Nicole Burlinson has been named the Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the second time out of three weeks in which the honor has been handed out. Burlinson received the honors for her performance at the Northwest Ohio Invitational, hosted by the University of Findlay this past weekend.
Burlinson brought home a pair of second place finishes, one of which she finished behind an unattached runner. In the 500 meter dash, she finished behind Steph Tinney, who ran unattached. Her time of 1:17.17 was about a second behind first place and a second ahead of third.
In the 3,000 meter run, which was described as an event she does not participate, Burlinson broke the school record with a time of 10:18.21. She finished second in a field of 27 runners. She finished a second behind first place and over three seconds ahead of the third place finisher.