Culver-Stockton’s Straus three-peats as Heart Track Athlete of the Week

CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College junior Delaney Straus of Philadelphia, Mo., received her third straight Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honor presented by WinWon for her performance at the Culver-Stockton Invitational held April 19 in Canton.

This is Straus’ fourth outdoor honor this spring and the sixth weekly outdoor honor of her career. Straus has been awarded eight weekly honors this school year combined in the sports of cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.

Straus won the 400-meter hurdles in a school record time of 1:02.56 on Saturday. That time was good enough for a provisional qualifying time to the NAIA Outdoor Championships, just .60 of a second shy of an automatic qualifying time. Straus now has the best time in the Heart and is the only female in the conference to meet a standard.

Straus followed that performance by posting a season-best in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.71 seconds. She also led the women’s 4×100 relay team to a season best time of 50.75 seconds, dropping 2.5 seconds from the previous best, and the women’s 4×400 relay with a sub 60 split. 

Straus and several of her teammates are scheduled to compete in the Drake Relays Wednesday through Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.