WOMEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Lanni Marchant? Chattanooga

Senior ? Ontario, Canada (Economics Major ? 3.87 GPA)

Lanni ran an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 34:18.67 in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational. Marchant finished 19th out of 26 runners in the Section 1 race in a time of 34:18.67, within the 35:00 time needed for a provisional qualification, but not fast enough for an automatic. She placed ahead of Northern Arizona's Nicole Gueldmeister and Katie Van Horn of Tennessee.

Other top performers:

Asia Davis, Sr, Western Carolina (Charlotte, N.C. ? Harding HS) Asia won the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.89 at the Western Carolina Invitational.  She also won the 400 hurdles in 1:01.39 and ran a 56.2 split on the winning 4 x 400 relay team.  She currently leads the conference in the 400 hurdles and 4 x 400 relay and is ranked second in the 100 hurdles.

Deanna Kulesz, Graduate Student, Western Carolina. Deanna finished second in the 800 meters in a time of 2:15 at the Western Carolina Invitational.  An hour later, she won the 5,000 meters in a personal best time of 18:25.  She currently leads the SoCon 1500-meter rankings.

Jessika Johnson, Jr, Western Carolina. Jessika won the high jump at the Western Carolina Invitational with a personal best performance of 5-7 in the high jump in her first meet of the year. 

Stephanie McNeill, Sr, The Citadel (Summerville, S.C.) Stephanie finished second in the shot put at the Military Championships with a NCAA provisional qualifying throw of 47-0.25, she is currently tied for first in the SoCon shot put rankings.  She also won the hammer throw with a school record and conference-leading toss of 169-3.  She is a chemistry major from Summerville, SC.