LSC announces Track & Field weekly honors
Four track and field student-athletes have been recognized with Lone Star Conference Athlete of the Week honors for competition last week, league officials announced today.
LSC TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
LSC Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Jeremy Jones, Angelo State University, Jr., Hurdles, Oakland,
Calif./Castlemont CA
Junior Jeremy Jones recorded bettered his NCAA Division II
provisional qualifying marks in both the 110-meter and 400-meter
hurdles on Saturday at the Texas Invitational. He placed sixth in
the 110 hurdles in a time of 14.27 and fifth in the 400 hurdles in
a time of 52.97.
LSC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Tyler Fleet, Abilene Christian University, Fr., Thrower, Tyler,
Texas/Tyler Lee High School
Tyler Fleet won both the discus throw and the hammer throw
last Saturday at the Baylor / Dr Pepper Invitational in Waco.
Fleet won the hammer throw with a mark of 169 feet, 0 inches, and
won the discus throw with a mark of 169 feet, 10 inches.
Fleet has the best discus mark in the nation (176-9 on March 7 in
Abilene) and the No. 2 hammer throw mark in the nation (176-7 on
March 7 in Abilene).
LSC Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Ashley Painter, Angelo State University, Jr., Hurdles, San Angelo,
Texas/Lake View HS
Junior Ashley Painter set an NCAA DII provisional
qualifying mark in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday at the Texas
Invitational. The San Angelo product was the top DII finisher,
placing third overall, in the 400 hurdles in a time of 1:02.08.
LSC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Linda Brivule, Abilene Christian University, So., Javelin Thrower,
Riga, Latvia/Non-U.S.
Linda Brivule posted the best javelin throw mark in NCAA
Division II track and field last Saturday at the Baylor / Dr Pepper
Invitational in Waco. Brivule finished second in the event
with a mark of 149 feet, 2 inches, the second time this season she
has thrown at least 145 feet.
