Carlow's Lechner, Miller sweep RSC Women's Outdoor T&F weekly honors
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Carlow (Pa.) University's Keri Lechner and Olivia Miller swept the River States Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors for March 15-21.
Lechner, a freshman from Wampum, Pa., was a part of five school records and registered an NAIA national-qualifying mark in the 100 hurdles. All of that came at the WVU Stan Romanoski Open. Her time of 14.57 in the 100 hurdles hit the national mark and won the event. Other school records came in the 400 hurdles (1:10), 100 meters (12.54), 200 meters (26.08) and the 4x100 relay (51.47).
Miller, a senior from Bolivar, Pa., won the high jump at WVU and was third in the long jump. Her height of 1.63 meters in the high jump is tops in the conference. She ranks second in the conference in the long jump with a leap of 5.15 meters at WVU.