Plassio picked for RSC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Allison Plassio from Point Park (Pa.) University is the River States Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for Jan. 29-Feb. 4.
A senior from North Huntington, Pa., Plassio qualified for nationals in the 1,000 meters hitting the NAIA 'A' standard. That was with a Top-10 showing of ninth place at the Rutgers Scarlett Knights Open for a time of 2:59.58 at the Armory Track.
Plassio ran two No. 1 times in the RSC at Rutgers. In addition to that 1,000 ranking first in the conference, she ran the 800 meters in 2:22.47 to move into the top spot in the RSC for that event as well.