MIAC Athletes of the Week

WINONA, Minn. — Sara Harstad (Chatfield, Minn.) kicked off her outdoor season with a provisional-qualifying mark of 47.02 meters in the hammer throw at the season-opening Wartburg Invitational.

Two weeks later, Harstad was at it again, as the senior bettered her provisional mark — and the school record — by more than two meters with a toss of 49.64 meters at the UW-La Crosse Phil Esten Challenge.

Harstad's effort not only moved her one step closer to an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships, but it also earned her Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week honors, the conference announced Monday.