Bellarmine University junior Robert Sandlin, Jr., and Saint Joseph’s College senior Joe Tooks have been named the first Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Track and Field Athletes of the Week for the 2013 season, it was announced by the league on Wednesday.  Sandlin was voted by the league coaches as the Track Athlete of the Week, while Tooks was tabbed as the Field Athlete of the Week.

At the Bob Eubanks Open hosted by Grand Valley State, Tooks went to the finals in the triple jump and finished second with a first jump of 13.96 meters, which proved to be his longest of the finals.

The Ford Heights, Ill., native garners the first weekly award of his career, and is the first Puma to be honored by the league since Tyler Sult was named Track Athlete of the Week on Jan. 19, 2010.