INDIANAPOLIS – A pair of NCAA provisional marks led to Tiffin and Findlay earning Great Midwest Women’s Track & Field Athletes of the Week honors this week.
Track Athlete of the Week
Rajiah Andrews
Tiffin
Senior
Sprints/Hurdles
Chicago, IL (West Aurora Senior HS)
Andrews took first in two separate events this weekend at the Bill Clinger Classic held at Grand Valley State University.
The senior made a splash on day one of the two-day event. Andrews took the top spot in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.69 seconds. She also took first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.82, earning a NCAA Division II provisional mark.
Field Athlete of the Week
Simone Green
Findlay
Junior
Jumps
Toledo, OH (Central Catholic HS)
Green shined at her home track this weekend grabbing two first-place finishes at the Findlay Alumni Classic.
On Friday, the junior topped the podium in the long jump at 5.83 meters. That jump earned her an NCAA provisional mark.
Green followed up that performance with another provisional mark and one for the record books on Saturday. In the triple jump, the Toledo native set a new Great Midwest record at 12.02m, breaking her own mark of 11.83m set earlier this season. She now owns the top three jumps in conference history.
The jump also broke a school record at Findlay set back in 1994.