TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – California Baptist's Greta Karinauskaite and Abilene Christian's Annina Brandenburg has been named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for March 30 through April 3.
Karinauskaite, a freshman from Siauliai, Lithuania, won the 3000-meter steeplechase at the West Coast Relays, Thursday through Friday. She won the event with a time of 9:51.43, breaking the CBU program record by more than 30 seconds while recording the season fastest NCAA performance according to TFRRS.
Brandenburg, a graduate student from Dusseldorf, Germany, earned her third WAC Athlete of the Week honors after her performance at the TTU Masked Rider Open, Friday through Saturday. She placed second and improved her career best in the discus throw with a mark of 58.18m (190' 10"), first in the WAC and third in the NCAA performance lists. She then won shot put with a new career best of 16.55m (54' 3.75"), second in the WAC and 20th in the NCAA performance lists.
Other track nominees: Abilene Christian's Savannah Walker placed fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.89 seconds, good for second in the WAC performance list, and placed fifth in the 400 meters with a lifetime best of 56.96 seconds at the TTU Masked Rider Open ... Grand Canyon's Kelly Moodry won the 400 meters with a time of 55.15 seconds, second in the WAC performance list, at the GCU Invitational, Friday through Saturday … Lamar's Sydne Porter placed third in the 200-meter dash with time of 23.92 seconds, first in the WAC performance list, at the Houston Alumni Invitational, Saturday … Seattle U's Maya McCabe placed fourth in the 800-meter with a time of 2:11.91 at the Hayward Premiere, Friday through Saturday … Tarleton's Jenna Brazeal finished runner-up in the 800-meter with time of 2:12.86 at the Baylor Inviational, Saturday … UT Rio Grande Valley's Samantha Gonzalez won the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:36.69 at the Roadrunner Invitational, Saturday … Utah Valley's Everlyn Kemboi won the 5000 meters with a career best time of 16:04.18 that puts her first in the WAC and 25th in the NCAA performance lists at the Hayward Premiere.
Other field nominees: Grand Canyon's Samaria McDonald won the hammer throw with a mark of 60.46m (198' 4"), second in the WAC and 44th in the NCAA performance lists, at the GCU Invitational … Seattle U's Nicole Whittern placed sixth in javelin throw (42.47m/139' 4") at the Hayward Premiere … Tarleton's Rylee Hennig is runner-up in high jump with a mark of 1.72m (5' 7.75"), first in the WAC and 62nd in the NCAA performance lists, at the Baylor Invitational … UT Rio Grande Valley's Annelle Rodriguez placed third in high jump with a mark of 1.55m (5' 1") at the Roadrunner Invitational … Utah Valley's Sarah Carillo placed third in shot put with a mark of 13.77m (45' 2.25"), ninth in discus throw (42.01/137' 10") and 20th in hammer throw (40.69m/133' 6") at the UVU Collegiate Invitational, Thursday through Friday.