Women's Outdoor Track & Field

Women's Track and Field (for the week ending April 12, 2009)

Division I

Track Athlete of the Week

Curry Knox - Colgate University
Senior, Seattle, Wash.

Knox ran a personal-best and a school record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.80 at the Bucknell Outdoor Classic.  She qualified for the ECAC Championship with the fastest time in the Patriot League this season.  The senior also set a personal-best, a school record, and the fastest time in the Patriot League, while qualifying for the ECAC Championship with a time of 14.53 in the 100-meter hurdles.

Co-Field Athletes of the Week

Tahari James - Boston University
Senior, Branford, Conn.

Jones won the long jump and triple jump at the Spec Towns National Team Invitational last week.  She recorded a jump of 6.27 meters in the long jump and posted a season-best in the triple jump with a leap of 13.15 meters.  She qualified for the NCAA Regionals in both events and also anchored the ECAC qualifying 4x100 relay team to a third place finish.

Victoria Flowers - University of Connecticut
Freshman, Providence, R.I.

Flowers won the hammer throw at the Sea Ray Relays at the University of Tennessee with a toss of 195-4 feet.  She set a personal-best by 15 feet, and posted the second farthest mark in UConn history.  The freshman qualified for the NCAA Championship and is currently ranked 13^th in the nation.


Division II

Track Athlete of the Week

Melissa Nash - Bentley University
Senior, Marshfield, Mass.

Nash finished first out of 30 runners in the 3,000-meter race at the George Davis Invitational, with a time of 10:19.54 to win by nearly six seconds.


Field Athlete of the Week

Lauren Raimondi - University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Sophomore, East Longmeadow, Mass.

Raimondi claimed two events at the UMass-Lowell George Davis Invitational last week.  She won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.11 seconds and cleared 5-3.25 feet in the high jump.



Division III

Track Athlete of the Week

Sumer Rohrs - Frostburg State University
Senior, Frostburg, Md.

Rohrs qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100-meter hurdles at the Lynchburg College Classic with a time of 14.23 seconds.  She also placed second in the 200-meter dash in 25.79 seconds.

Field Athlete of the Week

Alyssa Pirinelli - St. Lawrence University
Junior, North Tonawanda, N.Y.

Pirinelli won three events at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships this past week.  She won the shot put with a toss of 13.06 meters, the discus with a Liberty League record throw of 37.45 meters and the hammer throw with a distance of 46.85 meters.