Point Park's Benitez leaps to RSC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Point Park University freshman jumper Ana Benitez qualified for the NAIA national meet in the triple jump to earn River States Conference Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for April 2-8.
Benitez, from Plum, Pa., won the triple jump at the Mt. Union Invitational with a leap of 11.56 meters. That extended her own school record and met the NAIA 'B' qualifying standard for the event of 11.40 meters and was just shy of the NAIA 'A' standard of 11.60.
The Pioneers have their next meets this weekend at the Westminster Invitational and the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic.