SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Tuesday the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced its weekly award winners for the week of Dec. 9-15, and the Yellowjackets swept the honors in the track and field category.
 
Jesse Ortiz (Medford, Minn./Medford) and Carson Wilhorn (Necedah, Wis./Necedah) of the Yellowjacket men, along with Simone Stephens (Scottsdale, Ariz./Saguaro) and Bel Dimaze (Monticello, Minn./Spectrum) of the Yellowjacket women earned track and field athletes of the week, respectively.
 
Ortiz made his collegiate debut at the CSS Opener over the weekend. He took second in the 60-meter dash, which beat the previous school record in the preliminary rounds at 6.96 seconds. He followed that race with another record-setting performance in the finals, finishing the 60-meter dash in 6.92 seconds and improving his placement on the UW-Superior record list. This time currently sits 17th in all of NCAA Division III.
 
Wilhorn competed in the shot put and weight throw over the weekend at the CSS Opener. His mark in the shot put (12.79 meters) was a personal best, improving by over a meter while his weight throw (15.20 meters). Wilhorn's weight throw leads the league by nearly three meters and ranks 59th in the nation, while his shot put heave ranks second across the circuit.
 
Dimaze took fourth in the high jump this weekend at the CSS Opener. In just her second collegiate meet, he garnered a lifetime personal best mark of 1.50 meters, which stands atop the conference. This mark also adds three inches to Dimaze's lifetime PR.
 
Stephens took home a victory in the 5k this weekend at the CSS Opener. Taking control midway through the race and finishing with a 20-second cushion against NCAA Division II and III competitors, her new personal-best time of 19:20.13 leads the UMAC by nearly a minute.
 
Both the Yellowjacket men and women have a month off in preparation of their first home meet, the Twin Ports Open. Action inside the Dr. Lydia C. Thering Fieldhouse is set to start Jan. 18 at 11 a.m.