Vogelsang, Mutunga earn B1G Weekly Honors

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field’s Abraham Vogelsang and Damaris Mutunga earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors, the league announced on Wednesday. Vogelsang picked up Big Ten Men’s Field Athlete of the Week and Big Ten Men’s Freshman of the Week. Mutunga was named Big Ten Women’s Freshman of the Week.

It is the first career weekly award for both Vogelsang and Mutunga. Mutunga is the fourth Hawkeye to earn a Big Ten women’s track athlete of the week award this year. Vogelsang joins teammates Ryan Johnson and Sean Smith as a winner of the men’s field athlete of the week award this season.

Vogelsang, a freshman from Oslo, Norway, dominated the men’s heptathlon at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invite in Columbia, Missouri, claiming the top spot with 5,882 points. Vogelsang soared to second in the nation and third all-time at Iowa, while holding the 11th-highest point total in the world in 2025. He won the 60-meter hurdles (8.16), pole vault (4.95 meters) and long jump (7.45 meters). Vogelsang has led the Hawkeyes’ multi-event group to the USTFCCCA No. 1 ranking in the country.

Mutunga shined in the 600 meters at the Meyo Invitational, claiming first place with an all-time best 1:27.77. This time now ranks second at Iowa. The freshman from Machakos, Kenya, improved on her previous all-time best, which ranked third. Mutunga is currently the top-ranked freshman in the event and ranks eighth nationally.

Up next, the Hawkeyes send their sprints, hurdles and long sprints to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Friday and Saturday. The throws and distance groups head to Ames for the Iowa State Classic on Saturday.