Ashley Dingels

WINONA, Minn. — Ashley Dingels (Gibbon, Minn.), who dominated the MIAC heptathlon for the second time in three years, was named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week, it was announced Monday.

After cruising to school and conference records en route to winning her second pentathlon title during the conference's indoor championships in early March, Dingels once again found herself standing along atop the podium in record-setting fashion following the two-day heptathlon competition.

Dingels won three of the seven events — setting MIAC heptathlon records in capturing the high jump (5-7 1/4) and the shot put (37-2 1/2) — en route to her record-setting 4,668 point total. With her 4,668-point total, Dingels not only broke the school and MIAC heptathlon records, but the SMU senior's total also ranks No. 2 in all of NCAA Division III and automatically qualifies her for the national championships in the heptathlon.

Just a day after winning the heptathlon, Dingels was back on the track, helping the Cardinal 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relay teams break school records at the University of Wisconsin Invitational.

Dingels teamed with Autumn Valk (Appleton, Wis.), Megan Moran (Burlington, Wis.) and Maria Roche (Eden Prairie, Minn.) to set a new school mark in the 4 x 100 (49.81) at the University of Wisconsin Open, then switched gears - and a teammate - as she, Valk and Roche were joined by Emily Bartusek (Albert Lea, Minn.) to break SMU's three-year-old 4 x 400 relay record, clocking a time of 4:00.30.