Richie Pajak

Junior Richie Pajak, who was backed by a pair of first-place finishes during Friday's season lid-lifter, earned the North Coast Athletic Conference's Athlete of the Week award for men's field events, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon.

Pajak cleared 6 feet to win the high jump in Friday's dual meet against Wittenberg University, and he's currently ranked second within the NCAC in the event. Of note, Pajak's high jump was just two inches off his collegiate best mark, which came at the 2019 NCAC Indoor Track & Field Championships.

The computer science major, who was unopposed in the triple jump, measured out at 37 feet, 11.5 inches.

Pajak, and his Wooster teammates, are slated to be back in action on Saturday, March 6, when the Fighting Scots host Ohio Wesleyan University. Field events start at 11 a.m. with track events to follow at 12:30 p.m. No spectators are permitted, and the meet will be livestreamed.