Courtesy: Tyler Mayforth & Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA                                                  May 3, 2016

NEW ORLEANS — This past weekend was filled to the brim with action across the nation.

Collegiate track & field athletes took their shot at the Drake Relays, Penn Relays, LSU Invitational, Payton Jordan Invitational and more as the season hits the home stretch.

There were 10 athletes who stood out the most, though, and they were named National Athletes of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Tuesday.

• NCAA Division I Men — Brandon McBride, Mississippi State
• NCAA Division I Women — Courtney Frerichs, New Mexico
• NCAA Division II Men — Garrett Appier, Pittsburg State
• NCAA Division II Women — Carsyn Koch, Cedarville
• NCAA Division III Men — Tyler Orewiler, Mount Union
• NCAA Division III Women — Katherine Pitman, Ithaca
• NJCAA Division I Men — Eli Hall-Thompson, Butler CC
• NJCAA Division I Women — Janeah Stewart, Iowa Central CC
• NJCAA Division III Men — Jerrett Laskett, Finger Lakes CC
• NJCAA Division III Women — Anna Roberts, Mohawk Valley CC

Find out more about these athletes by clicking their names or scrolling below.

National Athlete of the Week is an award selected and presented by the USTFCCCA Communications Staff at the beginning of each week to 10 collegiate outdoor track & field athletes (male and female for each of the three NCAA divisions and both NJCAA divisions).

Nominations are open to the public. Coaches and sports information directors are encouraged to nominate their student-athletes; as are student-athletes, their families and friends, and fans of their programs.