Deedee Colon Maldonado (9/25/2024) - Athlete Awards

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Deedee Colon Maldonado

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Week Of

9/25/2024
Sport

Women's Cross Country
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Aurora University senior Deedee Colon Maldonado was named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week, as selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Colon Maldonado earned the honor after she won the women's individual title at the Wheaton College Gil Dodds Invitational, outpacing the field of 219 competitors with a time of 21:48.0. She was the only competitor to finishing in under 22 minutes and was 14.5 seconds clear of the second-place finisher. Colon Maldonado led the Spartans to a fifth-place team finish, best amongst NACC programs at the event. The time is also the fastest 6K time by a NACC runner this season.

Next action for the Spartan women's cross-country team comes on Friday, October 4 when they travel to NCAA Division III Pre-Nationals race at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. Meet time is set for 6:30 p.m. (est) in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
1/31/2024	Annemarie Ruzevich	Women's Bowling
1/31/2024	Deedee Colon Maldonado	Women's Track and Field
1/9/2024	Darci Matson	Women's Hockey (NCAA)
1/9/2024	Selena Vargas	Women's Basketball
11/7/2023	Christian Komitas	Men's Wrestling
11/7/2023	Jaylen Jordan	Football
10/31/2023	Kate Poellmann	Women's Volleyball
10/31/2023	Ian Luyando	Football
10/3/2023	James Mautino	Football
10/3/2023	Enrique Gonzalez	Men's Soccer
9/14/2023	Matthew Hylek	Football
9/14/2023	Deedee Colon Maldonado	Women's Cross Country
9/7/2023	Jhe'Quay Chretin	Football
9/7/2023	Avary Henry	Women's Golf
5/17/2023	Jacob Ambuel	Baseball
5/17/2023	Braeden Duncan	Men's Golf
5/10/2023	Caitlin Cron	Women's Lacrosse
5/10/2023	Bailey Simpson	Women's Lacrosse
5/10/2023	Phillip Gianelle	Men's Lacrosse
5/10/2023	Eli Etzler	Men's Lacrosse