LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Women’s Track and Field weekly award winners on Tuesday, as Pratt’s Hannah Kim and Gwynedd Mercy’s Fanta Dukuly won Field Athlete and Track Athlete of the Week honors respectively.
Field Athlete of the Week:
Name: Hannah Kim
School: Pratt Institute
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Camas, Wash.
High School: Camas
Brief Outlook of Week: At the DeSales Invite on Saturday, Hannah Kim collected a second place in the javelin with a throw of 29.38m and fourth place in the discus with a toss of 31.22m. She also picked up a 19th place in the hammer with a mark of 23.85m.
Track Athlete of the Week:
Name: Fanta Dukuly
School: Gwynedd Mercy
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
High School: Science Leadership Academy
Brief Outlook of Week: Dukuly was third in the 100 meters at the Messiah Invitational with a time of 12.75
Weekly Honor Roll:
Truly Heft (Fr., Gwynedd Mercy): Heft was the Griffins' top performer in the field events at the Messiah Invitational with her finishes in the Hammer (40th, 23.66) and Javelin (28th, 22.06).
Maggie Friend (So., Immaculata): Maggie Friend finished second in the fourth in the Javelin with a throw of 25.80m and finished 11th in the shot put with a personal best throw of 6.89m at the DeSales Invitational.
Aubrey Donahue (So., Immaculata): Aubrey Donahue finished second place in the Women's 5000 at the DeSales Invitational with a IU program record time of 18:49.48.
Lany Straub (Sr., Marywood): Straub broke a nine-year school record at the Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell. She ran the 5,000 meter run in 17:53.99. Her performance ranked 18th in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Siena Sujitno (Sr., Pratt): Siena Sujitno took sixth place in the 100 meters at the Desales Invite with a time of 13.95.
Previous Weekly Winners:
(3/25) - Track Athlete of the Week: Lany Straub, Marywood University;
Field Athlete of the Week: Kalie Fernandez-Naughton, Marywood University
(4/1) - Track Athlete of the Week: Deziree Conklin-Boone, Marymount University;
Field Athlete of the Week: Kaeden Green, Pratt Institute
(4/8) - Track Athlete of the Week: Rosalyn Page, Marywood University;
Field Athlete of the Week: Lany Straub, Marywood University