RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the seventh men's track & field athletes of the week for the indoor season. Northwestern Oklahoma State's Kareem Small earned the Track honor and Harding's Vlad Malykhin captured the Field award.

#theGAC MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Kareem Small, Jr., Northwestern Oklahoma State, Spanish Town, Jamaica
At two events, the Loper Tune Up and the Nebraska Tune Up, he registered four provisional times in the 60-meter dash. At the Loper Tune Up, he ran a 6.77 in the preliminaries, followed by a personal-best and school-record 6.72 in the final. He took first in the event. At the Nebraska Tune Up, he posted a time of 6.78 seconds in the prelims and 6.77 seconds in winning the final.

#theGAC MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Vlad Malykhin, Jr., Harding, Shostka, Ukraine
Malykhin claimed second place in the pole vault at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational. He matched the top clearing height of Indiana's, Tyler Carrel, 5.38 meters - his second-best clearance of the indoor season. He maintains the top mark in Division II, 5.48 meters, set at the Pittsburg State Invitational.

OTHERS NOMINATED

Olaolu Olatunde, Fr. (Harding)

A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards