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
10/26/2022	Jalen Depenbrock	Men's Soccer
10/26/2022	Ben Slatcoff	Football
10/19/2022	Jack Vercautren	Men's Golf
10/12/2022	Kallie Sakamoto	Women's Golf
10/5/2022	Kelly Deterding	Women's Golf
10/5/2022	Josh Swanson	Football
9/27/2022	Branden Dolezal	Men's Soccer
9/27/2022	Sydnei Avery	Women's Volleyball
9/21/2022	Marcellus Romious	Football
9/21/2022	Deedee Colon Maldonado	Women's Cross Country
9/14/2022	Scott Boyajian	Men's Golf
9/14/2022	Ben Slatcoff	Football
9/7/2022	Anthony Marmolejo	Men's Soccer
9/7/2022	Kelsey Deck	Women's Soccer
6/9/2022	Lexi Rayborn	Softball
6/8/2022	Justin Sartori	Baseball
5/17/2022	Hannah Tomasko	Softball
5/17/2022	Robbie Peterson	Men's Track and Field
3/30/2022	Jalyn Yaukovitz	Women's Lacrosse
3/30/2022	Justin Sartori	Baseball