Point Park's Campbell claims RSC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week

Point Park's Campbell claims RSC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week

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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Point Park (Pa.) University sophomore Alyssa Campbell earned national qualification in two different events to claim River States Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week from Jan. 20-26.

Campbell, from New Brighton, Pa., qualified individually for the NAIA indoor championships in the mile by running a time of 5:10.70. That placed fourth of 72 runners at the SPIRE Midwest Open.

The day before, she ran the mile leg in Point Park's national-qualifying distance medley relay. Campbell ran her mile in 5:03 as the Pioneers advanced to nationals with a time of 12:13 over the 4,000 meters.

Point Park will compete at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational on Jan. 31-Feb. 1.