Point Park's Pavelek leaps to RSC Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Point Park (Pa.) University freshman Emma Pavelek qualified for NAIA nationals in the high jump to get River States Conference Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week presented by Brown & Brown Insurance for March 28-April 3.
The Beaver, Pa., product won the high jump at the West Liberty Invitational. She met the NAIA 'B' qualifying standard of 1.64 meters to place first of 10 competitors. She had already won the event with a height of 1.60 and then punched her ticket to nationals on her own.
Pavelek ranks eighth in the country for the outdoor season so far. She was the NAIA national runner-up in the indoor season.
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