Rio Grande's Petty takes home RSC Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
FLORENCE, Ky. -- University of Rio Grande's Tyanna Petty is the River States Conference Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week March 20-27 after her performance at the RustBuster Invitational.
A native of Somerset, Ohio, Petty competed in the high jump at the meet and placed first of 22 entries. She did so with a leap of 1.70 meters. Petty bested a field that included 14 NCAA Division I athletes.
Petty is coming of an indoor season in which was the NAIA indoor national champion in the high jump. Rio Grande has its next meet March 31-April 1 at the VertKlasse Meeting in High Point, N.C.