by KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Robert Iron Shell (Rosebud Sioux) has been selected as the NAIA National Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Iron Shell weas selected based on his performances from April 4-10 and he was chosen out of a pool of conference and Association of Independent Institutions award winners.
Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week: 
Robert Iron Shell, Briar Cliff (Iowa)
Jr., LeMars, Iowa
• Finished first in the 200-meter run, 400-meter run and 4X100-meter run at the Dordt (Iowa) Invitational 2016 on April 9.
• Crossed the line in 21.51 seconds in the 200-meter to hit the NAIA “B” standard. He was 0.05 seconds short of his NAIA “A” standard time of 21.46 seconds that he set last week.
• Recorded a time of 49.42 seconds in the 400-meter run, which is .92 seconds off the NAIA “B” standard of 48.50 seconds.
• He is ranked first in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in the 200-meter and 400-meter, and is ranked 11th in the NAIA in the 200-meter run.
• This is his first career national outdoor track athlete of the week award.
For the complete Athlete of the Week calendar, click here.
Track Nominees: Christian Herring , Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.); Tremaine Bobo, Missouri Baptist; Marquel Harris, Park (Mo.); Chaz Hawkins, Tennessee Wesleyan; Andrew Slaton, Union (Ky.); Jared Hixon, Southern Oregon; Seth Gretz, Oregon Tech; Jonathan Ferguson, Northwest (Wash.); Matthew Kirkendall, Eastern Oregon; Alvin Best, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Jace Kalbfleisch, Great Falls (Mont.); Tomislav Smith, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Craig Elliott, William Jessup (Calif.); Cj Muller, Concordia (Neb.); Kyle Hiser, Morningside (Iowa); Christopher August, Xavier (La.); Will Wallace, Benedictine (Kan.); Doug Hutcherson, Central Methodist (Mo.); Neiman Thompson, William Penn (Iowa); Rhett Gainey, Grand View (Iowa); Phillip Cheruiyot, Missouri Valley; Evan Bowman, Mount Mercy (Iowa); John Gay, British Columbia; Juante Baldwin, Friends (Kan.); Garrett Young, Kansas Wesleyan; Hunter Sury, McPherson (Kan.); Luke Jobson, WVU Tech; Nikola Andjelic, Rio Grande (Ohio); Kevin Hallmon, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Paxton Wiley, Campbellsville (Ky.); Nathan Hepburn, Cumberlands (Ky.); Matt Matel, Viterbo (Wis.); Cain Boschee, Dickinson State (N.D.); Malik Jackson, Valley City State (N.D.); Seth Boomsma, Dakota State (S.D.); Oraine Palmer, Wiley (Texas); Luis Ramirez, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Gilbert Ramirez, Southwest (N.M.); Tre Hinds, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Daron Hooks, Mobile (Ala.); Tobias Durham, Warner (Fla.); Nic O’Neill, USC Beaufort (S.C.); Jacob Towne, Aquinas (Mich.)
