INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has named Nicole Burlinson of Ursuline College the Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week after winning two events in record breaking fashion in the season's first event.

Nicole Burlinson
Ursuline College (@UrsulineArrows)
Sophomore - Distance Runner
Darlington, Great Britain - Carmel RC
 
Nicole Burlinson has been named the Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week to open the 2013-14 season, which will be the first season the Great Midwest Athletic Conference sponsors the sport of Track and Field (Indoor and Outdoor).
 
After taking fourth at the G-MAC Cross Country Championships in October, Burlinson started her indoor track and field season with a bang on Friday, December 6 at the Youngstown State University Icebreaker Meet. The only Arrow competing on the opening night of the weekend event, she shattered school records in both the 1,000-meter run and the mile as well.

Burlinson ran a 3:03.98 in the 1,000m to top the previous school record of 3:13.81 that was set by Jennette Goans in 2009. Burlinson finished second overall, but was the top finishing NCAA/NAIA athlete as she finished second overall behind her UC assistant coach Maddy Outman (3:01.68), who was running unattached. The next closest NCAA/NAIA student-athlete finished almost 15 seconds behind Burlinson (3:18.78).

In the mile run on the same evening, Burlinson once again finished ahead of all active NCAA runners, posting a time of 5:15.59 to break her own school record of 5:29.75 that was achieved at the same YSU event last year. The second place finisher, Janine Powis of Slippery Rock University, finished in 5:20.29.

View Nicole Burlinson’s bio (from UrsulineArrows.com)