UMKC's Lee, ORU's Hubbard Named Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of Week
Men's
Athlete of the Week
Marcus
Lee, UMKC
Jr.,
Topeka, Kan./Barton County CC (Kan.)
Lee
earns the Men's Athlete of the Week award after posting a
league-best and regional qualifying mark in the triple jump at the
Nebraska Invitational. The
junior from Topeka, Kan., broke the UMKC school record which was
set in 2000 with a mark of 50-08.25 (15.45m).
Also nominated: Zack Jones,
Oakland; Ben Jasinski, South Dakota State; Tyler Buckles, Western
Illinois.
Previous
Honorees: March 24 - Carlos Valle, Southern Utah; March 31 - Ben
Jasinski, South Dakota State; April 7 - Austin Hill, Southern
Utah.
Women's
Athlete of the Week
Autumn
Hubbard, Oral Roberts
Sr.,
Frisco, Texas (Frisco HS)
Hubbard claims the Women's Athlete of the Week award after
recording a league-best and regional qualifying time in the
100-meter hurdles at the John Jacobs Invitational over the
weekend. The senior from
Frisco, Texas, posted a new school record time of 13.70. Hubbard's
time is also a new personal-best.
Also
nominated: Crystal Martinez, IPFW; Lia Jones, Oakland; Michelle
Schuch, South Dakota State; ChrisDell Harris, Western
Illinois.
Previous Honorees: March 24 - Leslie Brost, North Dakota State;
March 31 - Whitney Mills, Oral Roberts; April 7 - Katie Stoever,
Oral Roberts.
