RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the second Track & Field Athletes of the Week awards for the 2022 outdoor season. Harding's Anne-Noelle Clerima and Sofie Reitbauer earned the Women's honors while the Bisons' Dakarai Bush and Matt Hipshire won the Men's accolades.

GAC MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Dakarai Bush, Harding, So., Tatum, Texas
Bush registered a personal best in the 110  hurdles on consecutive days as he ran a 14.37 at the Texas Relays followed by a 14.25 at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational. He earned NCAA provisional times at both meets. The 14.25 time stands sixth in the country. At the Texas Relays, he ran on the 4x400 relay team that also produced an NCAA Provisional time. 

GAC MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Matt Hipshire, Harding, Sr., Ferris, Texas
Hipshire set the school record in the decathlon at the OBU Invitational as he posted an NCAA provisional score of 6,467 points. The Harding record had stood since David Pencarinha tallied 6,355 points at the 2016 GAC Championships. Hipshire won the event as he claimed the top scores in the 100, the long jump, the shot put, the 400, the pole vault and the 1500.

OTHERS NOMINATED

Matthew Higdon, Jr. (Oklahoma Baptist), Zach Wells, Jr. (East Central), Maxamillian Wheeler, So. (Oklahoma Baptist)