FOREST, Va. -- Peter Fulton of the Bridgewater College men's indoor track & field team claimed ODAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors, which the league announced on Tuesday afternoon. 

Fulton, a senior from right here in Bridgewater, Virginia, set a new school record in the weight throw Saturday at George Mason's Patriot Games. His top mark went 18.10 meters (59' 4.75") breaking the old school record of 17.91 meters set by Michael Lotts in 2020. With the top throw, he finished fifth in a field of over 20 throwers and paced the group of Division III athletes in the competition. Fulton ranks second in the South region in the event and holds the ninth-best mark in the nation so far this season. He is second in the ODAC.

In addition, Fulton posted a best heave of 12.92 meters (42' 4.75") in the shot put to take ninth in the event in Fairfax. He ranks 15th in the region in the event after posting a heave of 13.04 meters earlier this season at the Finn Pincus Invitational.

This is Fulton's first time garnering Athlete of the Week laurels this season and is the second Eagle to claim a conference weekly honor this year after Adalia Coleman took ODAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week accolades just a week ago.

Fulton and both BC men's and women's indoor track & field teams are back in action this coming weekend, Feb. 3 and 4, at the Camel City Invite at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.