
Sport

Women's Track and Field
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Aurora University junior Deedee Colon Maldonado repeated as the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Indoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Week, as selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Colon Maldonado earned the honor after she broke her own NACC and Aurora records in the 3,000-meter run with a blistering time of 9:43.34 at the 2024 Blue Demon Alumni Classic hosted by DePaul University. She finished seventh in the race littered with NCAA Division I competitors. Colon Maldonado's time bettered her previous record (9:57.71) set on Jan. 19 by 14 seconds. In the span of eight days, Colon Maldonado dropped 30.05 seconds off the previous NACC record. Her performance currently ranks fourth in NCAA Division III.

Next action for the Spartan women's track and field team comes on Friday, February 2 when they travel to the DIII Keck Select meet hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
11/18/2021	Trey Madsen	Football
11/11/2021	Sydnei Avery	Women's Volleyball
11/11/2021	Kaitlyn Beebe	Women's Volleyball
11/3/2021	Gavin Zimbelman	Football
11/3/2021	Chiara Pfosi	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
10/27/2021	Lulu Torres	Women's Volleyball
10/27/2021	Brett Crissie	Football
10/20/2021	Deedee Colon Maldonado	Women's Cross Country
10/20/2021	Tyran Bailey	Football
9/28/2021	Sean Reyna	Football
9/28/2021	Sydnei Avery	Women's Volleyball
9/22/2021	Cameron Moore	Football
9/22/2021	Kallie Sakamoto	Women's Golf
9/14/2021	Jalen Depenbrock	Men's Soccer
9/14/2021	Deedee Colon Maldonado	Women's Cross Country
9/8/2021	Kallie Sakamoto	Women's Golf
9/8/2021	Jalen Depenbrock	Men's Soccer
7/9/2021	Gavin Zimbelman	Football
7/9/2021	Julia Wood	Women's Volleyball
7/1/2021	Corey Vondra	Baseball