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.

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Date	Athlete	Sport
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1/7/2021	Casey Dycus	Football
1/5/2021	Oscar Nava	Football
12/31/2020	Brock Harner	Football
12/29/2020	Jason Morales	Men's Soccer
12/24/2020	Ishmiel Penn	Football
12/22/2020	Michael Napolitano	Men's Soccer
12/17/2020	Julie Galauner	Women's Basketball
12/15/2020	Gavin Zimbelman	Football
12/10/2020	Anna Zak	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
12/8/2020	Zy Boykins	Football
12/3/2020	TyAnn LeGrand	Women's Basketball
12/1/2020	Alejandro Torres	Men's Soccer
11/26/2020	Bri Wood	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/24/2020	Luis Campos	Football
11/19/2020	Hope James	Women's Bowling
11/17/2020	Justin Rutherford	Men's Soccer
11/12/2020	Marissa Dunbar	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/10/2020	Taylor Davis	Football
11/5/2020	Nicole McKernan	Women's Hockey (NCAA)