Feb. 4, 2013
Track Athlete of the Week
Austin Mudd, Wisconsin
So. – Greenwood, Ind. – Center Grove
- Placed first in the one-mile run (3:59.33), which leads the Big Ten and ranks eighth nationally this season, at the Meyo Invitational
- Ran the 800-meter leg in the Badgers’ winning distance medley relay effort (9:49.45), which ranks third in the conference and 14th in the NCAA
- Earns the first indoor track and field weekly award of his career
- Last Wisconsin Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Maverick Darling (Feb. 7, 2011)
Field Athlete of the Week
Japheth Cato, Wisconsin
Jr. – Crete, Ill. – Bloom
- Recorded a first-place finish in the heptathlon (6,024) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
- His effort is first in the conference, second in the NCAA and fourth in the world this season
- Has topped 5,900 points four times in his career and owns each of the top four marks in Big Ten history
- Earns the second indoor track and field weekly award of his career and first this season
- Last Wisconsin Indoor Field Athlete of the Week: Japheth Cato (Feb. 6, 2012)
