Big South Announces Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week - Feb. 9
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Campbell’s Nyla Ward (Fort Washington, Md.) has been selected as the Big South Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week, while UNC Asheville’s Claudia Prieto (Madrid, Spain) earned Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honors for competitions held during the weekend of Feb. 4-6, it was announced today.
Ward won the 60m dash at the Liberty Open with a time of 7.56, which is fifth-fastest in the Big South this season.
Prieto won two events at the ETSU Buccaneer Invitational. She won the triple jump with a distance of 12.09m, and also claimed the long jump event with a 5.88m performance.