SAINT PAUL, Minn.: The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference named its athletes of the week for the period ending Feb. 10 on Monday, and UW-Superior earned four honors.
 
The Yellowjackets swept men's indoor track and field awards as junior distance runner Henry Seeb (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) and senior thrower Fauston Wirtz (Esko, Minn./Esko) claimed the laurels. Junior hurdler Maria Mazo (Hendaye, France/Irungo La Salle) was tabbed the women's track athlete of the week.
 
Senior forward Hannah Norlin (Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield) also earned women's basketball player of the week for the fifth time this season.
 
Seeb won the 5,000 meters at the Yellowjacket Open Saturday at Lydia Thering Fieldhouse in 15:57.13. He ran a strong race, breaking 16 minutes in the event for the first time in his career. The weekly honor is the second of season for Seeb. He also won Jan. 14.
 
Wirtz won the weight throw at the St. Thomas Showcase Friday with a personal-best mark of 16.46 meters, breaking the 16-meter mark for the first time. He followed it with a 16.37-meter performance at the Yellowjacket Open Saturday to finish second overall. Wirtz was also was seventh in the shot put in the home meet with a toss of 12.45 meters. 
 
Mazo won the 60-meter hurdles at the Saturday in a school-record 9.31, topping the previous mark by of 9.40 set by Svenja Ruehl (Kirchvers, Germany/Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg) in 2016. 
 
Norlin averaged 24 points and 10.5 rebounds in wins against Northwestern Wednesday and Bethany Lutheran Saturday. She shot 19-for-38 for the week. Norlin scored 29 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to help the Yellowjackets claim at least a share of the regular-season title in the 74-61 victory over the Vikings. Norlin's double-double against BLC was her ninth of the season. She also had 19 points and nine boards against the Eagles. 
 
The conference weekly honor is Norlin's fifth of the season.
 
The track and field team returns to action at St. Olaf next weekend. The women's basketball team competes in the Ole Women's Invite Friday at 2 p.m., while the men get the Tostrud Open Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
The women's basketball team (22-2, 14-1 UMAC) heads to North Central Saturday at 3 p.m., and can wrap up the outright conference title with a win.