WHITEFISH, Mont. – Montana Tech's Becca Richtman was selected the Frontier Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week.

Richtman, a senior from Elburn, Ill., ran her first steeplechase on Saturday at the Sam Adams Classic hosted by Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Richtman finished in first place with a time of 10:34.54 in the 3000m event. Her time was 30 seconds faster in the largely NCAA field and the best time in the NAIA this season by 19 seconds.