BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -  The Mountain East Conference announced Monday the winner of this week’s Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week. The weekly awards are presented by The Health Plan.
 
Charleston’s Luke Messinger has been named the MEC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week while Davis & Elkins’ Savanna Hardman has been named the MEC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week.
 
Messinger, a junior from Danville, Indiana, placed first in the Men Weight Throw Elite Throwers at the Marshall University Invite. He threw a mark of 18.35M tying Charleston’s indoor program record. At the same meet he also placed 6th in shot put with a mark of 15.04M. 
 
Hardman, a senior from Lakewood, Washington, won the Jewel City Invite hosted by Marshall University in a NCAA D2 Provisional 3000m time of 9:45.88. The time is the top time in the MEC, Atlantic Region, and 23rd in the nation. It was also a school record and is the fastest 3000m time in MEC history.
 
2025-26 MEC Men’s INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
12/8: Alexander Rodriguez, Wheeling & Donovan Tanouye, Fairmont State
1/12: Braden Ward, Concord
1/19: Mathew Meli, Charleston
1/26: Dom Collins, Concord
2/2: Marquise Burks, Frostburg State
2/9: Luke Messinger, Charleston

2025-26 MEC Women’s INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
12/8: Cassidy Hammonds, Concord & Dunya Van den Torren, Point Park
1/12: Violet Wall, Concord
1/19: Natalie Barr, Glenville State & Colette Patti, Charleston
1/26: Dunya Van den Tooren, Point Park
2/2: Lauren Twyman, Davis & Elkins
2/9: Savanna Hardman, Davis & Elkins