Thursday, January 14, 2010

MACON, Ga. - ETSU pulls off the sweep of the women’s track and field weekly awards with Jasmine Ingram earning her second of the season on the track and Bethany Lender earning the field award.  

Ingram, a junior criminal justice major, turned in a fourth-place finish in the 300-meter run on Saturday afternoon at the Clemson Invitational. The Frederick, Md. native returned from a first-place title in the 800-meter run at Boone, N.C. last month and ended with a time of 40.77 in the event inside the Clemson Indoor Track facility.

On Friday night, Lender turned in her best collegiate and conference performance this season in the triple jump at Clemson. The freshman Altoona, Pa. native went up against a tough field and finished fourth – marking the best leap against any A-Sun competitor this season. The nutrition major posted a mark of 38-09 (11.81m), a 1-foot, 2-inches farther than Kennesaw State’s Suzzette Van-Lare.

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