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
4/29/2021	Claire Carlson	Women's Lacrosse
4/27/2021	Emmanuel Chaidez	Men's Volleyball
4/22/2021	Kaylee Underwood	Softball
4/20/2021	Skyler Yamamoto	Baseball
4/15/2021	Kristin Gessay	Women's Track and Field
4/13/2021	Brandon Langys	Men's Volleyball
4/8/2021	Stacy Bellack	Softball
4/6/2021	Kyle Blunt	Baseball
4/1/2021	Amanda Tsao	Women's Lacrosse
3/30/2021	Josh McKinstry	Men's Volleyball
3/25/2021	Kiara Russell	Women's Track and Field
3/23/2021	Harrison Canaday	Men's Lacrosse
3/18/2021	Bryanna Perez	Softball
3/16/2021	Thomas Kovanic	Men's Volleyball
3/11/2021	Rakeya Martin	Women's Track and Field
3/9/2021	Paul Dobravec	Baseball
3/2/2021	Josh Boyko	Men's Hockey (NCAA)
2/25/2021	Elizabeth Branigan	Women's Track and Field
2/23/2021	Justin Elliott	Men's Volleyball
2/18/2021	Janne Brown	Women's Lacrosse