ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Missouri Baptist track & field claimed two more AMC weekly awards for the performances put on by Emily Bayer and Trey Peugeot this weekend at the Principia College Relays. This gives the program eight weekly awards since the start of the indoor season on December 6.
 
Bayer, a sophomore from Imperial, Missouri, earned the AMC Track Athlete of the Week award for her first-place finish in the one-mile run. Her time of 5:10.97 bested 33 other participants, ranks eighth in the NAIA, and qualified her for the NAIA B standard (0.97 seconds off the NAIA A standard).
 
In the team events, she was on the 4x800m team that beat out three other schools for first with a time of 10:23.46 and her distance medley relay team placed third of six.
 
Trey Peugeot received the award for the men for his first-place finish in the 5000m run. The junior from Batesville, Arkansas outran 16 other participants and beat his personal record for the event.
 
This award gives Bayer her third AMC weekly award and gives Peugeot the first of his career.
 
The track and field season continues this Saturday, February 8, at the AMC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Events are set to run throughout the entire day.