Avery Shope of North Greenville and Mary Brigid Keck of Mount Olive Earn Women’s Indoor Track and Field Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Avery Shope of North Greenville and Mary Brigid Keck of Mount Olive were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for women's indoor track and field for the week ending Feb. 5.
Shope was selected as the Track Athlete of the Week, while Keck earned Field Athlete of the Week accolades.
A freshman from Fort Mill, South Carolina, Shope bested her previous school record time in the mile run by three full seconds as she finished the mile run in 5:23.23 at the South Carolina Invitational. She also had a new personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:21.09. She is currently first in Conference Carolinas and fourth in the Southeast Region in the 800m this indoor season while her mile time is third-best in the league in 2023.
A senior thrower from Newark, Ohio, Keck achieved her first NCAA Standard of the indoor season in the weight throw at the South Carolina Invitational on Saturday. She registered a distance of 17.63 meters (57-10.25) on her second toss to finish runner-up in the event. Keck holds the top distance in both Conference Carolinas and the Southeast Region and is the only student-athlete in the region to hit a standard in the weight throw. She ranks 27th in NCAA Division II.
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2022-23 Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track and Field Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Dec. 6, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Mycherie Onwuzuruike, Southern Wesleyan
Field Athlete of the Week: Jada Pittman, Southern Wesleyan
Week 2 (Jan. 17, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Lauren Beatty, Converse
Field Athlete of the Week: Mycherie Onwuzuruike, Southern Wesleyan
Week 3 (Jan. 24, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Katy Neubert, King
Field Athlete of the Week: Phoebe Myers, Converse
Week 4 (Jan. 31, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Kathryn Anderson, UNC Pembroke
Field Athlete of the Week: Lillian Marino, UNC Pembroke
Week 5 (Feb. 7, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Avery Shope, North Greenville
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive