Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State's Jackson Harrison (men's track & field) and Renea Taylor (women's track & field) have been named as the South Dakota Army National Guard Athletes of the Week for their athletic efforts last week.

Harrison claimed the 10,000m title at the Drake Relays this past weekend, winning the race with a school record time of 29:51.59, besting the previous 16-year-old school record of 30:43.06 by 51.53 seconds. He was part of a 2-man breakaway that began to distance themselves from the pack midway through the race and he would make the pass for the lead in the final 400m to cross the finish line 2.90 seconds ahead of second place. Harrison's time on the Blue Oval was a provisional mark that puts himself within the top-40 nationally.

Taylor competed at both the Mount Marty Twilight and the Drake Relays this past week. In Yankton, she led a one-two Northern State finish in the 200m as she won the event with a time of 24.75, and she was also a member of the Wolves' second place 4x100m relay that finished with a time of 48.33. In Des Moines she recorded a pair of top-10 finishes, starting with an eighth-place finish in the 400m hurdles as she crossed the line in a time of 1:00.22, and followed that event with a tenth-place finish in the 100m with a time of 11.94. Taylor's mark in the 400m hurdles on the Blue Oval puts herself within the top-10 nationally, ranking eighth with the provisional mark.