BAY CITY, Mich. - Grand Valley State University senior Kalena Franklin (West Branch, Mich./Ogemaw Heights) and Ashland University junior Jennifer Foster (Lodi, Ohio/Cloverleaf) have been chosen as the GLIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field "Athletes of the Week."
GLIAC Women's Outdoor Track "Athlete of the Week":
Kalena Franklin - Grand Valley State
Senior - West Branch, Mich./Ogemaw Heights
Grand Valley State University senior Kalena Franklin hit two provisional marks and had three top-five finishes at the EIU Big Blue Classic over the weekend. Franklin's best performance came in the 100 meter hurdles, where she won the event against a host of Division I competition with a time of 13.66 seconds, the fourth-best time in Division II this season. She then finished second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.36 seconds, the 10th-best time in Division II so far this year. Franklin also ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished fifth in a time of 3:51.83.
2014 GLIAC Women's Track Athletes of the Week: (4/2) Jessica Janecke -GV, (4/9) Kalena Franklin - GV.
GLIAC Women's Outdoor Field "Athlete of the Week":
Jennifer Foster - Ashland University
Junior - Lodi, Ohio/Cloverleaf
Ashland University junior vaulter/jumper Jennifer Foster finished first in the high jump during the Northeast Ohio Invitational on April 4. The junior posted a jump of 5'10" (1.78m). Her jump hit the automatic qualifying standard of (1.78m), and bested the competition by six inches. Foster also tied for sixth place in the pole vault with a vault of 12'01.5".
2014 GLIAC Women's Field Athletes of the Week: (4/2) Cynthia Watt - AU, (4/9) Jennifer Foster - AU.
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