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 earned a fifth-place finish in the discus at the Chicagoland Championships last weekend. With a throw of 17.86 in the shot put event, he earned a NCAA Automatic Qualifying mark. In the discus he posted a career-best with a mark of 44.01.
Lewis returns to action next weekend when they travel to California to compete in the Mt. Sac Relays.
Other top performers in the GLVC this week included Missouri S&T’s Elijah Thomas and Allen Ernst, Indianapolis’ Cory Fornal, Bellarmine’s Josh Farmer, Lewis’ Chris Leibrand, Drury’s Quentin Mack and Northern Kentucky’s Drew Harris.