Point Park's Benitez is the RSC Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week/Year
TIFFIN, Ohio -- Point Park University freshman Ana Benitez picked up River States Conference Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honors for Feb. 5-11. That comes after the Plum, Pa., native was named the RSC Outstanding Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year at the RSC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday at Tiffin.
Benitez won the yearly honor as the women's field athlete at the conference meet who scored the most posts. Thus, she also picked up the weekly honor from the conference.
Benitez's performance at the RSC indoor meet included winning the triple jump with a distance of 11.00 meters. She also placed third in the long jump with a leap of 5.07 meters. Benitez scored 16 points in the field to help Point Park take first place in the team standings.
Next up is the Kent State Tune-up Feb. 17.