GAC Tabs Spess for Track Award

SHAWNEE – After a solid performance last week, Phillip Spess was named the Great American Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon.
 
Spess, a senior from Cleveland, Oklahoma, took first in the pole vault at the Butler County Grizzly Invitational. He dominated the competition with a height of 15–9, defeating the field by more than 14 inches.
 
The performance met the NCAA Division II national championship provisional standard, making Spess just the second GAC member to accomplish the feat.
 
It was the first award for Spess this year, and the second for Bison field athletes.