Midway's Schofield, IU East's Benton claim RSC Track & Field honors
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio --- Indiana University East sprinter India Benton and Midway (Ky.) University jumper Alexia Schofield claimed River States Conference Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for March 22-28.
Benton, a freshman from Lima, Ohio, ran the 200 and 400 at the Life Spring Break Classic and came up with a Top-10 finish each time. She was seventh of 22 competitors in the 200 meters with a time of 26.66 seconds. She was fifth of 11 in the 400 with a time of 1:02.
Schofield, a freshman product of Miramar, Fla., had a high finish of second place in the long jump at the Cedarville Yellow Jacket Invitational to claim the award. She beat all but one of the 38 jumpers in the field with a leap of 5.49 meters. The meet featured many athletes from the NAIA and NCAA, and her distance was best among non-NCAA Division I competitors.