BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced their athlete of the week accolades on Wednesday afternoon. Junior Natalie Price was named track athlete of the week while redshirt sophomore Rikkoi Brathwaite shares the men's athlete of the week with Iowa's Jaylan McConico. Junior Jyles Etienne and senior Leah Moran were named field athletes of the week.
Price opened her junior campaign on Friday at Hoosier Open where she broke a 32-year-old record in the 500m. The Granville, Ohio native clocked a time of 1:09.87 to win the event.