Barton's Kiptoo and Whitley Named Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Barton College duo Sharon Kiptoo and Desiree Whitley have been named the Conference Carolinas Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for meets held Nov. 28 - Dec. 4, the conference announced today.
Kiptoo, a junior from Eldoret, Kenya, broke the Barton indoor record in the 3000 meter run during the season-opening JDL Collegiate Kick-Off Classic. She would place fifth overall and first among Division II participants with a time of 10:41.79, which surpassed the previous Barton record of 11:11.03.
A freshman from Hampton, Va., Whitley made a splash in her college debut at the JDL Collegiate Kick-Off Class, as she narrowly missed breaking the Barton school record in the shot put. Whitley would register a toss of 10.69 meters to place 19th overall, finishing two-tenths of a meter short of a school record.
Also nominated for Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Liz Thierfelder (Belmont Abbey), Erin Bingham (Lees-McRae), Kylie Spencer (Pfeiffer), Alexis McNeil (Mount Olive) and Leah Hanle (Mount Olive)
Also nominated for Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week: Shakura Wesley (Converse)
2016-17 Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Dec. 6 – Sharon Kiptoo (Barton)
2016-17 Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Dec. 6 – Desiree Whitley (Barton)