As we watched the final heat of the Notre Dame Alex Wilson DMR this weekend, we witnessed a truly amazing anchor leg from Indiana's Rorey Hunter. During the madness, we attempted to come up with as many cliche titles for a stud from Australia as we could. Initially, you think, the "Thunder From Down Under," but maybe that has too many awkward connotations. We thought of, "Put Another Shrimp on Rorey Hunter's Barbie," but that sounded too forced. Another option was "Rorey Hunter ate your baby, not that dingo," although that could be taken offensively on several accounts.

Do you know what we decided to call him? The Sleeper of the Week. 

Following his 2012 Australian Junior Championship 800m win --with a solid PR of 1:50.85--Hunter transferred from the University of Queensland to Indiana University. Hunter told Flotrack that he sent out a bunch of emails to coaches of the top programs in the US with the hope that he would get someone to read it. Or, at least think that it wasn't spam. Luckily for IU coach Ron Helmer, he took the email seriously and picked up a major asset to his middle-distance crew.

After a decent indoor season in 2013, Hunter followed up with a solid outdoor season where he ran 3:46 for 1500m. However, he ran poorly at the NCAA East Regional and once again was on the outside looking in the on the national scene. After several 4:06s at his home meet and the Meyo Mile, Hunter was selected as the man for the anchor leg job in the crucial and all but sure-qualifying meet Alex Wilson DMR.

My initial thought when I saw him take the stick from Tre'tez Kinnaird was, "What on earth is Helmer thinking putting this dude on the anchor leg?" I, as well as practically everyone else watching the race besides Hunter's IU teammates, were all proven wrong. WIth as much composure as I've seen anyone run an anchor DMR leg, Hunter sat behind Nick Happe of Notre Dame and Daniel Everett of Columbia for the first 1400-meters. Then with 200-meters to go, Hunter blew by Happe (who is absolutely no slouch) to take the win with the second fastest time in the NCAA this year.

You can watch the race here: 

Beyond the second fastest DMR in the country and the fifth fastest time ever run in the NCAA, Hunter's 1600m split was almost as impressive. After clocking it several times on my own post-race, it is clear as day that Hunter ran at least 3:57.7 (y'all can time it yourself if you want). We all know that splits are always a little faster than what you most likely could do on your own, but regardless, that kind of ability would put him in the NCAA field for the mile. According to our math, it converts to 3:59.08 for the full mile. That would currently seat him 13th in the NCAA.

Rorey Hunter went from being an Australian transfer afterthought, to being one of the most quality DMR anchor legs the NCAA has ever seen. That is how this 'ol Kookaburra from Queensland is this week's sleeper.