Track and field’s Alex Sattley wins third conference award

Alex Sattley won his second consecutive Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Field Athlete of the Week award for his performances on the week of April 3-9. Last week, Sattley led the Saints in a successful meet at the Seventh Annual Cardinal Invite hosted by the University of the Incarnate Word, earning a first-place finish in the high jump with a 1.90m mark and setting an OLLU record in the triple jump with his mark of 13.72m, finishing second. Sattley also competed in the long jump, placing 10th with a distance of 6.24m. The week before, Sattley set school records in the high jump and long jump, earning the field athlete of the week award for March 27-April 2. This is Sattley’s third weekly award this season, earning his first one for March 13-19, and fourth overall, taking the award for March 27-April 3 in 2016.