ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has released the names of the student-athletes who were selected as either Player of the Week or Athlete of the Week for the spring sports. WU's Austin Merritt was selected as the SLIAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week for the week of April 14-20. 

Last Thursday and Friday at the Gibson Invitational hosted by Division 1 Indiana State University, Merritt set the new all-time Webster University Men's Track & Field Outdoor Decathlon school record with 5,529 points that included three top 10 finishes. 

On Thursday, Merritt competed in five events; 100m dash (10.93 seconds / 2nd place, 876 points), 400m dash (52.52 seconds / 6th place, 702 points), Shot Put (11.39m / 8th place, 569 points), High Jump (1.76m /11th place, 593 points), Long Jump (5.48m / 21st place, 477 points)

On Friday, Merritt capped off the decathlon with five events; Discus Throw (29.08m / 13th place, 446 points), Pole Vault (3.55m / 15th place, 496 points), Javelin (39.63m / 15th place, 437 points), 110m hurdles (17.32 seconds / 18th place, 591 points),  1500m run (5:42.08 / 18th place, 342 points) 

Merritt shattered the ten-year standing record set by Mason Stevens back in 2015 by 268 points.