University of Minnesota Athletics
Wieland Named National Athlete of the Week
12/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
Dec. 8, 2015 
MINNEAPOLIS (GopherSports.com) - Defending NCAA and Big Ten heptathlon champion Luca Wieland closed out the opening week of the indoor season by being honored as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week.
The Saarbrucken, Germany native posted a nation-best 5,789 points to win the heptathlon at St. Scholastica's "The Opener" over the weekend, winning six of the seven events along the way. The mark ranks second all-time at Minnesota behind Wieland's 6,070 points to win last year's NCAA indoor title and was two points better than his Big Ten championship-clinching score of 5,787 last year.
Wieland led the field with event wins in the pole vault (4.60 meters, 15-01.00 ft.), the 60-meter hurdles (8.17), the high jump (2.03 meters, 6-08.00 ft.), the long jump (7.44 meters, 24-05.00 ft.), the shot put (14.41 meters, 47-03.50 ft.) and the 60-meter dash (7.00). Wieland also finished fourth in the 1,000 meters (2:58.96).
His 60-meter dash time was a personal record.
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The Saarbrucken, Germany native posted a nation-best 5,789 points to win the heptathlon at St. Scholastica's "The Opener" over the weekend, winning six of the seven events along the way. The mark ranks second all-time at Minnesota behind Wieland's 6,070 points to win last year's NCAA indoor title and was two points better than his Big Ten championship-clinching score of 5,787 last year.
Wieland led the field with event wins in the pole vault (4.60 meters, 15-01.00 ft.), the 60-meter hurdles (8.17), the high jump (2.03 meters, 6-08.00 ft.), the long jump (7.44 meters, 24-05.00 ft.), the shot put (14.41 meters, 47-03.50 ft.) and the 60-meter dash (7.00). Wieland also finished fourth in the 1,000 meters (2:58.96).
His 60-meter dash time was a personal record.
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