League male athlete of the week honors go to Central’s Daniels

Central Dutch Athletics

PELLA — For the second time this season, Central College men’s track and field junior Will Daniels (Genseo, Ill.) was named the American Rivers Conference men’s field event performer of the week for his efforts in the heptathlon.

Daniels also garnered mention as the league’s male athlete of the week after shattering the NCAA Division III record with his score at the Wartburg Select.

He set the new bar at 5,441 points, winning the Wartburg Select by over 400 points. That topped the national record of 5,434 points set by Richard Roethel of Christopher Newport University (Va.) in the 2012 Division III Championships. Daniels’ previous best was 5,287 and the Central school record was 5,399 established by national champion Eric Larson in 2015.

It’s the fourth time in Daniels career that he has been named the indoor field performer of the week.

Daniels will compete at the Darren Young Classic hosted by Grinnell College on Saturday.