Wayne State’s Antoine Bardou was named the Northern Sun Conference Men’s Indoor Track and Field Newcomer of the Year as voted on by league coaches.
A junior transfer from Indian Hills Community College, Bardou won the 1,000-meter run (2:28.95) and placed fourth in the mile run (4:13.69) at last weekend’s NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Mankato, Minn., helping the team to a third-place finish.
During the season, Bardou set new school records in the 1,000-meter run (2:26.63) at the UNL Holiday Inn Invitational in Lincoln and in the mile run (4:08.27) at the Husker Sevigne Invite in Lincoln on Feb. 4.
He recorded NCAA provisional marks in the 800 (1:52.50) and mile run during the season.
