SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Western Carolina’s Kerrie Savery was named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week.  A standout on Western Carolina’s women’s track team, Savery has 3.3-grade point average and is majoring in Biology.

Savery, a senior from Palm Harbor, Fla., led the women’s track & field team at the UNC Invitational with a third place finish in the 800-meters. Savery had the best 800-meter time in the preliminaries. She has the third fastest 800 time in the conference this year at 2:24.12. 

Savery was a part of the first-place distance medley relay team that finished 20 seconds ahead of the second-place team.  Savery placed seventh in the 4x400?meter relay, running with the “B” team which finished ahead of two “A” teams from Kennesaw State and North Carolina State