Lewis’ Scott Barnas (Oak Lawn, Ill./St. Laurence/Moraine Valley C.C.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week.
Barnas, a senior at Lewis, won the shot put and discus at the DePauw Invite last weekend. Throwing a NCAA Automatic Qualifying Mark of 18.00 meters, he is currently ranked second in the nation and first in the GLVC in the shot put. He also threw a personal best in the discus with a throw of 43.96 meters, ranking him second in the GLVC.
Lewis returns to action April 9 at the Chicagoland Championships
Other top performers in the GLVC this week Indianapolis’ Craig Meyers, Saint Joseph’s Kaleb Thompson and Missouri S&T’s Peter Hollenbeck.