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
5/10/2023	Caitlin Cron	Women's Lacrosse
5/10/2023	Bailey Simpson	Women's Lacrosse
5/10/2023	Eli Etzler	Men's Lacrosse
5/10/2023	Phillip Gianelle	Men's Lacrosse
4/5/2023	Madelyn Buske	Softball
4/5/2023	Kionna King	Softball
3/15/2023	Justin Zimmerman	Baseball
3/15/2023	Alexis Crowley	Women's Lacrosse
2/15/2023	Danyrine White	Men's Track and Field
2/15/2023	Adam Keyes	Men's Hockey (NCAA)
1/18/2023	Adam Keyes	Men's Hockey (NCAA)
1/11/2023	Kolby Thornton	Men's Hockey (NCAA)
1/10/2023	Crystal Rios	Women's Basketball
12/28/2022	Scott Boyajian	Men's Golf
12/28/2022	Alexis Janiak	Women's Wrestling
12/7/2022	Eli Grundman	Men's Track and Field
11/22/2022	Noah Butler	Men's Basketball
11/22/2022	Tia Glube	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
11/15/2022	Luke Silva	Men's Wrestling
11/15/2022	Marcellus Romious	Football