Outdoor Track & Field

NACC Announces Initial 2026 Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Honors

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (naccsports.org) --- Illinois Institute of Technology senior Zoe Turner (women's track), Milwaukee School of Engineering senior Jessa Alderman (women's field), St. Norbert College junior Jacob Klitzke (men's field), and Wisconsin Lutheran College sophomore Patrick Manning-Davis Jr. (men's track) have been named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Week for the month of March 2026, as selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Men's Field --- Jacob Klitzke, Jr., St. Norbert College
Klitzke, a junior from Shiocton, Wisconsin, opened the 2026 outdoor season with wins in the shot put and hammer throw at the St. Norbert Early Bird. His mark of 16.75 meters (54-11 1/2) in the shot put is a new St. Norbert record and currently ranks sixth on the NCAA Division III performance list. Klitzke won the hammer throw with a toss of 52.22 meters (171-4) and took third in the discus with a mark of 44.99 meters (147-7). All three marks currently top the NACC outdoor performance list.

Men's Track --- Patrick Manning-Davis Jr., So., Wisconsin Lutheran College
Manning-Davis, a sophomore from Dallas, Texas, broke Wisconsin Lutheran's school record in the 100-meter dash at the Rhodes Invitational on March 21. He finished second in a field of 37 runners with a time of 10.64 seconds, which currently tops the NACC performance list and ranks 17th nationally.

Women's Field --- Jessa Alderman, Sr., Milwaukee School of Engineering
Alderman, a senior from Janesville, Wisconsin, won the shot put at the Carroll University Open with an outdoor school-record toss of 13.99 meters (45-10 3/4). The mark currently ranks second in NCAA Division III. She also added a third-place finish in the hammer throw (44.13m; 144-9) and a seventh-place finish in the discus (30.84m; 101-2).

Women's Track --- Zoe Turner, Sr., Illinois Institute of Technology
Turner, a senior from Hiram, Ohio, opened her outdoor season with a pair of top-three finishes at the North Central (Ill.) First Chance Invitational. She won the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.84 seconds and finished third in the 400 with a time of 59.31. Turner currently sits atop the NACC performance list with the second-best times in program history in both events.