Women's Track and Field (for the week ending March 22, 2009)

Division I

Track Athlete of the Week

Lynnie DeCruise - Mount St. Mary's University (MD)
Sophomore, Rockville, Md.

DeCruise qualified for the ECAC Championships in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Wake Forest Open.  She won the 100 in 12.12 seconds, sixth best in school history.  The sophomore ran the third fastest time in school history in the 200 with a time of 24.65 seconds.

Field Athlete of the Week

Amanda Cole - Temple University
Senior, New Castle, Del.

Cole placed first in the hammer throw at the Wake Forest Invitational with a toss of 186-7 feet.  The mark set a new school-record and qualified her for ECAC and NCAA Regionals.

Division II

Track Athlete of the Week

Melissa Nash - Bentley University
Senior, Marshfield, Mass.

Nash finished first out of 43 runners in the 1,500-meter race at the Husky Spring Open with a time of 4:53.87.

Field Athlete of the Week

Olivia Thibou - American International College
Junior, Boston, Mass.

Thibou set school-records in both the triple jump and long jump at the Northeastern Spring Open.  She finished first in the triple jump with a distance of 10.74 meters and third in the long jump with a leap of 4.74 meters.

Division III

Track Athlete of the Week

Holly Black - SUNY Plattsburgh
Freshman, Peru, N.Y.

Black finished fifth in the heptathlon with 3,170 points at the Shamrock Invitational hosted by Coastal Carolina.  She was the only Division III athlete and placed fifth in the 200-meter (27.98), first in the 800 (2:32.00), fifth in the 100 hurdles (17.77), the high jump (4-2.25 feet), the long jump (13-6.25 feet), shot put (23-2.75 feet), and fourth in the javelin with a throw of 66-4 feet.

Field Athlete of the Week

Julia Hopson - SUNY Fredonia
Senior, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Hopson hit an NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 54.44 meters in the hammer throw at the U.S. Military Academy meet at Point Loma Nazarene University.  She also won the shot put with a throw of 12.48 meters and placed second in the discus at 32.23 meters.