Aberdeen, S.D. - Northern State's Seth Martens (men's track and field) and Shanice Burrell (women's track and field) have been named the NSU Athletes of the Week for their athletic efforts last week. The NSU Athletes of the Week award is sponsored by the South Dakota Army National Guard.
 
Martens ran to a 200m time of 21.90 at the USD Tune-up. He took ninth overall and jumped into the top-7 of the NSIC heading into the conference meet this week.
 
Burrell was a member of the school record breaking 4x100m relay that placed second at the USD Tune-up with a time of 47.35. She followed with a fourth place finish in the 100m hurdles, notching a national provisional time of 14.19. Burrell moved up to sixth in the league standings in the 100m hurdles.