BLOOMINGTON, Minn. –  The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Athlete of the Week award winners for swimming & diving and indoor track & field Tuesday. Student-athletes from Bethel, Carleton, Gustavus, St. Olaf, and St. Scholastica claimed the Conference's weekly honors .The MIAC Athlete of the Week awards are nominated by the Conference's sports information directors and selected by MIAC staff. 

After earning his first weekly award of his career last Tuesday, Trent Beseth (Stanchfield, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS) was able to follow it up with another stellar performance this past weekend to earn his second MIAC Field Athlete of the Week.

Beseth had two personal best throws in the shot put and weight throw events at the St. Olaf Invitational on 1/28. Beseth earned first place in the shot put with his hurl of 16.27 meters (53' 4.50"), which bettered his own program record. He was a runner-up in the weight throw with a toss of 16.51 meters (54' 2.00"). His weight throw distance leads the MIAC while his shot put toss is second in the conference and 13th in the nation.

Beseth and the rest of the Saints will be competing at home this weekend at the Lake Superior Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 3.