NEW ROCHELLE, NY -
Oliver Sanchez of the Iona Men's Rowing Program and
Kaitlyn Ohrtman of Iona Women's Track & Field have been named the Student Athletes of the Week. Both Student Athletes earned medals in their events this past weekend.
Freshman rower Oliver Sanchez kicked off the events with a first-place finish in the second heat of the men's single. Navigating through a tough headwind in the second half of the race, Sanchez' heat time of 8:02.94 was nearly 15 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher from Lafayette. He also held off boats from Oklahoma City University and Adrian College to advance to the finals in the early afternoon. In the final, Sanchez found himself down a full boat length with 400 meters to go. He charged hard and fell just short of gold, completing the event 7:37.76. Sanchez' silver medal time was just over a second behind Lafayette senior Euan Walker. He finished ahead of rowers from Detroit Mercy, Temple and Oklahoma City.
Senior Kaitlyn Ohrtman led the Iona College women's track & field team at the 2021 MAAC Championship for the second straight day, picking up a gold medal Sunday at Rider University. After running the fastest time in the 1500-meter prelims, Ohrtman finished in first place in the final. Ohrtman was first in 4:33.87 while her teammate Nuttall crossed in 4:35.21 for a second place finish. As a team, the Gaels finished fifth overall.
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