Ruth Spijker of Converse and Lillian Marino of UNC Pembroke Earn Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Ruth Spijker of Converse and Lillian Marino of UNC Pembroke were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for women’s indoor track and field for the week ending April 9.
Spijker was selected as the Track Athlete of the Week, while Marino earned Field Athlete of the Week accolades.
A freshman from Sint Pancras, Netherlands, Spijker won the 1500m and the 800m at the Hub-City Invite over the weekend. She posted a time of 4:44.97 in the 1500m and a 2:22.98 in the 800m. Her 1500m time is first in Conference Carolinas while she also holds the top spot in the 800m (2:18.41) from earlier this month. She is 10th in the Southeast Region in the 1500m and eighth in the 800m.
A redshirt-senior from Fort Wright, Kentucky, Marino improved her conference standing in the hammer throw with a mark of 46.85m (153-8) at the Braves Classic. She won the hammer and the discus (34.88m, 114-5) and finished second in the shot put with a mark of 10.18m (33-4.75). She is ranked fourth in the league in the hammer throw, the shot put (11.76m) and the discus (39.37m) and is 10th in the javelin (25.50m).
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2023 Conference Carolinas Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Awards
Week 1 (March 7, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Chianel Asoburuenwu, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Week 2 (March 14, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Riley Nicholson, North Greenville
Field Athlete of the Week: JoAnn Smiling, North Greenville
Week 3 (March 21, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Michele Beugre, Southern Wesleyan
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Week 4 (March 28, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jaylin Reeves, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Week 5 (April 4, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jaylin Reeves, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Jordan Brown, Converse
Week 6 (April 11, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Ruth Spijker, Converse
Field Athlete of the Week: Lillian Marino, UNC Pembroke